Normals, Means and Extremes for February

...Climate Normals...Means and Extremes for February...

...Jackson Kentucky (JKL)...

Temperature data...

Average maximum........... 48.8
Average minimum........... 30.5
Average monthly........... 39.7
Highest...................  80 on the 20th/21st/23rd in 2018 & 22nd in 2023
Lowest....................  -8 on the  4th in 1996
Low maximum..............    9 on the  4th in 1996
High minimum..............  63 on the 20th in 2018
Normal days with high 90 or above.....  0.0
Normal days with high 32 or below.....  3.5
Normal days with  low 32 or below..... 17.0
Normal days with  low  0 or below.....  0.1

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

Monthly average...........  711                   1
Greatest monthly.......... 1051 in 2015          12 in 2018
Least monthly.............  466 in 2023           0 in numerous years

Precipitation data...

Monthly average...........  4.06 inches
Wettest...................  8.87 inches in 2019
Driest....................  1.20 inches in 2007
Greatest 24 hour..........  3.84 inches on the 16th-17th in 2023
Average days of thunder...   1.0
Average days of dense fog.   4.3
Average snowfall..........   6.7 inches
Greatest snowfall.........  21.5 inches in 2015
Greatest 24 hour snowfall.  12.7 inches on the 12th-13th in 1985
Greatest snow depth.......    14 inches in 1985

...London Kentucky (LOZ)...

Temperature data...

Average maximum........... 49.7
Average minimum........... 29.7
Average monthly........... 39.5
Highest...................  81 on the 26th in 1977
Lowest.................... -17 on the 20th in 2015
Low maximum...............  10 on the 19th in 2015
High minimum..............  62 on the 26th in 1996
Normal days with high 90 or above.....  0.0
Normal days with high 32 or below.....  2.5
Normal days with  low 32 or below..... 18.0
Normal days with  low  0 or below.....  0.1

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

Monthly average...........  709                   0
Greatest monthly.......... 1106 in 1978           8 in 2018
Least monthly.............  399 in 1996           0 in numerous years

Precipitation data...

Monthly average...........  4.02 inches
Wettest................... 11.06 inches in 2019^
Driest....................  0.65 inches in 1968
Greatest daily rain.......  3.07 inches on the 17th in 1956
Average snowfall..........   3.1 inches
Greatest snowfall.........  23.5 inches in 1979
Greatest daily snowfall...  11.0 inches on the 18th in 1960/12th in 1985

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

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

^ February 2019 precipitation missing data for the 28th due to sensor failure.

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