Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 48 min6:16 am – 9:03 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 32 min7:50 am – 5:22 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 67°FColdest month January: highs 45°F, lows 27°F46 in of rain a year, on about 81 dayswettest month May10 in of snow a year, on about 7 days28 days above 90°F, 80 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Dix Dam station, 10 mi away; snow from Keene 1 Wsw
Nearby landmarksLake Mingolake · under a mileAsbury Theological Seminarycollege · 5.3 miAsbury Universitycollege · 5.4 miCogars Springspring · 4.9 miCatnip Hillpeak · 5.4 miMeridian Hillpeak · 5.8 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsCity County Parkpark · under a mile · 80 acresLake Veiw Parkpark · under a mileCamp Nelson National Monumentnational monument · 5.3 mi · 463 acresWaveland State Historic Sitestate park · 6.8 miCamp Nelson National Cemeteryhistoric site · 6.2 miTom Dorman State Nature Preservestate conservation land · 7.4 mi · 912 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 4+, 1 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Jul 198040 mi away, near Sharpsburg, KentuckyMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 28 Dec 202516 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowJessamine County, KY, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsStrong wind Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality79% of days had good air in 2025285 of 363 days measured78 moderate daysMedian index 41, worst day 100main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Jessamine County monitors, KY
Drinking waterNicholasville Water Departmentserves 35,266 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation950 ft290 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalCHI Saint Joseph Health Saint Joseph Jessamine1.9 miPost officeNicholasville Post Officeunder a mileTown hallNicholasville City Hallunder a milePoliceJessamine County Sheriff's Officeunder a mileFire stationNicholasville Fire Department Station 1under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high, 1 otherHighEast Jessamine High Schoolunder a mileElementaryNicholasville Elementary Schoolunder a mileElementaryRed Oak Elementary School1.4 miCollegeAsbury Theological Seminary5.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportBlue Grass Airport LEX11 miMajor airportLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport SDF67 miInterstateI-7511 miUS highwayUS 27 Bus1.7 miAmtrakMaysville, KY MAY69 miCoachLexington Bus StopGreyhound15 miTransit23 stops within a mileBluegrass RideSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 40340 ZIP area.
