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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 568

April 5, 2025 Weekend Weather

Excessive rain continues with severe thunderstorms centered on Arkansas

What the month did

April 2025 was the 16th-warmest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 53.6°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 51.8°F (+1.7°F).

April 2025 was the 31st-wettest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.9in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.7in (+0.2in).

NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.

Good Saturday!

Kentucky has received way too much rain over the past 7-days — and so far this year for that matter — with a persistent weather pattern that transports moisture plumes out of the Gulf of Mexico into stationary frontal boundaries.

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