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Paducah, KY

37.056°N, 88.774°W · station PAHthr · 90 years of record
69°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Paducah.
74°WED9/275°THU9/375°FRI9/474°SAT9/571°SUN9/670°MON9/769°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Paducah — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#69 / 88
coldest Sep 8 in 88 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

42°F
set in 1988

Mildest Sep 8 ever

78°F
set in 1941
Forecast low 69°F — 69th coldest Sep 8 of 88 years · record 42°F (1988) · coldest since 2025.
1938: 71°F1939: 71°F1940: 66°F1941: 78°F1942: 69°F1943: 52°F1944: 58°F1945: 70°F1946: 65°F1947: 70°F1948: 66°F1949: 57°F1950: 59°F1951: 57°F1952: 60°F1953: 47°F1954: 64°F1955: 65°F1956: 49°F1957: 56°F1958: 60°F1959: 70°F1960: 69°F1961: 69°F1962: 58°F1963: 62°F1964: 67°F1965: 63°F1966: 52°F1967: 64°F1968: 52°F1969: 64°F1970: 72°F1971: 69°F1972: 60°F1973: 69°F1974: 63°F1975: 55°F1976: 55°F1977: 67°F1978: 66°F1979: 55°F1980: 70°F1981: 56°F1982: 62°F1983: 65°F1984: 61°F1985: 70°F1986: 49°F1987: 66°F1988: 42°F1989: 70°F1990: 69°F1991: 65°F1992: 64°F1993: 58°F1994: 53°F1995: 62°F1996: 63°F1997: 64°F1998: 54°F1999: 59°F2000: 65°F2001: 69°F2002: 65°F2003: 55°F2004: 68°F2005: 60°F2006: 53°F2007: 72°F2008: 58°F2009: 66°F2010: 67°F2011: 51°F2012: 65°F2013: 66°F2014: 57°F2015: 68°F2016: 72°F2017: 50°F2018: 66°F2019: 57°F2020: 69°F2021: 58°F2022: 60°F2023: 60°F2024: 50°F2025: 43°F69° forecast404550556065707580194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 869°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record42°F
This-date rank#69 of 88
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-15°F (1985)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1937–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Paducah in each calendar month, and for the whole 1937–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan77°FJan 25, 1943-15°FJan 20, 1985
Feb78°FFeb 13, 1962-14°FFeb 2, 1951
Mar87°FMar 22, 2026-6°FMar 6, 2015
Apr90°FApr 21, 194621°FApr 8, 2007
May96°FMay 22, 194132°FMay 7, 1944
Jun108°FJun 29, 201244°FJun 1, 1993
Jul108°FJul 17, 194247°FJul 23, 1947
Aug106°FAug 4, 194744°FAug 29, 1986
Sep104°FSep 9, 193934°FSep 30, 1949
Oct96°FOct 2, 201922°FOct 24, 1981
Nov86°FNov 3, 1946-3°FNov 25, 1950
Dec77°FDec 31, 1951-10°FDec 22, 1989
All-time108°FJul 17, 1942-15°FJan 20, 1985

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Paducah so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 16, 1980

Coldest high ever

1°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 20, 1985
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan66°FJan 25, 19501°FJan 20, 1985
Feb67°FFeb 20, 20187°FFeb 3, 1996
Mar66°FMar 28, 199819°FMar 4, 1960
Apr71°FApr 28, 197036°FApr 6, 1971
May75°FMay 25, 198948°FMay 4, 1945
Jun81°FJun 23, 201662°FJun 4, 1945
Jul82°FJul 16, 198069°FJul 5, 1967
Aug80°FAug 16, 195464°FAug 15, 1964
Sep78°FSep 9, 193954°FSep 28, 1967
Oct74°FOct 3, 198638°FOct 30, 1993
Nov71°FNov 4, 202415°FNov 24, 1950
Dec66°FDec 2, 19824°FDec 24, 1983
All-time82°FJul 16, 19801°FJan 20, 1985

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

58 days
record run, ended Mar 6 1978

So far in 2026

46 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Paducah's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +7° vs normal.
Jan: 44°FJan: 27°FFeb: 49°FFeb: 30°FMar: 59°FMar: 38°FApr: 70°FApr: 47°FMay: 79°FMay: 57°FJun: 87°FJun: 66°FJul: 90°FJul: 69°FAug: 89°FAug: 66°FSep: 83°FSep: 58°FOct: 71°FOct: 47°FNov: 58°FNov: 37°FDec: 48°FDec: 30°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:26 AM
Sunset6:24 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight12h 58m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.06°N, 88.77°W

Nearby Stations

Carbondale, IL56 mi NWPoplar Bluff, MO87 mi WEvansville, IN97 mi NENashville, TN132 mi SEJonesboro, AR133 mi SWSt Louis, MO146 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

Paducah's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Paducah, KY — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Paducah's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Paducah, KY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1937

Each cell is one day's low at Paducah, coloured by temperature — 90 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Paducah, KY daily low heat map 1937–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Paducah — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
46 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 71st most in 90 years. Normal for this point: 53. Record: 73 in 1960.

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