January 2019 ended up a little warmer and wetter at Jackson and London. Jackson was a little
over a 1/2 degree warmer while London was nearly 1 degree above normal. For precipitation,
Jackson was almost 2/3rds of an inch wetter while London finished January over an inch a 1/4 above
normal. Jackson also measured 2.3 inches of snow last month which is nearly 5 inches below normal
for the month. The following are January climate summaries for each location as well as the January
Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
Jackson Kentucky data:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 01/31/2002 LOW -18 01/19/1994 01/21/1985 01/20/1985 HIGHEST 67 01/07 66 1 69 01/11 01/10 LOWEST 4 01/30 4 0 0 01/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.2 43.1 0.1 42.0 AVG. MINIMUM 27.7 26.8 0.9 23.1 MEAN 35.5 34.9 0.6 32.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 6.1 0.9 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 20.7 -1.7 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.28 1994 MINIMUM 0.80 1981 TOTALS 4.26 3.61 0.65 1.92 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.12 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 15 14.1 0.9 13 DAYS >= .10 8 7.3 0.7 5 DAYS >= .50 3 2.4 0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.26 01/19 TO 01/20 0.47 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 26.3 1994 TOTALS 2.3 7.1 -4.8 6.8 SINCE 7/1 5.2 12.6 -7.4 7.8 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 2 -2 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.2 -2.2 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 01/29 3 01/20 24 HR TOTAL 0.8 01/20 TO 01/20 4.1 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 908 932 -24 999 SINCE 7/1 2576 2566 10 2601 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/300 DATE 01/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/280 DATE 01/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 1 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 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: JACKSON KY MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2019 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 58 43 51 16 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.5 15 280 M M 10 25 250 2 46 41 44 9 21 0 T 0.0 0 2.5 9 230 M M 10 18 250 3 44 37 41 6 24 0 0.02 0.0 0 1.9 10 260 M M 7 1 15 270 4 56 37 47 12 18 0 0.19 0.0 0 4.7 20 270 M M 4 1 31 250 5 53 37 45 10 20 0 0.37 0.0 0 6.8 16 270 M M 5 1 30 280 6 57 39 48 13 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 9 220 M M 0 17 200 7 67 44 56 21 9 0 T 0.0 0 6.9 16 190 M M 0 33 200 8 66 42 54 19 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.2 26 300 M M 7 49 280 9 41 23 32 -3 33 0 T T 0 9.9 22 290 M M 7 38 270 10 28 20 24 -11 41 0 T T 0 3.7 12 310 M M 6 21 310 11 37 18 28 -7 37 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.4 8 90 M M 0 13 90 12 36 28 32 -3 33 0 0.57 0.4 T 3.4 8 60 M M 10 146 17 70 13 38 31 35 0 30 0 0.30 0.0 0 2.5 7 60 M M 10 12 12 70 14 31 29 30 -5 35 0 T T T 3.4 8 300 M M 10 12 13 280 15 31 26 29 -6 36 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.9 10 230 M M 9 1 17 260 16 34 30 32 -3 33 0 T 0.0 0 2.3 8 210 M M 10 16 15 240 17 41 33 37 2 28 0 0.24 0.0 0 3.2 8 220 M M 10 1 14 230 18 42 38 40 5 25 0 0.01 0.0 0 2.9 10 300 M M 10 1 15 280 19 53 38 46 11 19 0 1.19 0.0 0 5.6 21 310 M M 8 1 31 300 20 42 10 26 -9 39 0 0.07 0.8 1 9.7 20 300 M M 6 1 33 290 21 22 6 14 -21 51 0 0.00 0.0 T 1.6 6 70 M M 0 13 100 22 50 15 33 -2 32 0 0.00 0.0 T 3.7 13 200 M M 2 25 220 23 58 43 51 16 14 0 0.92 0.0 0 7.0 15 200 M M 9 1 31 180 24 50 25 38 3 27 0 0.24 0.2 T 7.1 21 300 M M 10 1 38 300 25 31 20 26 -9 39 0 T T T 5.6 17 280 M M 3 28 270 26 37 21 29 -6 36 0 T 0.1 T 4.7 12 250 M M 6 18 250 27 43 31 37 2 28 0 0.01 T 0 5.7 15 310 M M 8 1 26 260 28 56 28 42 6 23 0 0.03 0.0 0 5.6 15 210 M M 4 1 26 210 29 42 18 30 -6 35 0 0.09 0.5 1 8.5 18 300 M M 6 1 26 300 30 23 4 14 -22 51 0 0.01 0.3 T 7.5 25 280 M M 5 129 42 300 31 26 5 16 -20 49 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 7 210 M M 8 12 260 ================================================================================ SM 1339 860 908 0 4.26 2.3 152.6 M 200 ================================================================================ AV 43.2 27.7 4.9 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 26 300 # 49 280 ================================================================================ 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: JANUARY YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 35.