Good Friday and welcome to the 8th month of the year. August usually starts out on a scorching hot note, but that’s not the style of this summer. We are coming off a VERY cool July and our dog days are looking pretty wimpy, right now. That said… I do see some warmer times ahead.
A quick look back at July for a few cities finds some super cool numbers. Frankfort comes in with the 2nd coldest July on record at 71.9 degrees. 2009 and 1947 are tied for the top spot at 71.5 degrees.
Lexington’s numbers aren’t as easy to break down. Blue Grass Airport has become a hot spot since a new temperature sensor was placed on it last spring. It came in with a July average temperature of 73.3 degrees. The nearby Kentucky Mesonet site had an average July temperature of 72.1 degrees. The mesonet number would make this the 3rd coldest July on record for Lexington.
Unfortunately, the official records are kept at Blue Grass Airport and that number doesn’t even crack the top 10 coldest July list. Basically, the new warm biased sensor cost Lexington a rightful place in history for July.
Where do we go now that we’re in August?
Highs today will top out in the low and mid 80s in the west with upper 70s to low 80s in the east. We will see a few more clouds than what we had on Thursday and a couple of scattered showers and storms will roll into town. The greatest concentration will be across eastern and southeastern Kentucky.
Current Temperatures
Our weekend will see a scattered storm or two, but a lot of dry times will be noted. Temps will be tricky because of the scattered nature of the storms.
Thermometers will warm into the first half of next week. The parched ground of western Kentucky may help temps surge toward 90 or slightly better there. Central and eastern Kentucky should see readings closer to normal with more humid air returning.
Showers and storms will threaten to return by the end of the week as we track another dip in the jet stream.
Looking down the road for August and into early September, the CFS continues to show below normal temps…
Have a great day and take care.
Now lets get a monster heat wave all winter to balance things out lol.
I think you are joking, but I would love to see 60’s in February.
Our temps were cool last summer as well (although not this cool). Last summer was quite a bit wetter too. It this translates into an even colder winter than last, even with lesser precip, we could see a good bit of white stuff… I can only hope.
When does the winter forecast come out a way?? I suppose I’m a bit early, but these fall like days have put me in the mood.