Shelbyville weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Shelbyville, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Taylorsville Lake, 24 km from Shelbyville; records cover 2000–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 52.5 in1334 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 4,593
- Cooling degree days
- 1,321
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Shelbyville in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2008)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1001
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shelbyville in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2018)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 794
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shelbyville in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°0°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2012)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 608
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Shelbyville in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 41°5°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 306
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Shelbyville in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 51°11°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2012)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Shelbyville in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 60°15°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 42°6° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 259
Shelbyville in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 64°18°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 377
Shelbyville in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 62°17°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2007)
- Record low
- 46°8° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 336
Shelbyville in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 55°13°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2002)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 182
Shelbyville in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 42°6°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2019)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 284
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Shelbyville in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2022)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 580
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Shelbyville in December
Highs average 47°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2016)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 866
- Cooling degree days
- 0