October Facts.

Almost happy Halloween. The first full fall month and the month that contains Halloween is here. Trick or Treat.

As far as weather what type of treats are expected for Western KY as far as weather averages go:

Hopkinsville: (using PAH now data from 1971-2000)
High: 70.9
Low: 45.2
Precip: 3.30

Average First Freeze (32 or below) Oct 19th

Paducah: (using PAH now data from 1971-2000)
High: 71.2
Low: 46.8
Precip: 3.45

Average First Freeze (32 or below) Oct 25th

Providence: (PAH data 1979-2000)

High: 71.8
Low: 46.4
Precip: 3.09

Average First Freeze (32 or below) Oct 21st

The overall average period the freeze for all West KY areas is somewhere on average from Oct 21st to the 28th.

Some strange scary October Facts:
- Several big time severe weather events have unfolded this month esp. this decade across Western Kentucky. 10/24/2001, 10/18/2004, and a record tornado event as far as number of tornadoes reported in the West Kentucky 24, 10/18/2007.
- Snow has been reported in Late October around Halloween in the years of 1925, 1957, and 1993. Some of these snow events have put down up to 4 inches across parts of West KY for the trick or treaters around.
- On October 6th 2007 a record 98 degrees was recorded in Princeton KY and was the hottest October temperature ever recorded not only in West KY but in Kentucky as a whole.