Summary of recent records broken or tied

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

...SUMMARY OF RECENT RECORDS... The first week and a half of October has been one for the record books, with persistently very warm temperatures and some locally heavy rain. Below is a summary of the records that were broken or tied. Louisville... October 2: new record warm low of 73 October 5: tied record high of 92 October 7: tied record warm low of 70 October 8: new record warm low of 72 October 9: new record warm low of 72 October 10: tied record warm low of 71 Lexington... October 2: tied record warm low of 69 October 4: tied record warm low of 70, record rainfall of 3.42" October 5: tied record warm low of 71 which also tied the all-time record warm low for the month of October October 7: new record warm low of 70 October 8: new record warm low of 70 October 9: new record warm low of 70 October 10: new record warm low of 70 Bowling Green... October 8: tied record warm low of 66 October 10: tied record warm low of 70 Frankfort... October 2: new record warm low of 70 October 6: new record warm low of 68 October 8: new record warm low of 68