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 >

We had a warm and wet August, though there was very little severe weather. The strongest storms came on the evening of the 15th when a small squall line moved up the Ohio River west of Louisville. French Lick, Indiana recorded a 67 mph wind gust, and in Breckinridge County a barn was damaged and a dryer was lofted into the air and dropped onto a vehicle.

On the evening of the 19th a solitary shower formed right over Louisville and dumped nearly four inches of rain in two hours on the Highlands. And yet, Louisville Bowman received only 0.29" and Louisville International received nothing!

However, just three days earlier several rounds of thunderstorms had dropped torrential rain on SDF, adding up to more than 3". It was Louisville's 5th wettest August day on record.

Though the month ended up on the warm side of normal, no individual day was more than 9 degrees warmer (or cooler) than normal at any of the five main climate sites in central Kentucky.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rain	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	78.9°	+1.4°	4.24"	+0.91"
Frankfort	76.5°	+1.3°	7.24"	+3.88"
Lexington	76.2°	+0.9°	5.21"	+1.96"
Louisville Bowman	79.1°	+1.6°	6.04"	+2.73"
Louisville International	79.5°	+1.1°	7.23"	+3.90"

Records

1st: Record cool high of 76° at Frankfort
11th: Record rainfall of 1.30" at Frankfort
16th: Record rainfall of 3.18" at Louisville (also 5th wettest August day on record)
26th: Record warm low of 73° at Frankfort
27th: Record warm low of 74° at Frankfort, record warm low of 78° at Louisville
28th: record warm low of 74° at Bowling Green, record warm low of 77° at Louisville
29th: Record warm low of 72° at Frankfort, record warm low of 73° at Lexington
31st: Record rainfall of 1.21" at Louisville

5th wettest August on record at Louisville
6th wettest August on record at Frankfort

Storm south of Lexington