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Heavy Rainfall Along the Central Gulf Coast; Thunderstorms from the Plains to the Central Appalachians; Heat Across the East

A system in the Gulf could produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding for portions of the north-central Gulf Coast into Saturday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon into Friday from Central Plains into the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians. Dangerous heat is expected from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic today. Read More >

Each month of the season was warmer than normal, resulting in one of our warmest falls on record. Each month was also quite dry, causing severe to extreme levels of drought to develop south of the Ohio River by November. On the plus side, the dry conditions meant there was very little severe weather.

  Average Temperature Departure from Normal Precipitation Departure from Normal
Bowling Green 64.0° +4.9° 4.04" -7.49"
Frankfort 61.8° +5.1° 4.19" -6.11"
Lexington 62.3° +5.1° 3.84" -5.73"
Louisville Bowman 63.4° +5.0° 4.65" -5.34"
Louisville International 64.8° +5.1° 4.58" -5.28"

 

Bowling Green: 3rd warmest and 6th driest fall on record
Frankfort: 2nd warmest and 10th driest fall on record
Lexington: 2nd warmest and 6th driest fall on record
Louisville: Warmest and 10th driest fall on record