LOUISVILLE, KY — Kentucky could experience a striking late-October weather contrast, with frost threatening sensitive plants Monday morning before sunshine and temperatures in the 70s return to Louisville. Beyond this week’s warming trend, a federal outlook favors above-normal temperatures continuing into the beginning of November during Oct. 26–Nov. 1.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, the eight- to 14-day outlook issued Sunday, Oct. 18, places Kentucky within a broad area favoring above-normal average temperatures during Oct. 26–Nov. 1. The warmth signal covers much of the Ohio Valley, although probabilities vary across Kentucky and neighboring states.
Kentucky Warmth Could Extend Into November Louisville, Jefferson County and surrounding north-central Kentucky communities lie within an area showing approximately a 60%–70% probability of above-normal temperatures…