Summary of recent records broken or tied

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 >

...SUMMARY OF RECENT RECORDS... The first week and a half of October has been one for the record books, with persistently very warm temperatures and some locally heavy rain. Below is a summary of the records that were broken or tied. Louisville... October 2: new record warm low of 73 October 5: tied record high of 92 October 7: tied record warm low of 70 October 8: new record warm low of 72 October 9: new record warm low of 72 October 10: tied record warm low of 71 Lexington... October 2: tied record warm low of 69 October 4: tied record warm low of 70, record rainfall of 3.42" October 5: tied record warm low of 71 which also tied the all-time record warm low for the month of October October 7: new record warm low of 70 October 8: new record warm low of 70 October 9: new record warm low of 70 October 10: new record warm low of 70 Bowling Green... October 8: tied record warm low of 66 October 10: tied record warm low of 70 Frankfort... October 2: new record warm low of 70 October 6: new record warm low of 68 October 8: new record warm low of 68