1995 KENTUCKY GROWING SEASON SUMMARY Mon Jan 1 15:00:00 EDT 1995 For the week ending Sunday December 31, 1995 Cold with below normal precipitation. Average temperatures for the week were in the mid 20s to near 30 degrees which was 1 to 7 degrees below normal. Average high temperatures were in the low 30's East to upper 30s West. Low temperatures averaged in the upper teens to low 20s. Extreme high temperatures were in the low 50s and extreme low temperatures dropped into the low teens. Total precipitation (liq. Equ.) was light with 0.20 to 0.40 reported statewide. This was 0.50 to near one inch below normal. Clouds and flurries were presistent throughtout the week. Humidity levels were elevated. For the week ending Sunday December 24, 1995 Cold and wet. Temperatures averaged upper 20s to low 30s, 1 to 5 degrees below normal South, 5 to 10 degrees below normal North. Week started very mild 50s, considerable rainfall 18th/19th but quickly turned cold, extreme low temperatures teens. Snowfall light statewide. Total rainfall and snowfall (liquid equ.) amounts less than 1 in. west, 1 to 1.5 in. Central, 0.80 to 2.10 in. Bluegrass and East 1 to 1.5 in. (except near 0.30 in. Southeast). Departure from normal rainfall totals below normal West and South, above normal North and Northeast. Humidities elevated, soils frozen with thin snow cover. Soil moisture adequate to surplus. Kentucky Burley markets closed for holidays, sales resume 1/8. Stripping continued. Farm activity minimal during Holiday Season. Supplemental feeding for cattle increased with cold temperatures. For the week ending Sunday Dec. 17, 1995 Overcast and mild. High temperatures averaged upper 40s to mid 50s, 3 to 5 degrees above normal north, 5 to 10 degrees above normal south. Low temperatures averaged mid to upper 30s, 5 to 12 degrees above normal. Extreme highs upper 60 to low 70s, extreme lows teens. Rainfall widespread, totals generally below 1 in. Some areas north greater than 1 in. Louisville 1.29 in. South half state 0.50 in. below normal, rainfall. Southeast 0.90 in. below normal. North closer to normal to slightly above normal. Soils approaching saturation in upper layers North. Humidity levels elevated. Soil moisture adequate to surplus. Kentucky burley sales reached 240 million lbs. thru. 12\14. Avg price $184.72 per cwt. Market closed for holidays, sales resume 1\8. Increased humidity allowed stripping to resume. Winter wheat generally good condition. Livestock benefitted from milder weather. For the period Dec 4 thru Dec 10, 1995 Early winter arctic air provided near-record cold air, some measurable snowfall. High temperatures averaged upper 30s to low 40s, lows averaged upper teens to low 20s, 5 to 12 degrees below normal both maximums and minimums. Extreme high temperatures mid 50s to low 60 occurred early week and extreme low temperatures plunged to near 0 degrees. Windchill temperatures down to -20 degrees on weekend. Two snowfall events occurred. Early period extreme East received 1 to 4 in. of snow, some unofficial reports of 6 to 8 in. Then Dec. 8, prior to the extremely cold air, snowfall was generally 1 in. or less for West, North and East locations. Central and Southcentral only a trace to one-half in. of snow. Total liquid-equivalent moisture very light and generally below 0.40 in. Liquid-equ. moisture was 0.50 to 1.00 in. below normal statewide. Soil moisture generally adequate. Winter wheat exposed to coldest temperatures of season, some areas had light snow cover. Burley tobacco prices edged up, Loan receipts negligible. Volume down due to unfavorable stripping conditions. Gross sales 211.7 million lbs. thru 7th, Avg price $184.62 per cwt. Supplemental feeding for cattle increased with cold temperatures. Hay supply adequate. NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 4, 1995: What a roller coaster of a week. Rain, snow and warmth...with low humidity. KENTUCKY: Average high temperatures were in the upper 50's to low 60's. Average lows were in the mid 30's to low 40's. Extreme high temperatures were near 70 and extreme lows, in the low 20's. Average temperatures were 3 to 9 degrees above normal. Precipitation was light to none in most locations. Early in the week light rain changed to snow. Snow southeast, none West and Central. Jackson 4 in.; Hyden 2 to 3 in.; and Cumberland a trace. The rest of the week was sunny and mild with light scattered rainfall on 3rd. Rainfall was below normal statewide. Humidity levels were low. Soil moisture mostly adequate. Mild weather excellent for completing late season soybean harvest and aided growth of fall seeded crops. Burley stripping slowed by low humidity but still