The period opened with much-welcomed widespread showers on Monday. A good portion of Central KY and up into the Bluegrass saw 1-2+ inches. Some across South Central Kentucky even topped 3. Additional showers and storms followed across the rest of the workweek, but much less in terms of coverage. Overall, the state averaged 1.5 inches for the week, but the range was quite extensive. Some missed out on the higher totals on Monday and stayed between a quarter to half inch for the week. The rain and associated cloud cover kept temperatures in check for most of the week, but that changed over the weekend. Highs by Sunday were back in the mid-80s to low 90s across the western half of the state, along with high humidity.
Temperatures for the period averaged 72 degrees across the state which was 1 degree warmer than normal and 2 degrees warmer than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 82 in the West to 81 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 2 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 1 degree cooler than normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 62 degrees in the West to 61 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from near normal in the West to 4 degrees warmer than normal in the East. The extreme high temperature for the period was 95 degrees at PADUCAH ASOS and the extreme low was 51 degrees at MCKEE 5S.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 1.54 inches statewide which was 0.48 inches above normal and 145% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 1.47 inches, Central 1.96 inches, Bluegrass 1.81 inches and East 0.90 inches, which was 0.46, 0.89, 0.72 and -0.17 inches respectively from normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.20 inches at CALHOUN 5NW to a high of 3.83 inches at PADUCAH ASOS.
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