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Climate | Public School Information | Nonpublic School Enrollments
General Kentucky Quality of Life Information

Median Home Price (2002): $109,500

Climate
Temperature 
Normal (117-year record)
55.2 degrees
Average Annual, 2000
54.9 degrees
Record Highest, July 1988 (56-year record)
103 degrees
Record Lowest, January 1963 (56-year record)
-21 degrees
Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record)
4,783
Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record)
1,140
Precipitation
Normal (30-year record)
44.55 inches
Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record)
17.5 inches
Total Precipitation, 2000
42.1 inches
Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record)
129.1
Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (30-year record)
43.5
Prevailing Winds
South
Relative Humidity (30-year record)
1 a.m.
77 percent
7 a.m.
82 percent
1 p.m.
60 percent
7 p.m.
64 percent
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center,
Local Climatological Data, 2000.

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.
Station of record: Lexington, Kentucky.


Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures
(2002-2003)
Total Enrollment
Expenditures Per Pupil
Pupil To Teacher Ratio
Shelby County
5,519
$6,667
17.0
Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.


Nonpublic School Enrollments
(2001-2002)
Number of Schools
Total Enrollment
1
195
Source: Kentucky Schools Directory, 2001-2002, Kentucky Department of Education.