ahead of normal. Second week burley sales volume heavy, avg. price thru 30th $184.43 per cwt. Mild weather favorable for livestock but most receiving some supplemental feeding. FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 26, 1995: Sunny and cold with a soggy Thanksgiving day!!!! Avg temperatures slightly below normal. Avg high temperatures upper 40's to mid 50's . Low temperatures average mid 20's to low 30's. The beginning of the week was sunny and cold followed by precipitation at mid week; then ended sunny, windy, very mild. Rainfall generally below normal with most locations receiving rain totaling less than .75 in. FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 19, 1995: Cold, and wet with snow flurries!!! Average high temperatures during the period were in the mid 40's to low 50's across the state. Average lows were in the mid 20's to upper 30's. Daily high temperatures managed to reach the low 60's for mostly southern locations on the 18/19th. But even with the moderate temperatures at the end of the work week, average temperatures for the week were generally 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Precipitation for the week was light..yet most stations reported amounts of 0.10 to 0.50 inches of rainfall. The beginning of the work week saw snow flurries and cold temperatures with Eastern and Northern Kentucky experiencing some light snow due to a Nor'easter storm that developed on the Atlantic coast. Rainfall for the week was generally 0.50 to 1.00 inches below normal. FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 12, 1995: Wet and cold! Average high temperatures during the period were in the mid 40s to mid 50s across the State. Average lows were in the low 20s to low 30s. Average temperatures for the week were generally 6 to 12 degrees below normal. Coldest temperatures for the period arrived on Saturday and Sunday with lows in the teens in the North to low 20s South. Lexington and Covington reported a low of 16o, Mayfield 17 degrees,and Quicksand reported 22 degrees on Sunday. Precipitation for the week was mixed with most locations reporting 2 to 4 rain events during the period. Many areas across the State saw flurries during the work week and again over the weekend. Rainfall was heavy in some locations as storms moved through the State on Friday and Saturday. Generally, rainfall totaled 1.00 to 2.00 inches across the State. Specific totals for the week ranged from 3.37 inches in Cumberland Gap, 2.43 inches in Jackson, 2.66 inches in Nashville, 1.16 inches in Lexington, and 1.23 inches in Covington. Rainfall for the week was much above normal. FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 5, 1995: Average high temperatures during the period were in the mid 50's to near 60 across the State. Average lows were in the mid 30's to low 40's. Average temperatures for the week were generally 3 to 5 degrees below normal. Rainfall for the period was light with most weather stations reporting some moisture and generally less than 0.50 inches. Specific locations ranged from 0.64 inches in Lexington, 0.77 inches in Louisville while Paducah received 0.46 inches and Grayson 0.05 inches. Some areas of the State reported some flurries on Sunday. Rainfall for the week was generally 0.20 to 0.50 inches below normal. The coldest air of the fall season arrived on Friday night with lows in the low to mid 20's with some teens reported in the Northern and Bluegrass areas of the State. FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 29, 1995: Temperatures during the past week ranged in the low 60s to near 70 for highs with lows in the low 30s to mid 40s. Temperatures averaged in the high 40s to upper 50s across the State which were generally 2 to 4 degrees below normal. Several cold fronts moved through the State bringing with them abundant rainfall and a variety of precipitation including some sleet and hail observed in some areas. Rainfall totals for the week ranged from 2.93 inches in Mayfield, 2.38 inches in Princeton, Lexington received .81 inches while Louisville received 1.31 inches. In the east Quicksand received .89 inches with Grayson reporting 1.17 inches. For the week rainfall deviations were much above normal. Two frost advisories were issued during the week for the entire State of Kentucky. Generally, West and far Northern locations in Kentucky received the coolest temperatures with Paducah reporting a low of 30 on Wednesday morning October 25. Many areas of the State received light scattered frost. FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 22, 1995: Temperatures during the past week ranged in the low 60s to low 70s for highs with