Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Arizona; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may lead to scattered instances of flash flooding across the Midwest and Ohio Valley and southern Arizona. The threat will shift to the Mid-Atlantic coast on Thursday. Dangerous heat persists in the South and Southeast while building into the Southwest. Overnight lows will be so warm that little-to-no relief from the scorching daytime highs will be available. 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"