Dangerous Heat in the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms from the Central Plains into the Ohio Valley

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Isolated to widely scattered severe storms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley, and parts of the Ozarks to Lower Mississippi Valley today. Read More >

Historical Leap Day Weather

	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Frankfort
Highest Temperature	77° in 1972	75° in 1972	77° in 1972	70° in 1972 and 1976
Highest Average Temperature	62° in 1972	61° in 1972	64° in 1904	63° in 1904
Lowest Temperature	9° in 1884	13° in 1960	8° in 1884	17° in 1964 and 1980
Lowest Average Temperature	19° in 1884	21° in 1980 and 1960	16° in 1884	29° in 1984
Wettest	0.54" in 2012	1.11" in 2012	1.38" in 2012	0.98" in 2012
Snowiest	2.2" in 1912	0.5" in 1996 and 1968	3.0" in 1920	1.0" in 1920
Deepest Snow Cover	6" in 1984	3" in 1984 and 1960	3" in 1884	3" in 1984

Detailed weather for each Leap Day:

LaRue County Tornado February 29, 2012

Hodgenville, Kentucky after an EF2 tornado on February 29, 2012. Photo: NWS

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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