lows in the low 30s to mid 40s. average high temperatures were in the low to upper 50s across the State. Average high temperatures were above normal in the West and below normal in the East. A verage lows for the week were below normal. As the front moved through the State on Friday, rainfall totals and wind speeds were quite heavy in some areas. Rainfall totals ranged from .97 inches in Princeton, .91 inches in Henderson in the West, for Central Kentucky .33 inches in Lexington, .66 inches in Louisville, and .57 inches in Grayson to .27 inches in Quicksand in the East. Rainfall deviations for the week were below normal for most of the state with a few exceptions in the western part of the State. A frost advisory was issued early in the week for most of Eastern and South Central Kentucky. Lows across the State were reported in the low to upper 30s on October 16. FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 15, 1995: Rainfall totals ranged from a trace in Henderson to .82 inches in Cumberland Gap and .73 inches in Quicksand for the past week. Rainfall averages were below normal from - 0.4 inches to - 0.7 inches in the western part of the State to - 0.1 inches to - 0.3 inches in the East. High temperatures for the week averaged in the upper 50s to near 60 with Evansville and Henderson reporting a high of 79. Lows were in the mid 40s to near 50 with Bristol reporting a low of 42. The average high temperatures were 1 to 4 degrees above normal across the State. Low temperatures ranged from -5 to +1 degrees above normal in the West to -5 to +3 degrees above normal in the East for this time of year. No freezing temperatures were reported last week in the State. FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 8, 1995: The remnants of Hurricane Opal provided abundant and much needed rainfall over most of the Bluegrass state last week. Two to three inch weekly rainfall totals were common across the eastern three-quarters of the state. One-day rainfall values ranged from 0.46 of an inch at Paducah, 3.99 inches at Bowling Green, to 4.26 inches at Fort Knox. Weekly temperatures averaged in the low to mid 60s which was 2 to 4 degrees above normal. High temperatures averaged in the low to mid 70s with lows averaging in the mid to upper 50s. These high temperature averages were 2 to 3 degrees below normal and low temperature averages were 5 to 8 degrees above normal. No freezing temperatures were recorded last week in the state. FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 1, 1995: Little rain fell across the Bluegrass State during the past week. Southeast sections of the State did receive light amounts generally less than 0.50 inches. For the week, rainfall totals were from 0.50 to 0.90 inches below normal. High temperatures for the week averaged in the mid to upper 70s with lows in the low to mid 50s. High temperatures were 1 to 3 degrees below normal for West and generally 2 degrees above normal for East locations. Low temperatures were generally 2 to 4 degrees below normal Statewide. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 24, 1995: SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK. RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM A TRACE IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST TO OVER 2.50 INCHES IN THE WEST. FOR THE WEEK RAINFALL AVERAGES WERE AS MUCH AS 0.75 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTH TO NEAR 2.00 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED IN THE MID 70S WITH THE LOWS BETWEEN 50 AND 55. THESE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE EAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE, BUT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVER THE WEST. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 17, 1995: TEMPERATURES DURING THE PAST WEEK AVERAGED IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS AND IN THE LOW AND MID 50S FOR LOWS. THIS TRANSLATED TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WEST WHERE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 5 BELOW NORMAL FOR BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS. PRECIPITATION WAS FROM 0.50 TO 1.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE VARIED FROM AROUND 0.50 INCHES ABOVE TO AROUND .50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AT MOST LOCATIONS. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 10, 1995: VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER DOMINATED KENTUCKY FOR THE WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS REPORTED LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES OF RAIN WITH MANY RECEIVING NO RAIN ALL WEEK. COVINGTON REPORTED 0.53 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE STATE'S HIGH. