General Kentucky Quality of Life Information  
  Median Home Price (2008): Pulaski County - $96,500 for 278 homes  
  Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated.  
  Climate  
  Temperature    
  Normal (30-year record) 58.4 degrees  
  Average Annual, 2007 61.2 degrees  
  Record Highest, September 1954 (66-year record) 103 degrees  
  Record Lowest, January 1985 (66-year record) -24 degrees  
  Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record) 3,690  
  Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record) 1,450  
  Precipitation    
  Normal (30-year record) 48.22 inches  
  Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) 9.9 inches  
  Total Precipitation, 2007 33.89 inches  
  Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record) 127.6  
  Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (60-year record) 48.1  
  Prevailing Winds WestSouthwest  
  Relative Humidity (30-year record)    
  1 a.m. 82 percent  
  7 a.m. 87 percent  
  1 p.m. 59 percent  
  7 p.m. 64 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, 2007.
Station of record: McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN.		  
  Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2008-2009  
    Total Enrollment Expenditures Per Pupil Pupil To Teacher Ratio  
  Pulaski County Schools 8,162 8,592 15.6  
  Science Hill Independent Schools 428 9,016 16.3  
  Somerset Independent Schools 1,517 8,535 14.7  
  Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.  
  Certified Non-Public School Enrollments, 2008-2009  
  Number of Schools Total Enrollment  
  1 263  
  Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.
Note:  Recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education.