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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

If you think it's been unusually hot lately, that's because these temperatures are more typical of July! Average temperatures through the first week of October were around 15 degrees above normal. Lexington, KY recorded its warmest first week of October on record. Meanwhile, it was the second warmest first week of October on record at Louisville, Frankfort, and Bowling Green. 

 

Lexington's previous warmest first week of October on record occurred in 1941, when the average temperature was 77.1 degrees. Louisville's warmest first week of October on record had an average temperature of 79.5 degrees in 1884.