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Quality of Life

  General Kentucky Quality of Life Information  
  Median Home Price (2011): Barren County - $88,500 for 127 homes  
  Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated.  
  Climate  
  Temperature    
  Normal (30-year record) 58.9 degrees  
  Average Annual, 2011 60.5 degrees  
  Record Highest, July 1952 (72-year record) 107 degrees  
  Record Lowest, January 1985 (72-year record) -17 degrees  
  Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record) 3,677  
  Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record) 1,652  
  Precipitation    
  Normal (30-year record) 48.11 inches  
  Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) 9.1 inches  
  Total Precipitation, 2011 52.14 inches  
  Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record) 120.2  
  Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (64-year record) 50.9  
  Prevailing Winds South  
  Relative Humidity (30-year record)    
  12 midnight 79 percent  
  6 a.m. 84 percent  
  12 noon 57 percent  
  6 p.m. 61 percent  
  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, 2011.
Station of record: Nashville Intl. Airport, Nashville, TN.		  
  Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2011-2012  
    Total Enrollment Pupil To Teacher Ratio  
  Barren County Schools 4,795 16.1  
  Caverna Independent Schools 722 12.9  
  Glasgow Independent Schools 1,926 13.3  
  Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.  
  Certified Non-Public School Enrollments, 2011-2012  
  Number of Schools Total Enrollment  
  0 0  
  Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.
Note:  Recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education.