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WERE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S WITH READINGS AVERAGING NEAR NORMAL IN THE WEST. CENTRAL AND EAST TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 2 TO 4 ABOVE NORMAL. WARMEST WEATHER WAS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK WITH COOLER AIR SPREADING THE STATE DURING THE SECOND HALF. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 3, 1995: HOT AND VERY DRY BEST DESCRIBED THE WEATHER FOR THE PAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 6 TO 8 ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS AVERAGING IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. MANY LOCATIONS IN WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY REACHED THE UPPER 90S AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE 60S. THE WEATHER TURNED COOLER OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S. VERY LIDTLE RAIN FELL DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING 0.10 INCHES OR LESS. A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.00 INCHES WITH ISOLATED REPORTS ABOVE 1.00 INCHES OVER EAST KENTUCKY. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 1995: TEMPERATURES DURING THE PAST WEEK AVERAGED IN THE UPPER 70S FOR THE MOST PART WITH A FEW LOWER 80S OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE READINGS AVERAGED 4 ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. PRECIPITATION WAS SPARSE WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. HOWEVER, A FEW ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVED AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.25 INCHES. THUS, NEARLY ALL OF KENTUCKY WAS 0.75 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, 1995: MOST OF THE RAINFALL LAST WEEK OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF AS AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...TO THE STATE. THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WAS DRIER UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIOINS OF THE THE STATE WITH DEFICITS OF 0.50 INCH AND GREATER OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ALSO FELL JUST SHY OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION VALUES. SOME AREAS RECEIVED DELUGES OF RAIN WITH BEREA REPORTING A RAINFALL AVERAGE OF 2.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND HARDINSBURG AT 1.88 INCHES ABOVE. LEXINGTON TURNED OUT 1.33 INCHES ABOVE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO BEING WET, IT ALSO AVERAGED ON THE WARM SIDE THIS PAST WEEK WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE READINGS AVERAGING 2 TO 5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND MINIMUMS AVERAGING ABOUT 4 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE STATEWIDE. FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 13, 1995: MOST OF THE RAINFALL LAST WEEK OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF AS AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...TO THE STATE. THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WAS DRIER UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIOINS OF THE THE STATE WITH DEFICITS OF 0.50 INCH AND GREATER OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ALSO FELL JUST SHY OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION VALUES. SOME AREAS RECEIVED DELUGES OF RAIN WITH BEREA REPORTING A RAINFALL AVERAGE OF 2.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND HARDINSBURG AT 1.88 INCHES ABOVE. LEXINGTON TURNED OUT 1.33 INCHES ABOVE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO BEING WET, IT ALSO AVERAGED ON THE WARM SIDE THIS PAST WEEK WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE READINGS AVERAGING 2 TO 5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND MINIMUMS AVERAGING ABOUT 4 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE STATEWIDE. FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 6, 1995: AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WERE MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 90S (ABOUT 2 TO 5 ABOVE NORMAL) WHILE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S (AGAIN, ABOUT 1 TO 5 ABOVE NORMAL). THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE WEEK WAS 97 IN GLASGOW AND BUCKHORN LAKE WHILE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 63 IN SOMERSET. RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK ACROSS THE STATE AVERAGED MOSTLY ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AND NORTHEAST. WEEKLY TOTALS WERE FROM A HIGH OF 3.53 INCHES IN COVINGTON TO A LOW OF NEARLY 0.75 INCHES BELOW NORMAL IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. OTHER HIGH AMOUNTS ABOVE NORMAL TO NOTE WERE 2.05 INCHES IN HENDERSON, 2.00 INCHES AT PRINCETON, AND 1.98 INCHES AT PADUCAH. MANY LOCATIONS HAD FROM 0.50 INCHES TO OVER 1.00 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AMOUNTS. THE EXCEPTION WAS THE SOUTHEAST WITH GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL AMOUNTS. