October 2017 Summary

The weather was mostly quiet this month. The only instance of severe weather was some minor wind damage southwest of Dundee in Ohio County on the 7th. That storm was part of a large band of showers and thunderstorms that dropped 1 to 4 inches of rain across the length of Kentucky from south of Paducah to northeast of Lexington.

A cold snap over the last four days of the month brought frost and, on the 29th, our first flurries of the season.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snow	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	60.4°	+1.6°	3.47"	+0.09"	T	+T
Frankfort	58.9°	+2.5°	5.44"	+2.20"
Lexington	59.7°	+2.7°	5.77"	+2.64"	T	+T
Louisville Bowman	59.8°	+1.6°	5.13"	+1.91"
Louisville International	61.4°	+1.9°	4.89"	+1.67	T	-0.1"

Records

8th: Record rainfall of 3.73" at Lexington
9th: Record warm low of 69° at Louisville
10th: Record warm low of 70° at Bowling Green
28th: Record cool high of 44° at Frankfort
29th: Record snowfall of a trace at Bowling Green and Lexington

10th wettest October on record at Frankfort
9th wettest October on record at Lexington

Frost on October 26, 2017 in Russellville, Kentucky

A frosty morning in Russellville on the 26th. Photo: Adam Hendricks