Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >

The first significant snow of the season arrived on the 5th as an upper level disturbance swept overhead while surface temperatures were in the teens and 20s. One to three inches of snow accumulated.

A few days later, temperatures warmed significantly and stayed warm for much of the rest of the month. Bowling Green got to 71 and Louisville hit 70 degrees on the 12th, and temperatures throughout the region peaked in the 60s each day from the 20th to 22nd. Despite the abnormally warm temperatures, there was no severe weather in southern Indiana or central Kentucky. The closest we came was when a few trees were blown down in non-thunderstorm winds on the 10th.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snowfall	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	44.2°	+8.5°	4.16"	+0.55"	0.7"	-2.6"
Frankfort	40.3°	+7.8°	3.94"	+0.68"
Lexington	40.2°	+7.3°	4.71"	+1.51"	3.3"	-0.6"
Louisville Bowman	41.1°	+6.6°	4.24"	+0.86"
Louisville International	41.6°	+6.7°	4.21"	+0.97"	2.6"	-1.1"