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 30, 1995: TEMPERATURES WERE VERY WARM THIS WEEK WITH READINGS 3-8 ABOVE NORMAL. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AROUND 90 STATEWIDE WITH MAY LOCATIONS SEEING HIGHS IN THE MID 90S OVER THE WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK ONLY DIPPED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S. RAINFALL WAS QUITE VARIABLE WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.25 INCHES OR LESS IN A FEW LOCATIONS TO ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 2.00 INCHES. RAINFALL WAS WIDESPREAD THE FIRST OF THE WEEK, BUT ONLY SPOTTY AMOUNTS WERE OBSERVED THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL AT MOST LOCATIONS AVERAGED 0.25 - 0.75 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 23, 1995: WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE LAST WEEK COULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS WARMER AND MOSTLY DRIER. MANY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WERE FROM 2 TO 4 ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE STATE. DURING THE WEEK, MANY HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY REACHED THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WITH WESTERN KENTUCKY BEING THE HOTTEST FOR THE WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH THE COOLEST AREAS BEING IN THE SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK CROSS THE STATE WAS BELOW NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. MOST AREAS AVERAGED FROM 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES BELOW NORMAL WITH A FEW CLOSE TO 1.00 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. LOUISVILLE WAS ONE EXCEPTION WITH 1.78 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK, 0.75 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 16, 1995: THE WEEK WAS UNUSUALLY WARM WITH THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES 7 TO 8 ABOVE THE 30-YEAR MEAN (NORMAL). THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE 4 TO 6 ABOVE THE 30-YEAR MEAN. BOWLING GREEN RECORDED A 100 HIGH TEMPERATURE LAST WEEK. OTHER EXTREME TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 90S. PRECIPITATION WAS SPARSE WITH THE AVERAGE RAINFALL OVER THE STATE RECORDED AT 0.05 OF AN INCH. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE EAST AND NORTHEAST IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF RAIN FOR THE WEEK WERE 0.80 TO ONE INCH BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE STATE. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 9, 1995: TEMPERATURES ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK ROSE TO AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 80S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME WESTERN LOCATIONS WHERE READINGS TOPPED OUT IN THE UPPER 80S. NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURES FELL FROM THE LOW TO MID 60S. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WERE 1 TO 5 BELOW NORMAL IN THE WEST AND 0 TO 3 BELOW NORMAL IN THE EAST. NIGHTTIME LOWS WERE NEAR NORMAL. INFALL AVERAGED AROUND 0.60 INCHES IN THE EAST TO 0.90 INCHES IN THE WEST TO 1.1 INCHES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. WITH THESE TOTALS, THE EAST WAS AROUND 0.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL WERE NEAR NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 2, 1995: THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK WAS WARM AND HUMID WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE EACH NIGHT. THEN A WARM BUT DRIER AIR MASS SETTLED INTO THE BLUEGRASS STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WHICH DECREASED AVERAGE HUMIDITIES AND LOWERED THE OCCURRENCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE LOW TO MID 80S WHICH GAVE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL READINGS IN THE WEST AND NEAR NORMAL OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES CHECKED IN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL STATEWIDE WITH LOWS AVERAGING IN THE MIDDLE 60S. MOST STATIONS RECEIVED PRECIPITATION THIS WEEK WITH MOST AMOUNTS FALLING MIDWEEK. AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY IN THE .5 TO .75 INCH RANGE WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN AN INCH DUE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. ONE NOTABLE HEAVY AMOUNT OCCURRED LAST MONDAY AT LEXINGTON WHERE 4.25 INCHES FELL DURING THE DAY. