Tropical Depression Nine in the Gulf of America; California October Heat Wave Continues

Tropical Depression Nine is forecast to track toward the central U.S. Gulf Coast while strengthening into a tropical storm by early Wednesday and a hurricane on Thursday. Stay tuned to forecast updates. Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across much of California through midweek. Temperatures are forecast to gradually cool beginning Thursday in Coastal California. Read More >

Very little severe weather was observed this month, with damage reports restricted to isolated instances of trees blown down in locally strong storms. The remnants of Hurricane Laura traveled the length of Kentucky on the 28th, but just knocked down some trees in Russellville and brought less than two inches of rain to the region. There were no significant hot or cold spells; no daily average temperature during the month was more than 8 degrees away from normal at any of the climate observation sites.

Repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms kept humidity levels high and vegetation green.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	77.7°	+0.2°	6.64"	+3.31"
Frankfort	75.7°	+0.5°	7.63"	+4.27"
Lexington	74.1°	-1.2°	3.57"	+0.32"
Louisville Ali	77.9°	-0.5°	5.56"	+2.23"
Louisville Bowman	76.7°	-0.8°	4.97"	+1.66"