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Contributor -- Claudene Sproles, University of Louisville


Current Forecasts | Climatological Data | Agricultural Forecasts | Severe Weather Statistics| Current Observations

Current Forecasts

National Weather Service- Jackson, Kentucky
The Jackson, Kentucky field office of the National Weather Service serves Eastern Kentucky. This page provides information about local weather, river forecasts, climatological data, and a weather events history.
National Weather Service- Louisville, Kentucky
The Louisville field office of the National Weather Service serves Central Kentucky and South-central Indiana. This page links to information about local weather, river forecasts, climatological data, and tornado statistics.
National Weather Service- Paducah, Kentucky
The Paducah field office of the National Weather Service serves the Western Kentucky region as well as parts of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. This page includes information on local weather, river forecasts, storm data, and historic severe weather reports.

Climatological Data

Kentucky Climate Center
The Kentucky Climate Center provides information about climate forecasts, climate extremes, climate data, climographs, and fact sheets on 33 Kentucky-related weather events.
Kentucky Climate Data
This source gives daily climate weather reports for certain sites from 1971 to the present.
Weather Synopsis by County
Includes weather summary, precipitation report, drought status, climate summary, and almanac.

Agricultural Forecasts

Agricultural Weather Center
This page focuses on agricultural related weather outlooks for the state of Kentucky. It includes links to current conditions, long and short range forecasts, agricultural weather, drought, and ag/weather calculators.
Crop Progress and Condition
Summary of crop related weather statistics for each month from the Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service.

Severe Weather Statistics

Weekly Drought Reports
This site monitors the drought situation in Kentucky. It includes a description of weather conditions creating drought and a summary of effects to the state's water supplies.
Drought Status for Kentucky
Summary of degree of drought throughout the state.
Forest Fire Statistics
Forest fire statistics by year from 1945 to 2006. Includes number of fires, acres burned, and cause.
Kentucky and Southern Indiana Heavy Snow Statistics (Histograms)
Summary of historical snowfall events for Kentucky.
Kentucky Snow Extremes
Record snowfall events in Kentucky..
Kentucky Tornadoes
This site from the Disaster Center includes statistical information by year, including deaths, injuries, and damage costs for Kentucky tornadoes.
Kentucky Tornadoes, 1950-1995
This site details data by county for every tornado that struck Kentucky from 1950 through 1995. It includes date, time, number killed, number injured, and Fujita scale rating.

Current Observations

Kentucky State Information from IWIN
The National Weather Service's Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) provides current weather information for the state of Kentucky. It includes the latest hourly reports, state forecasts, watches, warnings, and advisories.
Real-Time Data for Kentucky: Streamflow
Current levels of Kentucky rivers.
National Weather Service's Internet Weather Resource
Current weather observations and warnings for Kentucky. Data selectable by observation station.

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Last Updated: Friday, 09-Nov-2007 08:57:15 EST