Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. 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"