September 2021 was drier than normal across eastern Kentucky. Jackson and London had less than
three inches of precipitation with both locations around an inch below normal. Jackson averaged 69.7
degrees last month which was more than a half a degree warmer than normal. London finished September
with a temperature of 68.6 degrees which was a couple tenths of a degree cooler than normal. Climate
data for Jackson dates back to 1981 while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are September climate summaries for Jackson and London as well as the September Local
Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 09/10/2019 LOW 34 09/24/1989 HIGHEST 86 09/14 89 -3 87 09/02 09/19 09/01 LOWEST 47 09/24 42 5 46 09/30 09/26 09/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.8 79.0 -0.2 77.5 AVG. MINIMUM 60.6 59.1 1.5 59.5 MEAN 69.7 69.1 0.6 68.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 2.1 -2.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.17 2018 MINIMUM T 2019 TOTALS 2.39 3.42 -1.03 3.78 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.11 -0.03 0.13 DAYS >= .01 10 8.2 1.8 8 DAYS >= .10 6 5.6 0.4 5 DAYS >= .50 2 2.2 -0.2 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.90 09/22 TO 09/23 1.13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 24 39 -15 43 SINCE 7/1 24 40 -16 43 COOLING TOTAL 170 161 9 158 SINCE 1/1 1292 1195 97 1345 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/300 DATE 09/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/310 DATE 09/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 HAZE 3 - 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2021 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 76 66 71 -2 0 6 0.21 0.0 0 3.2 13 330 M M 7 12 20 320 2 76 60 68 -5 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 6 90 M M 1 1 17 80 3 79 57 68 -5 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 6 100 M M 0 9 110 4 83 64 74 2 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 6 210 M M 2 12 210 5 74 64 69 -3 0 4 0.08 0.0 0 1.2 7 320 M M 8 12 14 200 6 80 63 72 0 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 7 310 M M 4 12 9 290 7 84 59 72 0 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 1.6 7 170 M M 0 12 170 8 82 65 74 3 0 9 0.14 0.0 0 2.7 13 330 M M 5 12 20 10 9 76 60 68 -3 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 12 320 M M 6 1 19 270 10 77 55 66 -5 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 360 M M 1 1 11 340 11 80 58 69 -2 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 10 170 M M 0 18 160 12 83 65 74 4 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 2.7 9 170 M M 0 17 260 13 85 67 76 6 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 7 160 M M 1 11 220 14 86 67 77 7 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 1.5 7 160 M M 1 12 200 15 75 63 69 0 0 4 0.77 0.0 0 1.8 16 330 M M 7 123 27 320 16 81 63 72 3 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 5 140 M M 7 12 8 110 17 85 65 75 6 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 300 M M 1 1 10 320 18 85 67 76 8 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 6 130 M M 2 12 9 110 19 86 68 77 9 0 12 0.13 0.0 0 0.9 10 170 M M 3 13 21 170 20 81 68 75 7 0 10 0.02 0.0 0 2.1 8 130 M M 6 1 13 180 21 76 67 72 5 0 7 0.13 0.0 0 1.1 7 150 M M 10 1 12 160 22 71 53 62 -5 3 0 0.89 0.0 0 3.7 17 300 M M 9 12 29 310 23 67 52 60 -7 5 0 0.01 0.0 0 2.0 10 290 M M 6 1 18 280 24 71 47 59 -7 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.5 7 300 M M 0 11 310 25 70 49 60 -6 5 0 0.01 0.0 0 1.7 9 290 M M 2 1 17 260 26 73 47 60 -6 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.5 7 310 M M 1 128 14 310 27 80 53 67 2 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 10 170 M M 0 17 180 28 81 63 72 7 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 1.6 8 240 M M 0 17 250 29 83 62 73 8 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 7 310 M M 0 18 12 300 30 78 60 69 5 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 5 110 M M 0 18 11 50 ================================================================================ SM 2364 1817 24 170 2.39 0.0 47.2 M 90 ================================================================================ AV 78.8 60.6 1.6 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 17 300 29 310 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2021 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 69.