Doing some record keeping today, as we could set several records.
- Forecast high: 100. Record: 96/2007.
- 82nd Day at 90 or above: Most ever in a single year.
- 100 or above has never happened in Autumn.
- 100 or above has thus never happened this late in the year. Latest: September 14th, 1897.
- Last time at or above 100 in September? September 6th, 1954 at 104.
- Now, 3rd hottest September on record so far at an average temperature of 76.7 degrees.
- Hottest Septembers:
1) 1925: 77.5
2) 1881: 77.1
3) 2010: 76.7
4) 2007: 76.4
5) 1933: 75.6
- Tomorrow’s high 95 ties record of 95 set in 2007.
- The latest Drought Monitor was released this morning. We are now in a Moderate Drought over most of Kentuckiana, with a Severe Drought over southern Indiana affecting Agriculture.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
