Records are made to be broken. Here in central Kentucky, I ask, "What records?"
In what has been a relatively wet summer for many, this has been a rather uneventful summer for broken records so far.
We have had a couple of cool mornings, but no record breakers. We have seen some rainy days. Just ask Lexington whose 3.16" on a day in June would seemingly be good enough for some type of daily record. Nope. How about Bowling Green whose summer has nearly 11" already? Not a single day of record rainfall. Record high temperatures...anyone? Hey, we got a winner, well, sort of. Oh, Louisville, a record tying high of 94 on June 14. Is that it?
Well, in western Kentucky, Paducah did register a record daily rainfall of 2.82" on June 18th.
In eastern Kentucky, Jackson and London have registered a few more records related to daily rainfall. But, remember, Jackson's weather history only dates back to about 35 years. Therefore, their 3 days of daily rainfall records on the 5th, 13th, and the 19th days of June would not take much to break. The highest amount of rainfall for any given day was 1.72" on the 19th. And Lexington's 3.16" was not a record? Well, their records date back to 1872. Jackson dates back to 1981 and London to 1954.
So much for daily records. How about monthly records? Well, we already have one month of summer in the books. How did we do?
Bowling Green's 7.93" for the month of June came in at #9 of all June's dating back to 1870.
That's it for central Kentucky. So, what about other parts of the state? That would be a no for western Kentucky. But, surely we can find some monthly records for the 'newbies' in eastern Kentucky.
Yes, we can! Jackson's 6.21" of June's liquid bliss comes in at #10 out of a mere 36 years of recordable history.
Let's switch gears just a bit by turning our attention to severe weather in the summer. Last June, in 2016, here's what Kentucky recorded...
| Total Reports = 138 |
| Tornadoes = 0 |
| Hail Reports = 5 |
| Wind Reports = 133 |
Now, let's fast-forward to the near present, to June 2017.
Well, oomph. I am writing this post on the fly, and I have no map for June 2017 yet as it has not been fully updated. Through the 27th, we had...
| Total Reports = 45 |
| Tornadoes = 2 |
| Hail Reports = 0 |
| Wind Reports = 43 |
Keep in mind, there were some local storm reports after the 27th. But, clearly, the number of storm reports looks to be much less this June than last June.
Interestingly, last year, Kentucky came in at #4 for wind damage reports nationwide. By the way, this was not just for the summer months, but for the whole 2016 calendar year.
I'm sure some more records will be broken this summer and the rest of the year. but, so far this is a yawning period compared to the multi-month records and/or multi-top ten events of the past year or so.
Time for me to dice up some more yellow squash, zucchini, and a couple of peppers. Looking forward to picking out a couple of green tomatoes this week. Fried green tomatoes here I come. If you haven't tried this yet, place a fried green tomato rolled in a horseradish mixture as a topping for your burgers. Makes for a much more lively flavor. Yummy, indeed.
MS
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