US-3286832 Kentucky - the Bluegrass State

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.

Kentucky is known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, bluegrass music, college basketball and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The state capital is Frankfort.

Source: Wikipedia

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US-3181867 Winter in Kentucky

Because of its central U.S. location, the weather in Kentucky is typically mild and moderate throughout the year.

The state experiences all four distinct seasons, with warm summers and moderately cold winters. The daytime temperature during the summer averages 87 degrees. Conversely, the winter lows average around 23 degrees.

However, from a website entitled “Winter in Kentucky” I found these precipitation records :

Snowfall: 13.4 inches, Jan. 27, 1943.

Snow depth: 14 inches, 1978, 1917.
Also notable: 1978 snow depth, Jan 18-24: 12 inches, 11 inches, 14 inches, 14 inches, 14 inches, 11 inches, 8 inches.
Other big snow/cold messes:
Snowfall: Jan. 17, 1994: 10 inches; Feb. 4, 1998: 11 inches.
Snow depth (cumulative): Jan. 8, 12-13, 1996: 12 inches; Jan. 20-22, 14 inches; Feb. 7, 1998: 17 inches.
High temperature in January: 80 degrees on Jan. 24, 1943.
High temperature in February: 80 on Feb. 23, 1996.
Low temperature in January: -21 degrees, Jan. 24, 1963.
Low temperature in February: -20 degrees, 1899.
So to conclude  - winter in Kenctucky is mild except when it gets extreme   :-) 

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