GoodBye

After more than two decades, it’s time for FrankfortWeather.us and the TwinHollies Weather Center to ride off into the sunset. Our last data uploads will be on Halloween, October 31, 2026.

What began as a personal weather station back in 2003 somehow grew into years of observations, reports, storms, radios, gadgets, busted computers, questionable forecasts, Sferics.us, NOAAWeatherRadio.org, weather cameras, lightning receivers, late nights — and, most importantly, a lot of good people I probably never would have known otherwise. I’m grateful to everyone who stopped by, used the data, shared information, offered help, or simply came along for the ride. And all of it was possible with the patience and indulgence of my late wife, Mary Jane.

The equipment will go quiet, the web pages will disappear, and life moves on. Our lightning monitors will continue feeding the Blitzortung network, we'll continue CWOP (D5536 / DW5536) data uploading as long as the hardware and apps hold up, and we’ll continue manual CoCoRaHS reporting as long as we’re able. We'll try to maintain the NOAA Weather Radio streams for Frankfort and Owenton, Kentucky at NOAAWeatherRadio.org, but the basic infrastructure — including this old weather watcher — has become increasingly difficult to sustain.

So, thank you.

Take care of yourselves, keep an eye on the sky... and an ear on your NOAA Weather Radio.

Stay safe,
Mike

NOAA-Style Climate Reports


Report for 2016 April
                  MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 4/2016
                                        HEAT  COOL        
     MEAN                               DEG   DEG       WIND SPEED       DOM MEAN  MEAN
DAY  TEMP  HIGH   TIME     LOW   TIME   DAYS  DAYS RAIN AVG  HI  TIME    DIR BAROM HUM
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1    57.7  65.3   2:50pm  50.3  11:56pm    7    0  0.00   7  40   2:22pm WSW 29.75   62
2    47.9  55.8   3:29pm  39.4  11:47pm   17    0  0.00  11  69   5:16pm WSW 29.82   52
3    45.6  61.3   6:15pm  28.3   7:28am   19    0  0.00   5  30   6:56pm SSW 30.09   45
4    56.2  68.8   2:55pm  39.4  11:58pm    9    0  0.00  12  38   7:05pm  SW 29.99   51
5    40.2  49.5   5:31pm  34.7   8:03am   25    0  0.00   4  27  12:01am  NE 30.36   60
6    49.6  66.8   3:03pm  34.8   3:29am   15    0  0.13   7  46  10:39pm SSW 29.90   61
7    46.4  49.7   3:57am  41.6  11:58pm   19    0  0.01   9  45  11:34am WSW 29.71   72
8    39.0  46.5   3:36pm  27.4   7:30am   26    0  0.11   5  48   5:59pm WSW 29.91   75
9    36.6  44.2   6:03pm  31.1  11:44pm   28    0  0.01   7  32  11:03am   W 30.16   59
10   46.3  62.3   5:01pm  28.0   3:43am   19    0  0.02   4  37   7:41pm SSW 30.14   58
11   57.8  67.9   3:02pm  45.3  11:32pm    7    0  0.62   9  40   5:22am  SW 29.96   67
12   46.5  57.3   5:26pm  34.3   7:04am   18    0  0.00   3  24   1:25pm  NE 30.25   64
13   50.1  65.1   5:00pm  35.7   6:23am   15    0  0.00   4  22   1:11pm ENE 30.26   52
14   57.4  72.1   5:39pm  42.6   6:50am    9    1  0.00   4  21  12:30pm  NE 30.16   43
15   62.2  78.0   4:25pm  43.8   6:00am    7    4  0.00   1  16   2:06pm ENE 30.15   52
16   63.7  77.3   4:29pm  46.9   7:27am    5    4  0.00   2  18   3:52pm ENE 30.26   50
17   62.9  83.1   3:50pm  42.8   5:36am    7    5  0.00   1  14   4:03pm ENE 30.33   56
18   66.3  86.4   5:42pm  44.5   7:16am    6    8  0.00   1  13  11:34am ENE 30.27   56
19   67.0  85.1   3:51pm  48.9   7:31am    5    7  0.00   1  14   4:52pm  SW 30.14   57
20   70.1  85.8   5:09pm  56.1   4:01am    2    8  0.00   2  19   3:55pm ENE 30.03   54
21   67.0  75.9   4:59pm  59.0  11:14pm    1    3  0.06   5  48   5:13pm SSW 29.91   63
22   60.7  69.4   2:18pm  54.3   5:53am    5    0  0.09   4  26   2:55pm WSW 29.91   79
23   58.9  73.1   6:23pm  52.1   7:28am    7    1  0.00   3  22   8:58am   N 30.06   73
24   61.2  80.2   5:25pm  42.1   7:05am    8    4  0.00   2  19   3:30pm ENE 30.03   64
25   67.8  81.8   4:45pm  50.0   6:32am    4    7  0.00   6  34   5:39pm  SW 29.89   61
26   71.0  83.5   5:04pm  61.1  11:58pm    0    6  0.80   6  56  10:16pm  SW 29.79   65
27   64.0  70.7  12:32pm  60.1   7:13am    2    1  1.02   2  42  10:44pm  SW 29.78   91
28   67.9  79.8   5:45pm  59.3   4:14am    2    5  0.17   5  32   5:05pm WSW 29.82   73
29   62.7  71.5   3:52pm  52.1   6:40am    4    1  0.00   2  21  11:15pm WSW 30.00   67
30   60.5  64.5   5:14pm  57.4   7:27am    5    0  0.50   3  22   1:58am ENE 29.95   86
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TOT  57.0  86.4  4/18/16  27.4   4/8/16  304   65  3.54   5  69   4/2/16  SW 30.03   62

HEAT BASE: 65.0
COOL BASE: 65.0