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Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall Potential for the Plains; Coastal Low Across the mid-Atlantic

An upper trough and frontal boundary will focus showers and thunderstorms across portions of the Plains through early Monday; A few severe thunderstorms along with heavy rainfall are expected. Meanwhile, low pressure off the Southeast Coast will bring inclement weather across the mid-Atlantic coast through Monday. This system is forecast to meander off the coast then track inland early this week. Read More >

...SUMMARY OF RECENT RECORDS...

The first week and a half of October has been one for the record
books, with persistently very warm temperatures and some locally
heavy rain. Below is a summary of the records that were broken
or tied.

Louisville...

October 2: new record warm low of 73
October 5: tied record high of 92
October 7: tied record warm low of 70
October 8: new record warm low of 72
October 9: new record warm low of 72
October 10: tied record warm low of 71

Lexington...

October 2: tied record warm low of 69
October 4: tied record warm low of 70, record rainfall of 3.42"
October 5: tied record warm low of 71 which also tied the all-time record warm low for the month of October
October 7: new record warm low of 70
October 8: new record warm low of 70
October 9: new record warm low of 70
October 10: new record warm low of 70

Bowling Green...

October 8: tied record warm low of 66
October 10: tied record warm low of 70

Frankfort...

October 2: new record warm low of 70
October 6: new record warm low of 68
October 8: new record warm low of 68