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.39 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.03 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 86 ON 19,14 GRTST 24HR 0.90 ON 22-23 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 47 ON 26,24 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: 10 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 24 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 19 DPTR FM NORMAL -15 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8 TOTAL FM JUL 1 24 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3 DPTR FM NORMAL -16 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 170 DPTR FM NORMAL 9 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1292 HIGHEST SLP 30.26 ON 12 DPTR FM NORMAL 97 LOWEST SLP 29.55 ON 1 [REMARKS] #FINAL-09-21#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 09/05/2007 LOW 32 09/24/1983 HIGHEST 86 09/14 MM MM 88 09/10 LOWEST 44 09/24 MM MM 43 09/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.9 80.0 -1.1 78.2 AVG. MINIMUM 58.4 57.6 0.8 58.4 MEAN 68.6 68.8 -0.2 68.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 3.0 -3.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.50 2004 MINIMUM 0.11 2019 TOTALS 2.58 3.55 -0.97 4.30 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.12 -0.03 0.14 DAYS >= .01 9 8.3 0.7 9 DAYS >= .10 5 5.5 -0.5 6 DAYS >= .50 3 2.1 0.9 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.90 09/22 TO 09/22 1.43 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 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 29 38 -9 46 SINCE 7/1 29 37 -8 46 COOLING TOTAL 144 152 -8 155 SINCE 1/1 1184 1192 -8 1244 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/290 DATE 09/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 09/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 24 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 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: LONDON KY MONTH: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2021 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 65 72 -1 0 7 0.19 M M 6.8 16 360 M M 8 1 24 360 2 77 59 68 -5 0 3 0.00 M M 5.9 14 20 M M 1 21 20 3 81 54 68 -5 0 3 0.00 M M 2.2 8 300 M M 2 13 270 4 82 62 72 0 0 7 0.00 M M 4.0 15 240 M M 2 1 19 270 5 75 67 71 -1 0 6 0.07 M M 5.2 13 220 M M 8 1 17 210 6 80 60 70 -2 0 5 0.00 M M 2.4 10 60 M M 4 16 40 7 83 53 68 -4 0 3 0.00 M M 2.7 10 240 M M 1 1 16 240 8 83 63 73 2 0 8 0.03 M M 4.8 15 240 M M 5 1 21 330 9 78 57 68 -3 0 3 0.00 M M 4.7 16 360 M M 5 1 22 360 10 78 52 65 -6 0 0 0.00 M M 1.4 8 20 M M 2 1 12 30 11 80 53 67 -3 0 2 0.00 M M 3.5 16 250 M M 0 1 20 230 12 84 59 72 2 0 7 0.00 M M 4.6 14 250 M M 0 20 250 13 84 62 73 3 0 8 0.00 M M 2.9 9 220 M M 2 1 14 200 14 86 63 75 5 0 10 0.00 M M 1.9 10 200 M M 1 1 18 200 15 80 63 72 3 0 7 0.62 M M 4.2 17 20 M M 8 123 25 20 16 83 61 72 3 0 7 0.00 M M 1.9 9 50 M M 5 12 14 40 17 85 63 74 6 0 9 0.00 M M 1.0 7 140 M M 3 1 10 230 18 81 67 74 6 0 9 T M M 1.4 7 270 M M 5 1 11 220 19 84 67 76 8 0 11 0.53 M M 2.6 17 120 M M 5 123 28 120 20 77 66 72 5 0 7 0.20 M M 2.7 10 150 M M 6 1 16 160 21 74 66 70 3 0 5 0.03 M M 2.6 10 140 M M 8 1 16 130 22 69 53 61 -6 4 0 0.90 M M 8.2 23 290 M M 9 1 32 290 23 66 49 58 -8 7 0 0.00 M M 6.2 15 240 M M 6 20 260 24 70 44 57 -9 8 0 0.00 M M 1.2 8 250 M M 0 1 12 280 25 70 48 59 -7 6 0 0.01 M M 2.5 13 280 M M 3 1 18 280 26 72 49 61 -4 4 0 0.00 M M 2.3 9 250 M M 5 12 13 230 27 80 50 65 0 0 0 0.00 M M 3.9 14 240 M M 0 22 250 28 81 58 70 6 0 5 0.00 M M 3.6 15 240 M M 0 1 19 240 29 84 58 71 7 0 6 0.00 M M 1.4 8 30 M M 2 1 12 320 30 82 60 71 7 0 6 0.00 M M 1.8 8 30 M M 3 12 12 30 ================================================================================ SM 2367 1751 29 144 2.58 M 100.5 M 109 ================================================================================ AV 78.9 58.4 3.4 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 23 290 32 290 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2021 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 68.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.58 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.97 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 86 ON 14 GRTST 24HR 0.90 ON 22-22 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 44 ON 24 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: 9 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 3 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 29 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 15 DPTR FM NORMAL -9 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14 TOTAL FM JUL 1 29 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 1 DPTR FM NORMAL -8 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 144 DPTR FM NORMAL -8 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1184 HIGHEST SLP 30.28 ON 12 DPTR FM NORMAL -8 LOWEST SLP 29.57 ON 1 [REMARKS] #FINAL-09-21#