Buckhorn weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Buckhorn, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Quicksand, 23 km from Buckhorn; records cover 1925–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.9 in1243 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 22
- Heating degree days
- 4,754
- Cooling degree days
- 944
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Buckhorn in January
Highs average 44°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1943)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 984
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buckhorn in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−4°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2018)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buckhorn in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 31°0°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1929)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 653
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buckhorn in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 40°4°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1942)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 343
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Buckhorn in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°11°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1929)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Buckhorn in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°15°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 183
Buckhorn in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 64°18°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1930)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 291
Buckhorn in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Buckhorn in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1925)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Buckhorn in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 42°5°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1941)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Buckhorn in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 32°0°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1941)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 607
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Buckhorn in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2015)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 859
- Cooling degree days
- 0