October 2018 was the 6th wettest October at Jackson with a total of 5.12 inches. Through
the end of October, Jackson has totaled 55.60 inches which makes 2018 the 10th wettest year
on record at Jackson. The Jackson Weather Office normally receives 48.34 inches annually. T
he London Corbin Airport precipitation total is missing due to a sensor outage on 2 days in
October. Both Jackson and London were tied for the 12th warmest October. Jackson was 0.9
degrees warmer than normal while London was 1.4 degrees above normal. The following are
the October climate summaries for each location as well as the October Local Climatological
Data reports for Jackson and London:
Jackson Kentucky data:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2018...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2018
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 89 10/08/2007
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 88 10/07 82 6 85 10/07
LOWEST 33 10/22 32 1 29 10/30
10/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 68.2 68.1 0.1 70.9
AVG. MINIMUM 49.7 48.0 1.7 49.5
MEAN 59.0 58.1 0.9 60.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.77 2014
MINIMUM 0.51 1987
TOTALS 5.12 3.19 1.93 5.29
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.17
DAYS >= .01 14 8.8 5.2 9
DAYS >= .10 12 5.7 6.3 6
DAYS >= .50 5 2.1 2.9 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.12 10/04 TO 10/04 2.26
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 2.3 1993
TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM T
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 285 245 40 200
SINCE 7/1 294 297 -3 234
COOLING TOTAL 104 29 75 59
SINCE 1/1 1631 1150 481 1195
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/320 DATE 10/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 10/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 12
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2018
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
================================================================================
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
================================================================================
1 84 64 74 12 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 2.0 6 200 M M 2 13 280
2 75 67 71 9 0 6 0.22 0.0 0 0.9 6 220 M M 6 1 12 260
3 84 64 74 12 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 7 170 M M 2 1 14 170
4 87 67 77 15 0 12 1.12 0.0 0 1.9 7 320 M M 2 123 15 240
5 83 69 76 15 0 11 0.67 0.0 0 1.1 6 150 M M 4 12 8 170
6 87 67 77 16 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 5 220 M M 1 1 9 150
7 88 69 79 18 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 310 M M 1 1 8 320
8 87 68 78 18 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 8 130 M M 1 16 140
9 82 69 76 16 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 10 150 M M 0 21 130
10 80 64 72 12 0 7 0.16 0.0 0 2.0 7 130 M M 3 1 16 80
11 71 49 60 1 5 0 0.38 0.0 0 5.7 14 300 M M 8 12 24 330
12 61 42 52 -7 13 0 T 0.0 0 1.8 8 300 M M 2 13 250
13 50 41 46 -13 19 0 0.11 0.0 0 1.9 13 310 M M 7 1 20 310
14 61 44 53 -5 12 0 0.66 0.0 0 2.1 7 190 M M 9 12 16 200
15 65 49 57 -1 8 0 0.62 0.0 0 2.3 14 310 M M 10 1 22 280
16 51 45 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 6 270 M M 8 1 12 260
17 65 42 54 -4 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 14 300 M M 2 1 23 290
18 57 37 47 -10 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 7 140 M M 0 14 90
19 70 36 53 -4 12 0 0.16 0.0 0 3.3 14 290 M M 2 1 24 280
20 62 39 51 -6 14 0 0.21 0.0 0 6.8 22 320 M M 9 1 43 310
21 50 33 42 -15 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 13 320 M M 3 22 310
22 64 33 49 -7 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 8 180 M M 0 15 160
23 67 43 55 -1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 12 300 M M 0 19 330
24 57 38 48 -8 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 7 130 M M 0 18 130
25 55 37 46 -10 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 6 70 M M 2 10 100
26 55 45 50 -5 15 0 0.59 0.0 0 1.3 7 250 M M 10 1 14 60
27 52 44 48 -7 17 0 0.18 0.0 0 4.6 12 290 M M 10 1 21 280
28 62 42 52 -3 13 0 0.02 0.0 0 4.5 16 280 M M 6 1 29 300
29 58 42 50 -4 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.8 14 270 M M 4 27 270
30 69 40 55 1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 7 170 M M 0 12 220
31 74 53 64 10 1 0 0.02 0.0 0 3.9 12 170 M M 3 1 25 200
================================================================================
SM 2113 1542 285 104 5.12 0.0 74.4 M 117
================================================================================
AV 68.2 49.7 2.4 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 22 320 # 43 310
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2018
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 59.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.12 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.93 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 88 ON 7 GRTST 24HR 1.12 ON 4- 4 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 33 ON 22,21 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 0.0 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 0 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 14
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 12
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 285 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 17
