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 >

September 2015 was a seasonably quiet month with almost no stormy weather (the exceptions being a weak downburst in Saint Matthews, KY, on the 1st, and a few trees down around Henryville, IN, and Frankfort, KY, on the 5th). Dry conditions prevailed for the first week of the month, followed by some wet weather from the 9th to the 11th as a couple of slow-moving cold fronts crossed the region. A longer period of dry weather then settled in for much of the rest of the month until the final couple of days when an upper level disturbance combined with a surface cold front to produce widespread light rain.

Temperatures were generally seasonable with no extreme heat or cold.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rain	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	72.6°	+2.5°	4.06"	+0.13"
Frankfort	70.0°	+2.4°	3.44"	+0.11"
Lexington	70.9°	+2.8°	2.71"	-0.20"
Louisville Bowman	72.4°	+2.8°	1.84"	-1.32"
Louisville International	73.7°	+2.7°	2.45"	-0.60"