Hopkins County - Quality of Life
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Median Home Price (2004):
Hopkins County - $60,000 for 293 homes |
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Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated. |
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Temperature |
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Normal (30-year record) |
56
degrees |
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Average Annual,
2006 |
57.3
degrees |
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Record Highest,
July 1954
(66-year record) |
105
degrees |
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Record Lowest,
February 1951
(66-year record) |
-23 degrees |
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Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year
record) |
4,617
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Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year
record) |
1,422
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Precipitation |
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Normal (30-year record) |
44.27
inches |
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Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) |
14.2
inches |
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Total Precipitation,
2006 |
66.18
inches |
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Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year
record) |
116.7
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Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (59-year
record) |
43.5
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Prevailing Winds |
Southwest
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Relative Humidity (30-year record) |
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12 midnight |
80
percent |
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6 a.m. |
83
percent |
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12 noon |
59
percent |
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6 p.m. |
63
percent |
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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,
2006.
Station of record:
Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, IN. |
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Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures,
2005-2006 |
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Total Enrollment |
Expenditures Per Pupil |
Pupil To Teacher Ratio |
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Dawson Springs Independent Schools |
669 |
8,388 |
13.2 |
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Hopkins County Schools |
7,150 |
8,047 |
14.4 |
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Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum,
Assessment and Accountability. |
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Certified Non-Public School Enrollments,
2004-2005 |
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Number of Schools |
Total Enrollment |
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1 |
121 |
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Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.
Note: Recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education. |
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