Good Monday and welcome to August. We are rolling into the 8th month of the year on another steamy hot note across the state. We are not alone as much of the same areas that have baked since early June are getting in on the act again.

Before we get to looking ahead… how about some looking back at the month we just wrapped up. Take a look at some of the numbers…



Those are the preliminary digits for some select cities across the commonwealth and proves just how extreme the weather is anymore. It doesn’t matter what season… the weather is going to the extreme across the country and that certainly is holding true here at home.

The Louisville July number was almost dead on to what the city recorded last July… 82.9 degrees. This is the first back to back top 10 hottest Julys for the city since way back in 1878 and 1879 and I don’t really trust the numbers from back then. Again…  the word extreme can’t be said enough.

Here are some more July numbers from other cities across Kentucky…

Covington Avg. Temp: 81.0 with 20 90 degree days.

Paducah Avg. Temp: 81.8 with 25 90 degree days.

Ashland Avg. Temp: 78.5 with 18 90 degree days.

Jackson Avg. Temp: 77.6 with 9 90 degree days.

That is some impressive heat across our part of the world. What makes it even more impressive is we are hitting those numbers without a drought! It is remarkable that we are seeing the kind of heat we are seeing without talking about the Palmer Drought Index. Dare I say… Extreme?

With July behind us… August is coming in with guns blazing. High temps will soar back into the low and mid 90s for many today into Tuesday. I would not be surprised to see one of the official reporting stations from Louisville west hit 100 for the first time this summer.

Track today’s heat here…

Current Temps



Heat Index



Today’s Highs


Wednesday will be another hot day with the 90s back in town. The day is likely to feature some scattered showers and thunderstorms by afternoon and evening. That trend of showers and storms of the scattered variety will be with us for Thursday and Friday and probably into the coming weekend.

Temps for the end of the week are going to come down several degrees from where we are over the next few days. This happens as a weak front settles southward across the region as a weak trough digs in across the eastern half of the country.

That troughing is something the models are trying to key on more and more over the next few weeks. The European Model 500mb height anomaly map for days 6-10 show this well…



The tropical wave that should become Emily is going to have something to say about the overall pattern from this weekend into next week. This system should make a run toward the southeastern coastline during this time.

Here is a look at the area the Hurricane Center is watching…

TC Activity

There you go folks… the first post after vacation. The batteries seemed to be recharged and that is going to come in handy as we supercharge the blog in the next few months. There may be some other surprises coming you way too.

Have a wonderful Monday and take care.