Kentucky Annual Rainfall see below for individual cities 


 

Kentucky city precipitation totals

City

Avg Annual Precip

Avg Snow Annual

 Avg. days of Precip

Avg # Thunderstorm days

Avg # Hail days
Jackson 49.38 22.9 142 53 1
Lexington 45.91 15.9 130 44 1
Louisville 44.54 16.2 125 45 1
Paducah 49.24 11.1 111 51 1
State Average - 48.98 inches, 12th wettest in U.S. 

Kentucky Precipitation Records 

  • Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Wheelersburg, eastern Kentucky, 38.38"
  • Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Closplint, southeastern Kentucky, 58.92"
  • Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Covington, northern Kentucky, 23.6"
  • State precipitation maximum for 24 hours - Louisville, northern Kentucky, 3/1/1997, 10.48"
  • State precipitation maximum for 1 year - Russellville, southern Kentucky, 1950, 79.68"
  • State snow maximum for 24 hours - Hazard, southeastern Kentucky, 3/14/1993, 25.0" 
  • State snow maximum for 1 season - Benham, southeastern Kentucky, 1959, 108.2"
  • On February 13, 1989, thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in Kentucky. Up to ten inches 
of rain flooded western Kentucky in two days, with five day totals ranging up to 13.16 inches at Gilbertsville Dam, Kentucky. 
Flooding caused tens of millions of dollars damage, including 18 million dollars of damage at Frankfort, Kentucky
  • On January 20, 1978, La Grange in Oldham County measured snow depth of 31 inches, the highest ever recorded in Kentucky.

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center