April started off with a bang with very warm temperatures and a significant severe weather outbreak. On the second day of the month two waves of severe storms rolled through the area. The first wave, in the morning, produced 6 tornadoes between 8:50am and 9:30am -- a very unusual time of day for tornadic activity. The second wave, in the afternoon and evening, resulted four more twisters including an EF-2 that touched down near the intersection of I-65 and I-265 in southern Indiana and moved east through Prospect, KY and into Oldham County near Buckner. This resulted in 22 injuries, all in Jefferson County, which was the most injuries in a tornado in Jefferson County since the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak.
Other than some scattered storms with strong gusty winds on the 18th, the remainder of the month was free of severe weather.
There was a period of unusually warm weather from the 14th to the 18th with the temperature rising well into the 80s on those days.
| Average Temperature | Departure from Normal | Precipitation | Departure from Normal | Snow | Departure from Normal | |
| Bowling Green | 62.5° | +3.4° | 5.07" | +0.26" | 0 | -0.1 |
| Frankfort | 59.2° | +2.5° | 5.43" | +0.88" | ||
| Lexington | 59.8° | +3.6° | 4.40" | -0.02" | 0 | -0.2" |
| Louisville Ali | 62.2° | +3.2° | 4.93" | +0.13" | 0 | -0.1" |
| Louisville Bowman | 59.5° | +1.4° | 5.04" | +0.35" |
Records
1st: Warm low of 68° at Bowling Green, warm low of 68° at Frankfort, warm low of 66° at Lexington, warm low of 69° at Louisville
11th: Precipitation of 1.76" at Frankfort
15th: High of 88° at Louisville
6th warmest April on record at Bowling Green
10th warmest April on record at Frankfort
4th warmest April on record at Lexington
5th warmest April on record at Louisville
Tornado damage near Buckner on the 2nd.
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