June 2016 Summary

Storms were peppered around the region on several days during June. Most of the severe weather came in the form of gusty winds, with just a few reports of hail and no tornadoes. The most widespread severe storms occurred on the 23rd when many locations across southern Indiana and central Kentucky experienced damaging wind gusts. There was one report of golf ball sized hail on the west side of Louisville.

There were 6 weather-related injuries during the month in central Kentucky, and they were all a result of lightning strikes. On the 22nd around 10 o'clock in the morning four employees working at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Richmond received a shock when lightning struck the building. Then on the 26th two ambulance workers were struck when they were loading a car accident victim into the ambulance. They were treated and released in nearby Leitchfield.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rainfall	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	77.8	+2.8	2.47"	-1.68"
Frankfort	75.3	+2.7	4.43"	+0.34"
Lexington	75.1	+2.9	4.56"	+0.12"
Louisville Bowman	77.3	+2.2	4.34"	+0.20"
Louisville International	78.2	+2.6	4.25"	+0.46"

No records were set this month.

The sun shining on a distant shower creates a rainbow over the Kentucky countryside on the 4th. Photo: Alex Sizemore