Western Kentucky Weather

10/31/2026

It hasn't been announced much at all, probably because of Halloween and Election Day and all of those things, but we do fall back tonight. The greatest horror tonight being the horror of a time change.

The law to change that is still being debated in the Senate. Remember I know we complain about falling back, but if we didn't do this, then we will have 830am sunrises in December/January. In my opinion, I rather do this mess than it still be dark when I am teaching 1st period.

1210pm
Halloween 2026

10/31/2026

We have a cloudy and warm Halloween day. With highs in the upper 70s. Rain chances look to hold until after Midnight.

We have two rounds of much-needed rain. One is very late tonight into tomorrow which should deliver around 1/2 inch of rain on average.

Another round may deliver up to 1 inch of rain near the TN border and around 1/2 inch of rain elsewhere on Tuesday Night into Wednesday.

No severe weather expected, take that hype fake pages.

733am
10/31

10/30/2026

Drought is worsening across the area, especially east of Land Between the Lakes.

Thankfully we do have some rain chances starting Halloween night into next week. It is much needed. Even areas not in drought haven't seen significant rainfall in at least 2 weeks.

420pm
10/30/2026

10/29/2026

By the way, any page saying that strong tornadoes are expected a full 1 WEEK out is doing it for the likes, hype, and money.

There is a scenario where we may see strong to severe storms next Monday-Tuesday, but many models are weaker and show less instability. Those won't be shown in the land of engagement farming. As we know, severe weather is not uncommon in the month of November, and many of our worst severe events have occurred in the November through February timeframe.

837pm
10/28/2026

10/29/2026

The internet is all the buzz about being prepared and having a stockpile of supplies due to the world's uncertainties.

If you follow this page or many weather/EM pages, you should know that we recommend having a solid at least 3-5 days' worth of supplies anyway and have been for years. Especially since we live in the land of ice storms, tornadoes, floods, and even earthquake risk.

Disaster and panic buying is something that I will never support, but planning (over time) ahead for any disaster, whether it is a Terminator Superintelligence or the much more likely/realistic next ice storm or widespread damaging severe weather event. Having bottled or a way to clean/filter water, medication/pet food, radios and batteries, and a way to keep warm or cool are just good ideas in general.

10/27/2026

The warm and dry (cool nights) pattern looks to end on Halloween.

Rain chances do appear on Halloween. We are watching a storm later on the 2nd into the 3rd that may have some gusty winds and a possible severe threat (at this time it looks like the better threat may stay to the west), but we are still a week out.

427am
10/27/2026

10/25/2026

Warm and largely dry weather looks to continue through at least the first week of November.

Think of this large high-pressure dome over the Plains/Great Lakes as a massive atmospheric traffic jam. It essentially prevents traffic (storms and fronts from making it to our area). Like how a major traffic jam on both I-24 and US-41-A in Clarksville, TN would prevent a lot of traffic from moving north into our area.

330pm
10/25

10/24/2026

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3333825266978994528

You can register for a NWS of Paducah webinar, which will discuss the impacts of El-Nino in the Ohio River Valley area (our area)

It will be 7-9pm this upcoming Tuesday.

10/24/2026

The boring stretch of warm days (74-80F) and cooler nights (45-50F) looks to continue through next week (maybe even into Halloween).

Very pleasant weather, but our drought situation is intensifying, as this Central USA ridging pattern is still locked in place.

10/24/2026

10/23/2026