#T1Erlanger
Kenton County · 20,158 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·22 days of 90°+ a year
Erlanger, #1 on this list · Photo: RandyBlankenshipp · CC BY-SA 4.0Kentucky rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Kentucky
Erlanger (tied with 2 more) has the coolest summers of Kentucky’s 134 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 85° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 87°; none of the 134 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T185°
#T1Florence
Boone County · 34,018 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·22 days of 90°+ a year
#T1Hebron
unincorporated, Boone County · 6,407 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·22 days of 90°+ a year
All 134 towns
July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 126 towns here).
134 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
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Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Kentucky town has the coolest summers?
Erlanger (Kenton County): July afternoons average a high of 85°. Florence (85°) and Hebron (85°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (134 in Kentucky): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Kentucky page.
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