Paducah, KY
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. The population was estimated 25,661 in 2006. Twenty blocks of Downtown Paducah have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is the hub for the Paducah Micropolitan Area, which includes McCracken, Ballard and Livingston counties in Kentucky and Massac County in Illinois; which had a population of 98,127 in 2006.
Geography
Paducah is located at (37.072226, -88.627436).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.5 square miles (50.5 km²), of which, 19.5 square miles (50.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.10%) is water.
Paducah is the largest city in the Jackson Purchase Region of Western Kentucky. It is one of two cities named Paducah located in the United States. The other Paducah is in the state of Texas, near the panhandle, and was named after Paducah, Kentucky
Climate
Paducah has a borderline humid subtropical climate, with an average annual temperature of 57.2°F (14°C). Average annual precipitation is 49.31 inches (125.25 centimeters), and average annual snowfall is 10.6 inches (26.92 centimeters).
The highest recorded temperature in Paducah was 106°F (41°C), recorded on June 30, 1952 and July 28, 1952. The lowest recorded temperature was -15°F (-26°C), recorded on January 20, 1985.
Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paducah%2C_Kentucky
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