Summary of recent records broken or tied

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail are expected this afternoon and evening from the Upper Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and from the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic States. Excessive rainfall from heavy thunderstorms may produce areas of flash flooding from southern New Mexico into the western and northern Gulf Coast into Wednesday. 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