Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

August was generally cool and dry, and a fairly quiet month with few extremes. Most days' temperatures were within 10 degrees of normal and total precipitation was generally near normal as well. One of the more striking aspects of the month was a relative lack of extreme summer heat, with only a handful of days in the 90s. Frankfort actually never did reach 90°, making this the first August to not have a 90° temperature in Frankfort. The month finished up as Frankfort's 9th coolest August on record.

There was almost no severe weather during the month. The most significant storm occurred on the 4th when thunderstorms blew trees down in and near Louisville around 8 o'clock that evening.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rain	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	75.0°	-2.5°	1.57"	-1.76"
Frankfort	72.5°	-2.7°	3.01"	-0.35"
Lexington	73.0°	-2.3°	2.20"	-1.05"
Louisville Bowman	75.0°	-2.5°	2.25"	-1.06"
Louisville International	76.4°	-2.0°	3.47"	+0.14"

10th coolest August on record at Frankfort

A lightning strike took out a chunk of asphault on the Bowman Field ramp on the 19th. Thanks to Patrick Melton for taking the photos and Mark Powers for forwarding them to us.