The Bluegrass State saw a few rounds of showers and storms over the course of the week. Saying that, accumulations were somewhat lacking with the state only averaging 0.4 inches. The range was quite extensive with some seeing over an inch and others staying completely dry. As a sidenote, much of the rainfall from Sunday evening and overnight fell after the data cutoff and will be included in next week's report. The official climate data for the month of June was released by the National Centers for Environmental Information last week. Overall, the state only averaged 2.65 inches for the month, which is the 10th driest June ever recorded (data record extending back to 1895). Just for perspective, June of 2012 sits at #3 on record when the state averaged 1.5 inches.
Temperatures for the period averaged 77 degrees across the state which was near normal and 2 degrees cooler than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 89 in the West to 87 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 1 degree cooler than normal in the West to near normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 67 degrees in the West to 66 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from 1 degree cooler than normal in the West to 3 degrees warmer than normal in the East. The extreme hig h temperature for the period was 96 degrees at CADIZ 4SW and the extreme low was 56 degrees at CARLISLE 5SW.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 0.40 inches statewide which was 0.6 inches below normal and 40% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 0.36 inches, Central 0.32 inches, Bluegrass 0.34 inches and East 0.58 inches, which was 0.62, 0.69, 0.64 and 0.45 inches below normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.00 inches at BOWLING GREEN APT to a high of 2.15 inches at HICKMAN 2E.
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