Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. Read More >

In keeping with what we typically see during a La Niña winter, January 2021 was warmer and wetter than normal.

There were two main snows during the month. One was on the 16th when a weak system had just enough moisture associated with it to produce one to three inches of snow, primarily from southern Kentucky into the Blue Grass area. The other snow-maker happened on the 27th as low pressure moved by to our southeast. Two to four inches of snow fell from southern Indiana to eastern Kentucky.

All climate sites set daily record rainfall amounts on the 25th in conjunction with a slow-moving warm front over the Tennessee Valley. Liberty, KY received over three inches of rain.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snow	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	38.7°	+3.0°	4.02"	+0.41"	1.1"	-2.2"
Frankfort	35.3°	+2.8°	4.09"	+0.83"
Lexington	33.8°	+0.9°	4.78"	+1.58"	6.3"	+2.4"
Louisville Ali	36.5°	+1.6°	3.87"	+0.63"	5.7"	+2.0"
Louisville Bowman	36.1°	+1.6°	3.83"	+0.45"