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 >

Though we had temperatures in August that were typical for the month, June and July were warmer than normal and ended up tilting the summer as a whole warmer than normal. In fact, this ended up being a top ten warm summer in Bowling Green, Lexington, and Louisville. Part of that warmth was due to the dry conditions that settled into the region in mid-June and intensified into July. Moderate drought developed in late June and peaked in mid-July. The hardest hit area was between Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Hodgenville, and Munfordville where the drought became severe. Widespread rains in late July broke the drought and all five climate sites in central Kentucky actually ended up with a wetter than normal July.

June Summary

July Summary

August Summary

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	79.6°	+1.5°	10.23"	-2.45"
Frankfort	76.2°	+0.5°	12.84"	+0.66"
Lexington	77.2°	+2.0°	12.83"	-0.96"
Louisville Ali	79.8°	+1.4°	13.17"	+1.14"
Louisville Bowman	78.0°	+0.8°	12.51"	-0.26"