Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

This August was characterized by hot and generally dry weather. Severe weather was sparse, though there was one widespread outbreak of storms on the 20th. There were many reports that day of trees and power lines blown down, and the official observing equipment at the Bowling Green airport measured a 60 mph wind.

The tap turned off around the Fourth of July and the dryness and heat increased as we headed into August. By mid-month moderate drought had set in over a small area of north central Kentucky including the Louisville metro. However, it was short-lived when an all-day soaking rain swept through the region on the 26th, dropping about an inch of precipitation. Additional rains fell on the following day and the drought was erased.

Louisville and Bowling Green hit at least 90° on 19 days of the month, with 18 such days at Lexington. The heat across southern Indiana and central Kentucky peaked from the 18th to the 20th when Louisville saw 98° on two of those days and Lexington soared to 99° on the 19th.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	79.0°	+1.5°	5.96"	+2.63"
Frankfort	76.4°	+1.2°	2.48"	-0.88"
Lexington	77.8°	+2.5°	2.16"	-1.09"
Louisville Bowman	78.0°	+0.5°	2.82"	-0.49"
Louisville International	79.8°	+1.4°	2.68"	-0.65"