Weather forecasters said last week’s rain would reach historic levels, and they proved to be right.
Several counties in western Kentucky set new records for two-, three-, and four-day rainfall totals.
The Todd County Mesonet site in the southern part of the county received 10.12 inches of rain from Wednesday through Sunday. Friday and Saturday’s total of 5.36 inches was below the two-day record of 7.61 inches received in May 2010. The three-day total of 8.21 inches from Thursday through Saturday was near the record of 8.97 inches set in May 2010.
Totals in the northern part of the county totaled nearly 12.5 inches, with the three-day total of 10.6 inches near Kirkmansville eclipsing the three-day record by over four inches.
The National Weather Service in Paducah covers 58 counties in five states. The Marshall County Mesonet site, located four miles north of Benton, received 15.59 inches for the four days ending at midnight Saturday night. That broke the old record of 15.53 inches set in Williamsville, Mo., on August 13-16, 2016.
The Graves County, Kentucky Co-op station, located two miles north of Mayfield, also broke the record, getting 15.55 inches over the same four-day period.