DPTR FM NORMAL 40 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 7
TOTAL FM JUL 1 294 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL -3
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 104
DPTR FM NORMAL 75 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1631 HIGHEST SLP 30.52 ON 18
DPTR FM NORMAL 481 LOWEST SLP 29.62 ON 27
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-18#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2018...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2018
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 92 10/07/2007
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 87 10/07 MM MM 83 10/09
10/05 10/07
LOWEST 31 10/22 MM MM 28 10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.0 69.4 -0.4 71.3
AVG. MINIMUM 48.5 45.2 3.3 46.5
MEAN 58.7 57.3 1.4 58.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 2 2.9 -0.9 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.35 2014
MINIMUM 0.02 1963
TOTALS MM 3.02 MM 5.30
DAILY AVG. MM 0.10 MM 0.17
DAYS >= .01 10 8.5 1.5 8
DAYS >= .10 5 5.4 -0.4 5
DAYS >= .50 3 2.0 1.0 4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL MM 2.39
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS MM 0.0 MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM 0.0 MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM 0.0 MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 281 259 22 226
SINCE 7/1 286 306 -20 267
COOLING TOTAL 94 21 73 42
SINCE 1/1 1574 1188 386 1135
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/270 DATE 10/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/320 DATE 10/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...THE PRECIPITATION SENSOR WAS DOWN ON THE 2ND AND 11TH THUS
THE MONTHLY TOTAL IS MISSING AS WELL AS GREATEST IN 24 HOURS...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2018
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
================================================================================
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
================================================================================
1 83 60 72 10 0 7 0.00 M M 2.3 10 190 M M 3 1 15 250
2 76 65 71 9 0 6 M M M 3.6 12 250 M M 5 1 22 220
3 84 62 73 11 0 8 0.00 M M 1.8 10 210 M M 3 1 17 200
4 86 63 75 14 0 10 0.00 M M 3.9 16 240 M M 1 1 21 240
5 87 67 77 16 0 12 0.00 M M 2.5 12 230 M M 2 1 16 240
6 86 65 76 16 0 11 T M M 2.3 20 290 M M 1 1 28 260
7 87 65 76 16 0 11 0.00 M M 1.6 8 190 M M 2 1 11 160
8 85 65 75 15 0 10 0.00 M M 2.5 12 130 M M 1 1 18 120
9 83 66 75 16 0 10 0.00 M M 5.0 16 120 M M 0 24 160
10 83 64 74 15 0 9 T M M 3.5 15 180 M M 4 1 24 200
11 72 49 61 2 4 0 M M M 7.6 17 340 M M 8 1 25 330
12 61 41 51 -7 14 0 T M M 3.7 12 280 M M 2 16 270
13 56 44 50 -8 15 0 0.05 M M 5.5 12 350 M M 6 1 18 310
14 62 47 55 -3 10 0 0.50 M M 3.8 9 180 M M 10 1 14 150
15 66 51 59 1 6 0 0.77 M M 5.8 20 290 M M 10 1 27 290
16 53 47 50 -7 15 0 0.02 M M 4.7 10 350 M M 10 1 14 350
17 65 42 54 -3 11 0 0.00 M M 4.4 16 280 M M 2 1 21 290
18 59 39 49 -8 16 0 0.00 M M 4.1 10 50 M M 0 17 350
19 70 35 53 -3 12 0 0.07 M M 5.9 16 230 M M 2 1 25 220
20 61 39 50 -6 15 0 0.13 M M 11.3 25 330 M M 7 1 42 320
21 52 32 42 -14 23 0 0.00 M M 4.1 15 340 M M 1 26 340
22 64 31 48 -7 17 0 0.00 M M 3.3 14 200 M M 0 20 230
23 67 37 52 -3 13 0 0.00 M M 2.5 12 260 M M 0 15 290
24 59 37 48 -7 17 0 0.00 M M 5.1 15 20 M M 0 20 30
25 56 39 48 -6 17 0 0.00 M M 2.3 8 40 M M 3 11 40
26 56 48 52 -2 13 0 0.72 M M 5.6 13 270 M M 10 1 18 250
27 52 46 49 -5 16 0 0.03 M M 8.4 16 270 M M 10 1 23 280
28 66 40 53 -1 12 0 0.01 M M 9.1 26 270 M M 5 1 38 270
29 60 36 48 -5 17 0 0.00 M M 3.1 13 260 M M 0 16 270
30 69 35 52 -1 13 0 0.00 M M 3.0 12 180 M M 0 16 210
31 73 46 60 7 5 0 0.16 M M 6.9 20 220 M M 4 1 30 210
================================================================================
SM 2139 1503 281 94 M M 139.2 M 112
================================================================================
AV 69.0 48.5 4.5 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 26 270 # 42 320
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2018
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 58.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: M 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.4 DPTR FM NORMAL: M 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 87 ON 7, 5 GRTST 24HR M ON M TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 31 ON 22 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: M 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR M ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: M ON M 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 2 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 3
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 281 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 19
DPTR FM NORMAL 22 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 7
TOTAL FM JUL 1 286 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 5
DPTR FM NORMAL -20
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 94
DPTR FM NORMAL 73 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1574 HIGHEST SLP 30.51 ON 18
DPTR FM NORMAL 386 LOWEST SLP 29.62 ON 26
[REMARKS]
CORRECTED PCPN TOTAL AND GRTST 24HR MISSING DUE TO SENSOR OUTAGE ON 2ND & 11TH
#FINAL-10-18#
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