Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

Historical Independence Day Weather

	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Frankfort
Highest Temperature	102° in 2012 and 1911	99° in 2012	102° in 2012	100° in 1934
Highest Average Temperature	89° in 2012 and 1911	86° in 1921	89° in 1897	85.5° in 1934
Lowest Temperature	51° in 1968	50° in 1968	52° in 1924 and 1907	49° in 1968
Lowest Average Temperature	65° in 1968	63.5° in 1909	67° in 1972 and 1924	62° in 1968
Wettest	5.04" in 1896	1.83" in 1935	2.40" in 1941	2.60" in 1925

Detailed weather for each Independence Day:

Natural and man-made fireworks north of Lexington on May 30, 2010

Natural and man-made fireworks north of Lexington on May 30, 2010. Photo: John Bradshaw

Note on the data presented here:
At Bowling Green and Frankfort, data presented here may differ from data presented elsewhere. That is due primarily to "time shifting," which is when observers give their 24-hour reports at 7am. The high temperature, for example, may be given by the observer as 80 degrees on the 7am report on June 1, meaning that the 80 degree reading actually happened on the calendar day of May 31 (the previous afternoon). Unfortunately, that high temperature may have gone into the climatological record as having happened on June 1, since that is the date of the report. Additionally, data may be time shifted for only a portion of a location's history.

An additional problem at Bowling Green is that there have been many observers over the years, occasionally simultaneously, and a difference can arise depending on which observer's data are used.

These issues are not present at Louisville and Lexington.

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