Jackson ended October with a total of 0.21 inches of precipitation. This made October
2024 as the driest ever October at Jackson. The previous record was 0.51 inches from
October of 1987. London's total of 0.42 inches was 3rd driest October, well behind the
0.02 inches from 1963.
The following are the October summaries for Jackson and London as well as the
October Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 10/01/2019 LOW 26 10/22/1987 10/24/1981 HIGHEST 86 10/06 82 4 84 10/03 LOWEST 36 10/16 32 4 32 10/31 10/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.0 68.8 4.2 69.7 AVG. MINIMUM 50.0 48.5 1.5 51.1 MEAN 61.5 58.7 2.8 60.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 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 0.21R 3.45 -3.24 1.43 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.11 -0.10 0.05 DAYS >= .01 4 9.5 -5.5 10 DAYS >= .10 0 6.3 -6.3 5 DAYS >= .50 0 2.4 -2.4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.09 10/15 0.53 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.3 1993 TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.1 -0.1 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL T 10/15 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 153 233 -80 193 SINCE 7/1 162 272 -110 200 COOLING TOTAL 52 36 16 58 SINCE 1/1 1483 1231 252 1114 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/180 DATE 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/160 DATE 10/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NOTE...OCTOBER SNOWFALL WAS ALL HAIL... $$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: JACKSON KY MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2024 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 75 63 69 5 0 4 0.05 0.0 0 1.4 7 310 M M 8 12 10 310 2 66 57 62 -2 3 0 T 0.0 0 1.6 7 320 M M 8 12 12 330 3 80 57 69 6 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 6 150 M M 4 12 10 130 4 83 62 73 10 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 10 320 M M 1 16 300 5 81 61 71 9 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 9 150 M M 0 16 160 6 86 57 72 10 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 10 310 M M 1 18 250 7 71 56 64 2 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.7 8 310 M M 1 16 340 8 72 46 59 -3 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 7 320 M M 0 12 300 9 74 45 60 -1 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 10 320 M M 0 16 310 10 70 51 61 0 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 120 M M 0 8 11 30 11 72 44 58 -2 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 6 270 M M 0 10 160 12 78 47 63 3 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 6 200 M M 0 11 180 13 83 58 71 11 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 13 300 M M 1 25 220 14 63 43 53 -6 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 14 290 M M 4 26 300 15 50 41 46 -13 19 0 0.09 T 0 2.9 12 320 M M 7 15 20 290 16 55 36 46 -13 19 0 T 0.0 0 4.9 10 300 M M 5 19 340 17 60 36 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 7 320 M M 0 11 270 18 66 40 53 -5 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 9 140 M M 0 13 160 19 73 43 58 0 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 6 300 M M 0 10 210 20 74 46 60 3 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 6 260 M M 0 10 290 21 76 47 62 5 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 7 150 M M 0 10 140 22 80 49 65 9 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.4 8 290 M M 0 13 280 23 81 56 69 13 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 14 310 M M 1 22 260 24 69 49 59 3 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 8 10 M M 0 16 330 25 81 46 64 8 1 0 0.04 0.0 0 4.5 12 310 M M 4 25 270 26 65 49 57 2 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 6 70 M M 5 10 50 27 66 42 54 -1 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 340 M M 0 9 340 28 74 46 60 6 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 9 180 M M 0 14 170 29 80 58 69 15 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 4.7 13 180 M M 0 17 180 30 79 57 68 14 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 9 180 M M 2 18 170 31 80 62 71 18 0 6 0.03 0.0 0 6.1 18 180 M M 4 1 33 160 ================================================================================ SM 2263 1550 153 52 0.21 T 69.4 M 56 ================================================================================ AV 73.0 50.0 2.2 FASTST M M 2 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 18 180 33 160 ================================================================================ 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: 2024 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 61.