October 2023 Summary

This October was warm and dry with no severe weather or flooding. Moderate drought persisted across most of southern Indiana and much of central Kentucky through the month until the last few days. Significant rains then fell on the 29th and 30th as a slow-moving frontal system drifted across the region. Two to three inches fell along the Ohio River, with over four inches in parts of western Kentucky.

Halloween was a chilly one, with widespread morning lows in the 20s putting an end to the growing season.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snow	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	60.9°	+0.9°	2.10"	-1.53"	0	0
Frankfort	58.4°	+0.8°	2.70"	-0.94"
Lexington	60.6°	+2.8°	2.30"	-1.36"	T	+T
Louisville Ali	61.8°	+1.5°	2.97"	-0.75"	0	-0.1"
Louisville Bowman	58.6°	-0.2°	3.28"	-0.37"

Records

27th: Warm low of 66° at Louisville
29th: Rainfall of 0.64" at Bowling Green

Kentucky Castle

A partly cloudy sunrise over the Kentucky Castle between Versailles and Lexington on the 7th.