Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

After having eliminated drought conditions in southern Indiana and central Kentucky in July, rains continued for most folks in the region in August, with many locations receiving rainfall amounts roughly in the 2 to 4 inch range. Some exceptions included just over 8 inches in Logan and Casey Counties...and only about an inch in Bowling Green (while Smiths Grove got nearly 5 inches).

Fortunately, severe weather was fairly sparse during the month. The most significant storms included multiple trees down, power outages, and a porch roof blown off near Albany on the 3rd...and on the 7th more than 20 trees were felled in Franklin's Jim Roberts Community Park with a barn destroyed just north of the park.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	78.8°	+0.3°	0.96"	-2.93"
Frankfort	75.6°	-0.5°	4.44"	+1.29"
Lexington	76.3°	+0.6°	4.27"	+0.56"
Louisville Ali	79.1°	+0.2°	4.69"	+0.98"
Louisville Bowman	77.6°	0°	2.59"	-0.94"