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.21 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.24 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 86 ON 6 GRTST 24HR 0.13 ON 30- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 36 ON 17,16 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR T ON 15-15 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: 4 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 153 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 22 DPTR FM NORMAL -80 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8 TOTAL FM JUL 1 162 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 1 DPTR FM NORMAL -110 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 52 DPTR FM NORMAL 16 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1483 HIGHEST SLP 30.55 ON 19 DPTR FM NORMAL 252 LOWEST SLP 29.79 ON 13 [REMARKS] #FINAL-10-24#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/03/2019 10/02/2019 10/01/2019 LOW 18 10/26/1962 HIGHEST 85 10/06 MM MM 85 10/03 LOWEST 33 10/17 MM MM 32 10/31 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.5 69.5 4.0 70.1 AVG. MINIMUM 45.2 45.4 -0.2 46.9 MEAN 59.4 57.5 1.9 58.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.4 -2.4 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.35 2014 MINIMUM 0.02 1963 TOTALS 0.42 3.29 -2.87 1.27 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.11 -0.10 0.04 DAYS >= .01 4 9.0 -5.0 9 DAYS >= .10 2 6.0 -4.0 4 DAYS >= .50 0 2.0 -2.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.21 10/01 0.56 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS MM MM MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM MM MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 195 257 -62 223 SINCE 7/1 210 295 -85 226 COOLING TOTAL 31 23 8 29 SINCE 1/1 1328 1215 113 1070 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/250 DATE 10/13 22/190 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/270 DATE 10/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - 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: LONDON KY MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2024 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 78 61 70 7 0 5 0.21 M M 2.3 12 350 M M 8 12 17 360 2 73 56 65 2 0 0 0.00 M M 2.1 10 350 M M 6 12 14 360 3 81 55 68 6 0 3 0.00 M M 1.1 8 190 M M 5 12 11 170 4 84 60 72 10 0 7 0.00 M M 1.8 12 350 M M 3 1 16 10 5 83 58 71 9 0 6 0.00 M M 2.2 10 100 M M 1 1 16 70 6 85 55 70 9 0 5 0.00 M M 3.4 14 250 M M 1 1 19 250 7 72 51 62 1 3 0 0.00 M M 4.7 14 350 M M 1 18 10 8 72 44 58 -2 7 0 0.00 M M 3.1 10 20 M M 0 17 40 9 75 43 59 -1 6 0 0.00 M M 1.4 10 10 M M 0 22 30 10 72 45 59 -1 6 0 0.00 M M 3.3 14 10 M M 0 19 350 11 74 39 57 -2 8 0 0.00 M M 0.6 7 250 M M 0 18 10 210 12 76 41 59 0 6 0 0.00 M M 1.5 9 250 M M 0 1 13 250 13 82 50 66 7 0 1 T M M 8.1 22 250 M M 1 35 270 14 63 40 52 -6 13 0 0.00 M M 7.3 18 280 M M 3 28 280 15 53 39 46 -12 19 0 0.01 M M 4.6 18 340 M M 7 27 350 16 55 34 45 -12 20 0 0.00 M M 3.9 14 320 M M 5 19 330 17 60 33 47 -10 18 0 0.00 M M 1.9 10 350 M M 1 1 16 30 18 68 33 51 -6 14 0 0.00 M M 1.6 8 110 M M 0 11 120 19 71 36 54 -2 11 0 0.00 M M 1.4 9 280 M M 0 1 13 320 20 74 37 56 0 9 0 0.00 M M 0.7 7 350 M M 0 1 10 340 21 77 38 58 2 7 0 0.00 M M 1.2 8 140 M M 0 12 150 22 78 41 60 5 5 0 0.00 M M 2.0 14 290 M M 0 18 19 270 23 82 47 65 10 0 0 0.00 M M 4.7 16 240 M M 1 24 250 24 71 41 56 2 9 0 0.00 M M 1.7 10 350 M M 0 14 340 25 82 39 61 7 4 0 T M M 3.9 17 270 M M 3 23 260 26 64 47 56 2 9 0 0.09 M M 4.6 14 10 M M 7 1 19 20 27 69 40 55 2 10 0 0.00 M M 3.1 8 130 M M 0 12 30 28 72 40 56 3 9 0 0.00 M M 3.3 13 200 M M 1 18 210 29 77 52 65 13 0 0 0.00 M M 4.0 14 200 M M 0 1 19 190 30 79 47 63 11 2 0 T M M 3.6 18 230 M M 4 12 27 210 31 78 60 69 17 0 4 0.11 M M 7.9 22 190 M M 4 1 34 210 ================================================================================ SM 2280 1402 195 31 0.42 M 97.0 M 62 ================================================================================ AV 73.5 45.2 3.1 FASTST M M 2 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 22 250 35 270 ================================================================================ 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: 2024 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 59.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.42 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.87 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 85 ON 6 GRTST 24HR 0.21 ON 1- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 33 ON 18,17 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: 4 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 195 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 22 DPTR FM NORMAL -62 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9 TOTAL FM JUL 1 210 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -85 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 31 DPTR FM NORMAL 8 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1328 HIGHEST SLP 30.57 ON 19 DPTR FM NORMAL 113 LOWEST SLP 29.83 ON 13 [REMARKS] #FINAL-10-24#