Winchester weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Winchester, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mount Sterling, 23 km from Winchester; records cover 1892–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.5 in1232 mm
- Snow a year
- 9 in22 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 20
- Heating degree days
- 5,047
- Cooling degree days
- 991
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 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Winchester in January
Highs average 42°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1943)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1032
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Winchester in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1932)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 853
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Winchester in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1929)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 681
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Winchester in April
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1925)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 364
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Winchester in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 51°10°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1911)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 134
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Winchester in June
Highs average 83°29° and lows 59°15°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2012)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 202
Winchester in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 63°17°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1988)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 306
Winchester in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 61°16°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Winchester in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 53°12°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1954)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 69
- Cooling degree days
- 117
Winchester in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 42°5°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2019)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 324
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Winchester in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°0°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1946)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 643
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Winchester in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1982)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 924
- Cooling degree days
- 0