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Paducah, KY

37.056°N, 88.774°W · station PAHthr · 90 years of record
97°F
forecast high · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Paducah.
96°TUE9/197°WED9/297°THU9/397°FRI9/496°SAT9/594°SUN9/692°MON9/7

This Day in History

Every year's high 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 hottest on record.

Ranks

#5 / 88
warmest Sep 2 in 88 yrs of record

Warmest Sep 2 ever

101°F
set in 1953

Coolest Sep 2 ever

72°F
set in 2006
Forecast high 97°F — 5th warmest Sep 2 of 88 years · record 101°F (1953) · warmest since 2011.
1938: 91°F1939: 96°F1940: 90°F1941: 98°F1942: 90°F1943: 98°F1944: 76°F1945: 92°F1946: 86°F1947: 94°F1948: 88°F1949: 82°F1950: 77°F1951: 83°F1952: 95°F1953: 101°F1954: 93°F1955: 82°F1956: 74°F1957: 88°F1958: 82°F1959: 85°F1960: 93°F1961: 88°F1962: 84°F1963: 87°F1964: 87°F1965: 79°F1966: 90°F1967: 76°F1968: 81°F1969: 88°F1970: 92°F1971: 83°F1972: 88°F1973: 90°F1974: 78°F1975: 93°F1976: 81°F1977: 94°F1978: 83°F1979: 86°F1980: 95°F1981: 77°F1982: 81°F1983: 91°F1984: 95°F1985: 89°F1986: 85°F1987: 90°F1988: 87°F1989: 87°F1990: 96°F1991: 94°F1992: 86°F1993: 91°F1994: 79°F1995: 84°F1996: 86°F1997: 92°F1998: 89°F1999: 95°F2000: 93°F2001: 84°F2002: 93°F2003: 75°F2004: 86°F2005: 87°F2006: 72°F2007: 94°F2008: 94°F2009: 82°F2010: 88°F2011: 99°F2012: 89°F2013: 89°F2014: 87°F2015: 94°F2016: 83°F2017: 79°F2018: 94°F2019: 89°F2020: 80°F2021: 85°F2022: 90°F2023: 88°F2024: 91°F2025: 88°F97° forecast707580859095100105194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Sep 297°F
Hottest this date since2011
This-date record101°F
This-date rank#5 of 88
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record108°F (1942)
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

Hot Streaks

Current run

2 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

38 days
record run, ended Aug 3 1993

So far in 2026

27 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Paducah's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 87°F · forecast is +10° 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 high 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 high

2026 So Far

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.
Paducah, KY — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1937

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.
Paducah, KY daily high heat map 1937–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Paducah — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
27 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 76th most in 90 years. Normal for this point: 43. Record: 80 in 1944.

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