Major Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold in the North-Central U.S.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies/Plains into the Mid-South beginning Friday, spreading eastward to the Mid-Atlantic and New England this weekend. An Arctic front will bring frigid temperatures and gusty winds that will lead to dangerous wind chills from the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Read More >

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After a historic Arctic blast just a few days before Christmas that brought powerful winds and sub-zero temperatures, January and February were characterized by warm and wet weather with a significant lack of snow. Tornadoes struck on January 12 and heavy rains led to occasional flooding in both January and February. January was one of our warmest on record, and February was even warmer...leading to one of the region's warmest winters on record.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snow	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	44.8°	+5.2°	11.27"	-0.79"	2.5"
Frankfort	41.4°	+4.7°	11.87"	+1.43"
Lexington	42.9°	+6.5°	13.47"	+2.21"	2.6"	-8.5"
Louisville Ali	43.4°	+5.1°	11.34"	+0.41"	4.4"	-6.4"
Louisville Bowman	41.4°	+3.9°	11.14"	+0.71"

Bowling Green's and Lexington's 2nd warmest winter on record
Frankfort's 3rd warmest winter on record
Louisville's 5th warmest winter on record

Lexington's 2nd least snowy winter (Dec-Feb) on record

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Major Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold in the North-Central U.S.

Winter 2022-23 summary