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 25, 1995: THE WEATHER THIS PAST WEEK WAS WARM AND HUMID WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL WITH MID 80S IN THE WEST AND LOWER 80S IN THE EAST. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MID 60S WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVED SOME PRECIPITATION THIS PAST WEEK...BUT AMOUNTS WERE VARIABLE...RANGING FROM JUST OVER 0.10 INCHES AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS TO SPOTTY AMOUNTS WELL OVER ONE INCH FROM SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 18, 1995: HIGH PRESSURE MOVED INTO KENTUCKY EARLY IN THE WEEK AND WAS THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE FOR THE WHOLE WEEK. THE RESULT WAS TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK FOLLOWED BY SLOW WARMING. FOR THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 1 TO 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WERE IN THE 80S WITH LOWER 90S FAR WEST. LOWS WERE IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. RAIN WAS IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AMOUNTS AVERAGED ABOUT 0.50 INCHES, RANGING FROM NOTHING IN SOME LOCATIONS TO OVER 1.00 INCHES IN OTHERS. BEREA RECEIVED 1.35 INCHES. NORMAL VARIES FROM 0.75 TO 1.00 INCHES. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 11, 1995: TEMPERATURES ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK MOSTLY AVERAGED IN THE MID 80S FOR HIGHS DURING THE DAY AND IN THE MID 60S FOR LOWS AT NIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES WERE FROM AROUND 2 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE DAY TO AROUND 5 TO 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT NIGHT. RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK WAS MAXIMIZED ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHEAST WHERE AMOUNTS AVERAGED AROUND 1.20 INCHES. THIS WAS ABOUT 0.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE REST OF THE STATE AVERAGED AROUND 0.60 INCHES WHICH WAS ABOUT 0.30 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 4, 1995: RAINFALL WAS QUITE VARIABLE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE WEEK: DEFICITS OF 0.50 TO 0.90 INCHES WERE NOTED ACROSS THE FAR WEST WITH DEFICITS OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES IN THE FAR EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY FLUCTUATED FROM 0.25 BELOW NORMAL TO 0.25 ABOVE ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS. A FEW ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED, HOWEVER, WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED WITH HARDINSBURG AT +1.14 AND LEXINGTON, +0.80. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE GENERALLY AVERAGED 1 TO 3 BELOW NORMAL. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 1 TO 2 ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WEST AND 3 TO 6 ABOVE IN THE EAST. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 28, 1995: THE WEATHER WAS MILD ACROSS KENTUCKY FOR THE PAST WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 3-5 ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS ON MOST DAYS WERE IN THE MID 80S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER AND MID 60S. MOST ALL LOCATIONS RECEIVED SOME PRECIPITATION BUT AMOUNTS FOR THE WEEK WERE QUITE VARIABLE. AMOUNTS RANGED FROM AROUND 0.40 INCHES TO OVER 2.00 INCHES. MOST OF THE AMOUNTS OVER 1.00 INCH OCCURRED OVER THE WEST, SOUTH CENTRAL AND EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. MOST OF THE RAIN OCCURRED THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 21, 1995: THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS AT NORMAL OR JUST BELOW, AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS PREDOMINATELY 3 TO 5 ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE SOIL TEMPERATURES AT A DEPTH OF 4.00 INCHES BELOW GRASS WERE IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WHILE THE AVERAGE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF THE STATE EXCEPT FOR CUMBERLAND GAP, WHERE THEY WERE 0.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. HARDINSBURG RECEIVED THE MOST RAINFALL LAST WEEK, A TOTAL OF 6.10 INCHES. