August was warmest on record at Paducah; driest at Cape Girardeau.  Driest/warmest on record for Lone Oak, Kentucky as well.

 

• Paducah: The preliminary monthly average temperature at Paducah was 83.6 degrees. This broke the old record for August, which was 82.9 in 1980. Paducah records extend back to 1937. A thunderstorm which passed over the airport on August 28 dropped 1.16 inches of rain. This was the only day that more than 0.01 inch fell. The preliminary monthly total of 1.17 inches makes this the 8th driest August on record.
   
• Lone Oak: 0.06" of rain fell during the month of August.
   
• Cape Girardeau: The preliminary monthly rainfall total for August was 0.01 inch at the airport, making it the driest August on record. Rainfall from thunderstorms varied widely across short distances. Over an inch of rain was reported 7 miles north of the city of Cape Girardeau.  The monthly average temperature of 82.1 was the fifth warmest on record. Records extend back to 1960.
   
• Evansville: The preliminary August average temperature of 83.4 degrees tied 1900 and 1995 for the second warmest. The record warmest August was 84.1 degrees in 1936. Records at Evansville extend back to 1896. The preliminary monthly rainfall of 0.99 inch did not rank among the 10 driest.
   
• Carbondale: The preliminary August average temperature at the airport was 82.1, which ranked as the 4th warmest on record. Records used to determine the rankings are from the Carbondale sewage plant. Those records extend back to 1898. The preliminary monthly rainfall of 1.55 inches did not rank in the top 10.
   
• Poplar Bluff:  The preliminary monthly rainfall total for August was 0.24 inch at the airport. Using records from a nearby co-operative observer station, this ranked as the driest August on record. Records from the co-operative observer station extend back to 1893. The preliminary August average temperature of 82.5 degrees was tied for 4th warmest.
   
• Hopkinsville: The co-operative observer reported high temperatures of 100 degrees or more on 20 of 26 days from the 6th to the 31st. A high of 109 degrees was reported on the 17th. This was two degrees shy of the all-time highest temperature of 111, recorded on August 9, 1930. Records at Hopkinsville extend back to 1896, but they are not continuous. A break of several years exists in the records.
   
• Doniphan, MO (Ripley County): No measurable rain was recorded during the month of August. September 1st is the 34th consecutive day without measurable rain at Doniphan. This is the 6th longest streak on record at Doniphan, where records go back to 1904. The record there is 57 days in 1904.