The Bluegrass State averaged 1.37 inches of rain for the week, most of which fell between Wednesday and Friday as a disturbance aloft was slow to work through the area. Showers and storms were scattered to numerous in coverage and passed through Kentucky in multiple rounds. Much of the state saw more than an inch, but just like the previous week, there was still some areas that missed out on the larger totals and saw a half inch or less. Rain was especially welcomed by some portions of Kentucky, whom the US Drought Monitor deemed abnormally dry in the 5/26 update due to stream flows running low and shallow soil moisture diminishing. Dry conditions returned for the weekend. Looking at temperatures, cloud cover and the active pattern kept temperatures below normal for the week. This broke a streak of six straight weeks where the state average had run above normal.
Temperatures for the period averaged 65 degrees across the state which was 2 degrees cooler than normal and 6 degrees cooler than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 73 in the West to 73 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 8 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 6 degrees cooler than normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 58 degrees in the West to 58 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from near normal in the West to 5 degrees warmer than normal in the East. The extreme high temperature for the period was 87 degrees at BURKESVILLE 3W and the extreme low was 48 degrees at VANCEBURG 6W.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 1.37 inches statewide which was 0.26 inches above normal and 123% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 1.14 inches, Central 1.26 inches, Bluegrass 1.41 inches and East 1.65 inches, which was 0.04, 0.11, 0.34 and 0.53 inches above normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.23 inches at HICKMAN 2E to a high of 3.08 inches at Harlan 24 E.
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