Rukavina's Extreme Weather and Climate Blog

March 4th Update During the newscast at 10pm this evening, I showcased the final stats that will go into the record book for Winter 2014. The following video shows that the Paducah area ranked 10th in both "coldest and "snowiest". The winter of 1978 was the benchmark for both and has reminded many of this winter's brutal cold and active weather pattern. Thanks to Climate Central for the specialized graphics! February 13th Update Data collected by Jennifer Rukavina from the Paducah National Weather and the Kentucky Mesonet February 11th Update Meteorological Winter technically runs from Dec-Jan-Feb. We are closing in on the end of this season and wanted to give you a preliminary look at how December and January temperatures ranked across Western Kentucky. December temperatures averaged out to pretty close to normal (compared to Barkley Regional data). January temperatures finished up being well below normal. To track the differe