The 2021 growing season officially came to end this period with a chilly week across the area. Kentucky saw multiple nights where lows dropped well below the freezing mark. Temperatures were coolest on Thursday morning when much of the state dipped into the middle to upper 20s. It was a near repeat on Friday and Saturday mornings, before temperatures started to slowly inch upward over the weekend. Looking at rainfall, following a very wet end to October, the first week of November featured mostly dry conditions. The only exception came on Monday night when a weak disturbance produced scattered light showers. Overall, the state only averaged 0.07 inches for the week.
Temperatures for the period averaged 43 degrees across the state which was 8 degrees cooler than normal and 10 degrees cooler than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 56 in the West to 54 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 8 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 10 degrees cooler than normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 32 degrees in the West to 32 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from 10 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 5 degrees cooler than normal in the East. The extreme high temperature for the period was 67 degrees at PADUCAH ASOS and the extreme low was 21 degrees at BRANDENBURG 4SW.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 0.07 inches statewide which was 0.69 inches below normal and 9% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 0.09 inches, Central 0.06 inches, Bluegrass 0.02 inches and East 0.09 inches, which was 0.76, 0.73, 0.68 and 0.61 inches below normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.00 inches at ALEXANDRIA 5NW to a high of 0.29 inches at MARION 4NE.
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