Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

Historical Memorial Day Weather

	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Frankfort
Highest Temperature	94° in 1895 and 2011	92° in 1937, 1944, and 1953	97° in 1911	96° in 1895
Highest Average Temperature	84° in 2011	81.5° in 1953	83° in 1953	81.5° in 1895
Lowest Temperature	40° in 1889 and 1947	38° in 1947	40° in 1947	39° in 1947
Lowest Average Temperature	43.5° in 1889	50.5° in 1889 and 1992	54° in 1947	50° in 1992
Wettest	3.31" in 1990	1.61" in 1996	2.41" in 1991	1.69" in 1976

Detailed weather for each Memorial Day:

Bullitt County, KY, May 28, 1996

Bullitt County on May 28, 1996.

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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