Gusty Winds in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the Northwest

Gusty winds are expected from portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast through the night following the system that brought rain to the area. An atmospheric river will move into the Northwest late today into Saturday bringing moderate to heavy rainfall, mountain snow, windy conditions, and high surf to the area over the weekend. Read More >

August was generally cool and dry, and a fairly quiet month with few extremes. Most days' temperatures were within 10 degrees of normal and total precipitation was generally near normal as well. One of the more striking aspects of the month was a relative lack of extreme summer heat, with only a handful of days in the 90s. Frankfort actually never did reach 90°, making this the first August to not have a 90° temperature in Frankfort. The month finished up as Frankfort's 9th coolest August on record.

There was almost no severe weather during the month. The most significant storm occurred on the 4th when thunderstorms blew trees down in and near Louisville around 8 o'clock that evening.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rain	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	75.0°	-2.5°	1.57"	-1.76"
Frankfort	72.5°	-2.7°	3.01"	-0.35"
Lexington	73.0°	-2.3°	2.20"	-1.05"
Louisville Bowman	75.0°	-2.5°	2.25"	-1.06"
Louisville International	76.4°	-2.0°	3.47"	+0.14"

10th coolest August on record at Frankfort

A lightning strike took out a chunk of asphault on the Bowman Field ramp on the 19th. Thanks to Patrick Melton for taking the photos and Mark Powers for forwarding them to us.

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Gusty Winds in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the Northwest

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