September 2016 Summary

Summer didn't want to let go as heat and humidity continued well into September this year. Louisville and Lexington each recorded 13 days in the 90s, just 5 days short of the record at both locations. Bowling Green experienced fifteen 90 degree days (the record is 22). A cold frontal passage early on the 26th brought in a much cooler air mass, resulting in cooler than normal temperatures for the last few days of the month.

There was only one day of severe weather, associated with the passage of a cold front on the 10th. Thunderstorms that day generated strong wind gusts that brought down scattered trees and power lines.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rainfall	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	74.2°	+4.1°	1.57"	-2.36"
Frankfort	72.9°	+5.3°	2.05"	-1.28"
Lexington	73.2°	+5.1°	1.67"	-1.24"
Louisville Bowman	74.2°	+4.6°	2.21"	-0.95"
Louisville International	75.5°	+4.5°	2.28"	-0.77"

Records
9th: Record warm low of 76° at Louisville, record warm low of 72° at Frankfort
17th: Record warm low of 71° at Bowling Green

6th warmest September on record at Louisville
7th warmest September on record at Lexington
8th warmest September on record at Frankfort

Scott County, Kentucky

A pretty scene in Scott County, Kentucky, on the 30th. Photo: Janet McClanahan