Nicholasville weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Nicholasville, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lexington Bluegrass Airport, 16 km from Nicholasville; records cover 1872–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.8 in1266 mm
- Snow a year
- 15 in37 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 10
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 4,433
- Cooling degree days
- 1,289
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 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Nicholasville in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1943)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 966
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nicholasville in February
Highs average 47°8° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1996)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 769
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nicholasville in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 36°2°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1929)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 594
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Nicholasville in April
Highs average 67°20° and lows 45°7°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1942)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1875)
- Heating degree days
- 287
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Nicholasville in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 55°13°, with 5.4 in138 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1941)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 96
- Cooling degree days
- 108
Nicholasville in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1936)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Nicholasville in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 67°19°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 363
Nicholasville in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 65°18°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 333
Nicholasville in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°15°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1954)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 42
- Cooling degree days
- 166
Nicholasville in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 47°8°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2019)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 256
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Nicholasville in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 36°2°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1987)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 569
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Nicholasville in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 845
- Cooling degree days
- 0