Normals, Means and Extremes for August

...Climate...Normals...Means and Extremes for August...

...Jackson Kentucky (JKL)...

Temperature data...

Average maximum........... 84.4
Average minimum........... 65.3
Average monthly........... 74.9
Highest................... 101 on the 17th & 18th in 1988
Lowest....................  45 on the 29th in 1986/8th in 1989
Low maximum..............   65 on the 12th in 2004
High minimum..............  76 on the 24th in 2007
Normal days with high 90 or above.....  4.4
Normal days with high 32 or below.....  0.0
Normal days with  low 32 or below.....  0.0
Normal days with  low  0 or below.....  0.0

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

Monthly average...........    1                 306
Greatest monthly..........   15 in 1986         473 in 1995
Least monthly.............    0 in many years   183 in 1997

Precipitation data...

Monthly average...........  4.26 inches
Wettest................... 10.04 inches in 2013
Driest....................  1.16 inches in 2008
Greatest 24 hour..........  3.84 inches on the 24th in 1999
Average days of thunder...   7.4
Average days of dense fog.   8.3
Average snowfall..........     0 inches
Greatest snowfall.........     0 inches
Greatest 24 hour snowfall.     0 inches
Greatest snow depth.......     0 inches

...London Kentucky (LOZ)...

Temperature data...

Average maximum........... 85.6
Average minimum........... 64.8
Average monthly........... 75.2
Highest................... 102 on the 16th in 2007
Lowest....................  44 on the 29th in 1986
Low maximum...............  62 on the 12th in 2004
High minimum..............  75 on the  6th in 2011
Normal days with high 90 or above.....  6.1
Normal days with high 32 or below.....  0.0
Normal days with  low 32 or below.....  0.0
Normal days with  low  0 or below.....  0.0

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

Monthly average...........    1                 317
Greatest monthly..........   18 in 1964         519 in 2007
Least monthly.............    0 in many years   149 in 1967

Precipitation data...

Monthly average...........  3.97 inches
Wettest...................  7.51 inches in 2003
Driest....................  0.45 inches in 2007
Greatest daily rain.......  3.29 inches on the 18th in 2010
Average snowfall..........     0 inches
Greatest snowfall.........     0 inches
Greatest daily snowfall...     0 inches

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

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

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.

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