The weather pattern turned quite active for the Bluegrass State over the last week of October. The state averaged over 1.5 inches behind multiple rounds of rainfall. The week opened with a line of showers and storms pushing through the region early Monday ahead of a strong cold front. Totals were highest across Western Kentucky and tapered farther east. The state then saw a temporary period of dry and cool conditions through Wednesday. Temperatures were coolest on Wednesday morning when much of Kentucky dipped into the mid to upper 30s, prompting some patchy frost to form across the area. A prolonged period of wet weather then arrived between Thursday and Saturday as a system slowly worked across the Bluegrass State. This activity closed what was a fairly wet October for Kentucky. Preliminary data from the Ag Weather Center shows the state averaged 4.28 inches, which is about three-quarters of an inch above normal.
Temperatures for the period averaged 54 degrees across the state which was near normal and 4 degrees cooler than the previous period. High temperatures averaged from 63 in the West to 59 in the East. Departure from normal high temperatures ranged from 4 degrees cooler than normal in the West to 8 degrees cooler than normal in the East. Low temperatures averaged from 49 degrees in the West to 46 degrees in the East. Departure from normal low temperature ranged from 5 degrees warmer than normal in the West to 7 degrees warmer than normal in the East. The extreme high temperature for the period was 72 degrees at POPLAR BLUFF ASOS and the extreme low was 30 degrees at CARLISLE 5SW.
Precipitation (liq. equ.) for the period totaled 1.58 inches statewide which was 0.82 inches above normal and 209% of normal. Precipitation totals by climate division, West 1.83 inches, Central 1.49 inches, Bluegrass 1.47 inches and East 1.54 inches, which was 0.98, 0.71, 0.78 and 0.83 inches above normal. By station, precipitation totals ranged from a low of 0.78 inches at CAPE GIRARDEAU ASOS to a high of 2.95 inches at CARBONDALE ASOS.
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