Hopkinsville weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hopkinsville, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HOPKINSVILLE, 4 km from Hopkinsville; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 51.8 in1315 mm
- Snow a year
- 5 in13 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 28
- Heating degree days
- 4,025
- Cooling degree days
- 1,610
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 8°−13° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hopkinsville in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1943)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 914
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hopkinsville in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1962)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 714
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Hopkinsville in March
Highs average 58°15° and lows 38°3°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1929)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 532
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Hopkinsville in April
Highs average 69°21° and lows 47°8°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1925)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 243
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Hopkinsville in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 58°14°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1911)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 67
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Hopkinsville in June
Highs average 85°29° and lows 66°19°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 319
Hopkinsville in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 70°21°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 437
Hopkinsville in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 68°20°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1930)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 399
Hopkinsville in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1925)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 218
Hopkinsville in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 49°9°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 213
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Hopkinsville in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 38°3°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1922)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 511
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Hopkinsville in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 31°0°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1951)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 800
- Cooling degree days
- 0