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 2023 April
                  MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 4/2023
                                        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    55.0  67.7  10:48am  42.3  11:58pm   10    0  0.04  13  65   9:51am   W 29.72   66
2    47.7  61.2   5:41pm  39.4   7:14am   17    0  0.00   1  19  12:00am   S 30.05   67
3    56.9  74.8   4:31pm  40.6   2:48am   10    2  0.03   3  34   4:56pm SSW 29.86   69
4    67.7  80.9   4:33pm  57.7   5:45am    2    5  0.00   3  24   2:55pm SSW 29.83   79
5    72.9  84.5   3:26pm  60.6  11:47pm    1    9  0.38   7  49  12:10pm  SW 29.87   75
6    47.4  60.8  12:00am  41.6   9:41am   18    0  0.08   3  29   8:34am   N 30.28   85
7    47.1  54.6   5:02pm  40.3   7:17am   18    0  0.00   5  28   9:48am  NE 30.41   65
8    47.9  58.1   4:27pm  39.3  11:36pm   17    0  0.00   5  31   3:46pm  NE 30.33   50
9    49.8  65.9   3:42pm  33.6   4:39am   15    0  0.00   3  28  11:50am  NE 30.36   49
10   54.4  75.3   6:44pm  32.1   6:54am   13    2  0.00   0  11   3:19pm SSW 30.34   54
11   57.4  77.0   6:55pm  36.5   7:24am   11    3  0.00   1  21  12:02pm WSW 30.26   60
12   61.6  79.1   5:48pm  41.6   7:15am    8    4  0.00   2  18  11:42am WSW 30.09   56
13   63.3  82.2   5:36pm  40.9   7:09am    7    6  0.00   1  13   3:26pm  NE 29.92   62
14   65.7  78.0   6:49pm  54.8   5:40am    3    4  0.06   1  21   2:09pm SSW 29.80   71
15   66.8  79.9   6:11pm  53.6   7:27am    3    5  0.00   2  28   3:22pm  SW 29.83   72
16   57.6  68.5  10:44am  47.0  11:42pm    8    0  0.03   6  47  11:21am WSW 29.77   76
17   51.1  60.9   5:36pm  44.0   6:05am   14    0  0.00  10  49   5:22pm WSW 29.78   55
18   53.4  70.3   6:30pm  34.6   7:00am   12    1  0.00   1  21   2:02pm WSW 29.92   57
19   63.0  81.8   4:30pm  43.0   6:29am    7    5  0.00   2  28   2:47pm  SW 29.99   60
20   69.2  84.7   5:24pm  49.0   7:03am    4    8  0.00   4  34  12:10pm  SW 29.99   52
21   61.3  72.0   2:10pm  47.4  11:59pm    5    1  0.62   2  42   3:43pm   W 29.88   74
22   50.8  60.9   5:10pm  40.7  11:59pm   14    0  0.38   5  34   6:29pm WSW 29.87   71
23   43.4  50.0   5:10pm  35.9   7:00am   22    0  0.00   3  23   1:27pm WSW 30.08   64
24   41.8  54.3   3:35pm  29.2   6:45am   23    0  0.00   2  26  10:50am NNW 30.19   66
25   48.5  66.6   4:42pm  32.0   5:48am   16    0  0.00   1  18  11:55am  SW 30.15   61
26   52.9  69.2   3:37pm  36.0   5:30am   13    1  0.00   1  19   3:39pm   N 30.10   69
27   56.7  68.8   2:38pm  42.5   7:14am    9    0  0.42   2  24   4:28pm  NE 29.93   67
28   58.6  63.9  12:52pm  49.4  11:33pm    6    0  0.32   3  28   2:36pm   W 29.69   88
29   54.6  62.0   5:36pm  44.1   6:17am   10    0  0.00   1  21   2:04pm  SW 29.72   87
30   51.8  59.2   3:13pm  44.8   5:52pm   13    0  0.00   6  47   5:24pm   W 29.52   74
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TOT  55.9  84.7  4/20/23  29.2  4/24/23  330   57  2.36   3  65   4/1/23 WSW 29.98   67

HEAT BASE: 65.0
COOL BASE: 65.0