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 >

March Summary

April Summary

May Summary

This spring was a quiet one, with just some minor sporadic severe weather and few significant temperature or precipitation extremes. There were only two tornadoes: one on March 14 north of Salem, Indiana, and another on April 12 near La Grange, Kentucky.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snow	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	59.0°	+1.5°	10.46"	-3.90"	Trace	-1.3"
Frankfort	56.6°	+1.9°	15.13"	+2.21"
Lexington	57.0°	+2.0°	11.63"	-1.30"	3.3"	+1.6"
Louisville Bowman	56.6°	-0.2°	16.94"	+3.58"
Louisville International	59.1°	+1.5°	14.97"	+1.52"	2.6"	+1.1"