In Grayson County, rancher Jerry Fraim said his cattle are poking around for water in ponds that haven't been empty since they were built in 1981.

"All of our pastures are burned over," said Fraim, adding that he may sell some calves early rather than buy feed for them.

Louisville endured the driest September in more than 100 years. And parts of central and western Kentucky set records for low rainfall.

Meanwhile, eastern Kentucky suffered from too much rain last month. It washed out roads and left pumpkins rotting in some fields.

The wet-dry split continues Kentucky's year of unusual weather, which has included more rain than normal for most of the state this year, more severe weather than last year, powerful storms and lower-than-normal temperatures in some parts.

Remnants of hurricanes Ivan and Frances caused the unusually wet weather in the east. A dip of the jet stream caused most of Kentucky to go wetter than normal early in the summer, and a high-pressure system kept the west dry, forecasters said.

Earlier in the summer, several cold fronts kept temperatures mild in Kentucky, said Zach Macaluso, a staff meteorologist with the University of Kentucky Agricultural Weather Center.

Lexington ended the summer without a single 90-degree day, matching a record set in 1974. The highest temperature there this summer was 89 on Aug. 19.

While most of Kentucky remains ahead of normal for rainfall, just 0.18 inch of rain fell in Louisville last month, compared with a normal 2.87 inches and a previous record low of 0.27 inch set in 1953.

In eastern Kentucky, Jackson's rainfall of 49.80 inches this year through September is 12.29 inches above normal, and it had the second-wettest September in the 24 years records have been kept there.

Paducah has had 25.45 inches of rain this year, or more than 11 inches below normal, and recorded only two-hundredths of an inch in September to break a record of 0.12 inch set in September 1983.