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 >

Each month of the season was warmer than normal, resulting in one of our warmest falls on record. Each month was also quite dry, causing severe to extreme levels of drought to develop south of the Ohio River by November. On the plus side, the dry conditions meant there was very little severe weather.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	64.0°	+4.9°	4.04"	-7.49"
Frankfort	61.8°	+5.1°	4.19"	-6.11"
Lexington	62.3°	+5.1°	3.84"	-5.73"
Louisville Bowman	63.4°	+5.0°	4.65"	-5.34"
Louisville International	64.8°	+5.1°	4.58"	-5.28"

Bowling Green: 3rd warmest and 6th driest fall on record
Frankfort: 2nd warmest and 10th driest fall on record
Lexington: 2nd warmest and 6th driest fall on record
Louisville: Warmest and 10th driest fall on record