We've seen the wettest start to the year ever in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Climate Center says this January through April has brought the most rainfall in 130 years of record keeping.

The statewide average is more than 26in of rain just so far this year.

The wettest year on record is 2011, when the state picked up 64in of rain for that whole year.

Meteorologists say we are on pace to beat that.

2025 has been the year of rain so far.

We had a wet January that was followed by a big flood event in mid February.

On the weekend of Valentine's Day and Presidents Day, where we saw anywhere from 2 to 6in of rainfall across central and western Kentucky that resulted in flash flooding, along with aerial flooding, river flooding, lots of evacuations of people forced from their homes, and numerous counties declaring disasters.

And then, lo and behold, in early April, we had more rainfall to the tune of 5 to 15in, this time across more of Kentucky, except for the southeast region.

And again, we had swollen rivers, a lot of evacuations, numerous road closures, and big economic impact.

Thunder Over Louisville was canceled due to weather for the first time ever this year, and that estimated loss there revenue was about $10 million.

The rain has also pushed back corn and soybean planting, and this spring has also started off on a warm note.

March and April were eighth warmest on record for the state, running more than three degrees above average.

As far as the rest of the year, meteorologists say summer usually brings up more pop up thunderstorms as opposed to widespread rainfall.