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...CLIMATE NORMALS...MEANS AND EXTREMES FOR MARCH...

...JACKSON KENTUCKY (JKL)...

Temperature Data...

Average Maximum........... 57.5 Average Minimum........... 37.3
Average Monthly........... 47.4 Highest...................  87 on
the 28th in 1989 Lowest....................   7 on the  9th in 1996
Low Maximum..............   17 on the  8th in 1996 High
Minimum..............  67 on the 31st in 1998 Normal days with high
90 or above.....    0 Normal days with high 32 or below.....  0.6
Normal days with  low 32 or below..... 10.8 Normal days with  low  0
or below.....    0

Degree Days (base 65)..... Heating             Cooling

Monthly Average...........  553                     7 Greatest
Monthly..........  731 in 1996            46 in 1998 Least
Monthly.............  340 in 2007             0 in numerous years

Precipitation Data...

Monthly Average...........  4.12 inches Wettest...................
11.78 inches in 1994 Driest....................  1.47 inches in 2003
Greatest 24 hour..........  3.44 inches on the 5th-6th in 1989
Average days of thunder...   4.0 Average days of dense fog.   2.5
Average snowfall..........   2.9 inches Greatest snowfall.........
21.9 inches in 1993 Greatest 24 hour snowfall.  19.8 inches on the
13th in 1993 Greatest snow depth.......    20 inches in 1993

...London Kentucky (LOZ)...

Temperature Data...

Average Maximum........... 58.7 Average Minimum........... 36.1
Average Monthly........... 47.4 Highest...................  87 on
the 25th in 2007 Lowest.................... -12 on the  3rd in 1980
Low Maximum...............  16 on the  2nd in 1980 High
Minimum..............  67 on the 29th in 1993 Normal days with high
90 or above.....    0 Normal days with high 32 or below.....  0.3
Normal days with  low 32 or below..... 12.3 Normal days with  low  0
or below.....  0.1

Degree Days (base 65)..... Heating             Cooling

Monthly Average...........  549                     3 Greatest
Monthly.......... 1085 in 1960            41 in 2007 Least
Monthly.............  321 in 1973             0 in numerous years

Precipitation Data...

Monthly Average...........  4.05 inches Wettest...................
9.87 inches in 1994 Driest....................  1.27 inches in 1969
Greatest daily rain.......  4.21 inches on the 11th in 1963 Average
snowfall..........   0.6 inches Greatest snowfall.........  31.0
inches in 1960 Greatest daily snowfall...  15.0 inches on the  9th
in 1960

***Snowfall Records for London were kept between 1954 and 1996***

The latest climate outlook for March indicates that eastern Kentucky
will be in a weather pattern more conducive to above normal
temperatures and above normal precipitation.

For more information on climate outlooks try this internet address:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

Climate weather records at the Julian Carroll Airport near Jackson
Kentucky (JKL) date back to January 1st 1981.

Climate weather records at the London-Corbin Magee Field Airport
(LOZ) date back to November 11th 1954.