The Commonwealth saw a sixth straight week of below normal rainfall as most of the state ended the period without a drop. The majority of the Kentucky has run 2-3+ inches below normal over the past 30 days. In doing so, nearly 70% of Kentucky is now in a moderate or severe drought according to the latest update of U.S. Drought Monitor. Just like the previous week, high winds and low relative humidity led to periods of elevated fire risk. 51 counties are now under a burn ban. Outside of the dry conditions, the growing season officially came to an end over the middle stages of the workweek. Most everyone dropped into the 20s at some point. Some even hit the low 20s. Following the midweek cold spell, temperatures went on the increase heading into the weekend when highs topped out in the middle 70s to low 80s.
Temperatures for the period averaged 51 degrees across the state which was 6 degrees cooler than normal and 8 degrees cooler than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 66 in the West to 62 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 5 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 7 degrees cooler than normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 40 degrees in the West to 37 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from 6 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 4 degrees cooler than normal in the East. The extreme high temperature for the period was 82 degrees at MADISONVILLE 4S and the extreme low was 19 degrees at MAYFIELD 6SW.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 0.02 inches statewide which was 0.68 inches below normal and 3% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 0.00 inches, Central 0.01 inches, Bluegrass 0.01 inches and East 0.06 inches, which was 0.77, 0.7, 0.64 and 0.6 inches below normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.00 inches at ALEXANDRIA 5NW to a high of 0.47 inches at PIKEVILLE 13S.
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