Quality of Life

Median Home Price (2014): Madison County - $145,000 for 454 homes 

Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for the last six months of the year indicated. 

Climate 

Temperature 

• Average Annual, 2014 -  54.7 degrees 
• Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record) - 1,190 
• Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record) - 4,611 
• Normal (30-year record) - 55.5 degrees 
• Record Highest, July 2012 (70-year record) - 105 degrees 
• Record Lowest, January 1963 (70-year record) -21 degrees 

Precipitation 

• Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) - 13 inches 
• Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record) - 129.8 
• Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (66-year record) - 39.7 
• Normal (30-year record) - 45.17 inches 
• Total Precipitation, 2014-  54.21 inches 

Relative Humidity (30-year record) 

• 1 am - 79% 
• 7 am - 83% 
• 1 pm - 61% 
• 7 pm - 66% 

Note: Heating degree day totals are the sums of positive departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F. Cooling degree day totals are the sum of negative departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data, 2014.

Station of record: Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, KY

Public School District Enrollments, 2014 to 2015

Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Assessment and Accountability.

The above data was updated in July 2016. For the most up-to-date information, check out the Think Kentucky website.