Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected today into Wednesday over New Mexico into far west Texas. Flash flooding and debris flows in wildfire burn areas will be possible. A strong coastal storm will develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday, intensifying toward southern New England this weekend. Significant coastal flooding, strong rip currents, and beach erosion from high surf expected. Read More >

Though June and July were rather stormy, the summer finished with a very quiet August. Overall, though, the summer was a wet one with Louisville and Frankfort ending up in the top five wettest summers on record. Temperatures tended to be near seasonal norms, though August was unusually cool.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rain	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	77.6°	+0.5°	10.82"	-0.81"
Frankfort	74.2°	-0.5°	20.24"	+8.40"
Lexington	74.2	-0.5	17.50"	+5.16"
Louisville Bowman	76.6°	-0.2°	19.05"	+7.43"
Louisville International	77.8°	0°	18.94"	+7.59"