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 14, 1995: HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS KENTUCKY WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND WERE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WESTERN PART. DAYTIME HIGHS AVERAGED FROM 70 TO 75 IN THE EAST TO 70 TO 80 IN THE WEST. NIGHT-TIME LOWS AVERAGED FROM 5 TO 7 ABOVE NORMAL STATEWIDE. HOWEVER, THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST SAW LOWS IN THE LOW 50S WHILE ELSEWHERE LOWS ONLY FELL TO THE 55 TO 60 RANGE ON AVERAGE. PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK . HOWEVER, PARTS OF THE FAR WEST SAW FROM 0.25 TO .50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER, HENDERSON SAW 3.35 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND GLASGOW SAW 3.73 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WEST. JACKSON SAW 3.54 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND BEREA SAW 2.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE EAST. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 7, 1995: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK WERE BELOW NORMAL ALL ACROSS THE STATE. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE VARIED FROM 5 TO 10 BELOW NORMAL WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE VARIED FROM NEAR NORMAL TO 5 BELOW NORMAL. THE PRECIPITATION AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK RANGED FROM AROUND 1.00 INCH ABOVE NORMAL IN THE FAR WEST SECTIONS TO AROUND 0.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS. THE SOIL TEMPERATURES AT A DEPTH OF 4.00 INCHES BELOW GRASS WERE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60'S WHICH IS A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 30, 1995: COOL WEATHER SETTLED OVER KENTUCKY THIS PAST WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 5 TO 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WERE MOSTLY IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH LOWS ON MOST DAYS IN THE 40S. PRECIPITATION WAS LIGHT WITH RAIN FALLING THE FIRST OF THE WEEK AND AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. MOST AMOUNTS WERE BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.50 INCHES WITH SOME AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.00 INCH IN THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 23, 1995: LAST WEEK IN KENCTUCKY WAS CHARACTERIZED BY WARMER THAN NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...IN BOTH THE HIGH AND LOW...AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPIATION. AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS PAST WEEK WERE IN THE LOWER 70S STATEWIDE...WITH A FEW MIDDLE 70S OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MIDDLE 50S... WITH A FEW LOWER 50S OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THESE TEMPERATURES WERE 4 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. MUCH NEEDED PRECIPITATION GRACED KENTUCKY LAST WEEK WITH AMOUNTS STATEWIDE GENERALLY IN THE 1 1/2" TO 2 1/2" RANGE. LOCAL MAXIMA WERE 3.69" AT PADUCAH...4.81" AT HENDERSON...3.61" AT HARDINSBURG...AND 3.13" AT LONDON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AMOUNTS WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. AT THE LOCAL MAXIMA...RAINFALL WAS 1 TO 2 1/2 INCHES INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. HENDERSON REPORTED THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AT 3.84 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEK. FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 16, 1995: TEMPERATURES ACROSS KENTUCKY WERE ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS AVERAGED FROM THE LOW TO MID 70'S WHICH WAS 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WHILE NIGHTTIME LOWS AVERAGED IN THE UPPER 40'S TO LOWER 50'S WHICH WAS 2 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. RAINFALL RANGED FROM ONLY ABOUT 0.10 OF AN INCH FAR WEST WHICH WAS AROUND 1.00 INCH BELOW NORMAL TO AROUND 0.50 OF AN INCH CENTRAL WHICH WAS ABOUT 0.50 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL, TO 0.50 OF AN INCH TO 1.00 INCH EAST WHICH RANGED FROM NORMAL TO ABOUT 0.50 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 9, 1995: THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE WEEK RANGED FROM 57 TO 61 DEGREES ACROSS THE STATE. THE MAXIMUM EXTREME TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S ACROSS THE STATE. LOWS WERE PREDOMINATELY IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S. LITTLE RAINFALL WAS NOTED ACROSS THE STATE EXCEPT FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. COVINGTON RECORDED 1.49 INCHES LAST WEEK. HOWEVER THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL PREDOMINATELY AVERAGING LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SOIL TEMPERATURES 4 INCHES BELOW SOIL WERE MAINLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S WITH AVERAGES IN THE 50S BEING NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL