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 >

As opposed to the first week of January last year, 2019 started out quite warm. The warmth peaked on the 7th and 8th when average daily temperatures were 20-25 degrees above normal and afternoon highs were in the 60s. Then, the middle of the month was near normal and the last third of the month was cold.

The most significant cold outbreak waited until the last couple days of the month when the mercury dipped into the single digits. Unfortunately on the 30th those cold temperatures were accompanied by gusty winds that took wind chills down to as low as 24 degrees below zero.

There were no large snowfalls during the month, but light snows on the order of 1-4 inches took place on the 11th-12th, 19th-20th, and 29th-30th. The snow on the 19th-20th was accompanied by strong gusty winds.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snowfall	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	37.4°	+1.7°	3.29"	-0.32"	3.4"	+0.1"
Frankfort	33.4°	+0.9°	3.55"	+0.29"
Lexington	33.8°	+0.9°	4.35"	+1.15"	5.4"	+1.5"
Louisville Bowman	35.4°	+0.9°	2.94"	-0.44"
Louisville International	35.2°	+0.3°	3.22"	-0.02"	7.5"	+3.8"