Hot-summer humid continental
Leitchfield, Kentucky
Grayson County, Kentucky · Population 6.4k · 751 ft elevation
Living in Leitchfield
Leitchfield has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (9″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 44 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Leitchfield at a glance
- Population
- 6.4k
- Elevation
- 751 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 9″44th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,738 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $157k21th percentile
- Median rent
- $588/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k11th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 76%4th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.822th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 159 per 100k46th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 953 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 459th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3736th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 20°F | 3.5″ | 4.0″ | 144 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 22°F | 4.1″ | 2.1″ | 139 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 30°F | 4.7″ | 0.8″ | 191 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 40°F | 4.6″ | 0.1″ | 240 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 51°F | 4.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 59°F | 4.3″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 61°F | 4.1″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 54°F | 3.3″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 41°F | 4.0″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | — | 181 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 23°F | 4.7″ | 2.4″ | 137 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology