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Paducah, KY 37.056°N, 88.774°W · station PAHthr · 90 years of record
91°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Paducah.
86° MON 7/13 87° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 89° THU 7/16 90° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 90° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #44 / 87
warmest Jul 18 in 87 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 100°F
set in 1943
Coolest Jul 18 ever 75°F
set in 2009
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Paducah. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
75 88 100 1938: 82°F 1939: 96°F 1940: 83°F 1941: 93°F 1942: 98°F 1943: 100°F 1944: 98°F 1945: 85°F 1946: 97°F 1947: 94°F 1949: 87°F 1950: 83°F 1951: 92°F 1952: 94°F 1953: 91°F 1954: 100°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 90°F 1957: 89°F 1958: 91°F 1959: 87°F 1960: 84°F 1961: 87°F 1962: 84°F 1963: 89°F 1964: 90°F 1965: 87°F 1966: 95°F 1967: 86°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 93°F 1971: 88°F 1972: 91°F 1973: 90°F 1974: 97°F 1975: 90°F 1976: 82°F 1977: 95°F 1978: 91°F 1979: 85°F 1980: 95°F 1981: 90°F 1982: 90°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 92°F 1988: 100°F 1989: 85°F 1990: 90°F 1991: 95°F 1992: 87°F 1993: 98°F 1994: 92°F 1995: 91°F 1996: 90°F 1997: 91°F 1998: 91°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 83°F 2001: 94°F 2002: 86°F 2003: 77°F 2004: 88°F 2005: 87°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 96°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 75°F 2010: 86°F 2011: 93°F 2012: 97°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 93°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 92°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 89°F 2020: 92°F 2021: 80°F 2022: 88°F 2023: 86°F 2024: 86°F 2025: 92°F 91° forecast 1938 1943 2025 Forecast high · Jul 18 91°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 100°F This-date rank #44 of 87
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 108°F (1942) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1937–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 77°F 1943 -15°F 1985 Feb 78°F 1962 -14°F 1951 Mar 87°F 2026 -6°F 2015 Apr 90°F 1946 21°F 2007 May 96°F 1941 32°F 1944 Jun 108°F 2012 44°F 1993 Jul 108°F 1942 47°F 1947 Aug 106°F 1947 44°F 1986 Sep 104°F 1939 34°F 1949 Oct 96°F 2019 22°F 1981 Nov 86°F 1946 -3°F 1950 Dec 77°F 1951 -10°F 1989 All-time 108°F 1942 -15°F 1985
Records set or tied at Paducah so far this year — through Jul 11.
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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 38 days
record run, ended Aug 3 1993
So far in 2026 8 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Paducah's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +1° vs normal .
Jan: 44°F Jan: 27°F Feb: 49°F Feb: 30°F Mar: 59°F Mar: 38°F Apr: 70°F Apr: 47°F May: 79°F May: 57°F Jun: 87°F Jun: 66°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 69°F Aug: 89°F Aug: 66°F Sep: 83°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 71°F Oct: 47°F Nov: 58°F Nov: 37°F Dec: 48°F Dec: 30°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:46 AM Sunset 7:16 PM Solar noon 12:01 PM Daylight 14h 30m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.06°N, 88.77°W Paducah's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Paducah's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Paducah, coloured by temperature — 90 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Paducah — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
8 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 80th most in 90 years. Normal for this point: 18 . Record: 42 in 1944.
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