11/02/2026
Here is the October Climate Summary: https://www.weather.gov/pah/October2026ClimateSummary Temperatures finished well above normal ranking in the top 6 warmest October's across our main climate stations. We didn't experience a true colder spell, which is quite unusual for mid to late October. In Paducah, this was only the 2nd October in the past 28 years in which high temperatures hit 60 degrees or higher every single day of the month. Heck, we were even reaching heat index readings in the 95 to 100 range Oct 13th and 15th, which is really unheard of for so late in the season. Drought conditions increased somewhat throughout the month with rainfall deficits running 1 to 3" below what they should in October for most of us. In Paducah, we would have finished as the 5th driest October on record if you only use the data from the final 29 days of the month. But we had a deluge of 3.42" on the 2nd which happened to be our 4th wettest October day on record so in the end we finished right near normal for rainfall.