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 4.26 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.65 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 67 ON 7 GRTST 24HR 1.26 ON 19-20 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 4 ON 30 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 2.3 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.8 ON 20-20 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 1 ON 29,20 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: 7 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 15 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 19 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 3 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 908 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6 DPTR FM NORMAL -24 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14 TOTAL FM JUL 1 2576 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11 DPTR FM NORMAL 10 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.60 ON 21 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.37 ON 19 [REMARKS] CORRECTED GRTST24 HR PRECIPITATION. #FINAL-01-19#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 74 01/31/2002 01/22/1999 01/24/1972 LOW -25 01/19/1994 HIGHEST 67 01/07 MM MM 66 01/10 LOWEST 9 01/31 MM MM -7 01/17 01/30 01/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 44.3 44.8 -0.5 42.9 AVG. MINIMUM 28.6 26.4 2.2 20.9 MEAN 36.5 35.6 0.9 32.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 4.6 1.4 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 21.7 -2.7 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.09 1957 MINIMUM 1.07 1981 TOTALS 4.80 3.54 1.26 1.51 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.05 DAYS >= .01 13 11.3 1.7 12 DAYS >= .10 10 6.9 3.1 6 DAYS >= .50 4 2.5 1.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.54 01/23 TO 01/24 0.38 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 17.6 1978 TOTALS MM 4.5 MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM 5.6 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM 2 MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM 1.9 MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 877 911 -34 942 SINCE 7/1 2567 2563 4 2607 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/180 DATE 01/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/180 DATE 01/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - 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: JANUARY YEAR: 2019 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 57 46 52 16 13 0 0.00 M M 5.5 14 290 M M 10 20 260 2 47 43 45 9 20 0 0.15 M M 4.1 12 190 M M 9 1 16 200 3 44 39 42 6 23 0 0.12 M M 2.2 8 290 M M 9 1 12 240 4 58 38 48 12 17 0 0.50 M M 6.2 23 260 M M 8 13 36 250 5 51 36 44 8 21 0 0.20 M M 8.0 20 250 M M 4 1 28 260 6 61 31 46 11 19 0 0.00 M M 1.4 8 250 M M 0 12 240 7 67 44 56 21 9 0 T M M 8.8 26 210 M M 1 39 190 8 65 41 53 18 12 0 0.00 M M 13.1 30 250 M M 6 45 260 9 41 28 35 0 30 0 0.00 M M 12.2 22 290 M M 4 31 300 10 31 21 26 -9 39 0 0.00 M M 6.3 14 340 M M 4 20 320 11 41 18 30 -5 35 0 T M M 3.6 9 20 M M 2 12 20 12 41 31 36 1 29 0 0.56 M M 4.6 9 90 M M 9 1 14 100 13 44 33 39 4 26 0 0.21 M M 3.9 10 340 M M 10 1 14 340 14 33 29 31 -4 34 0 0.01 M M 4.8 9 340 M M 10 1 12 340 15 32 23 28 -7 37 0 0.00 M M 3.5 12 260 M M 7 1 16 220 16 37 31 34 -1 31 0 0.00 M M 4.3 13 240 M M 10 1 15 250 17 43 35 39 4 26 0 0.20 M M 4.4 10 180 M M 10 1 16 200 18 44 39 42 7 23 0 T M M 4.3 9 350 M M 10 1 12 90 19 55 38 47 12 18 0 1.27 M M 6.2 24 300 M M 7 1 31 290 20 38 13 26 -9 39 0 T M M 12.2 22 300 M M 8 8 37 290 21 25 9 17 -19 48 0 0.00 M M 3.8 10 120 M M 0 13 80 22 47 18 33 -3 32 0 0.00 M M 7.2 21 180 M M 3 26 210 23 58 46 52 16 13 0 1.41 M M 11.6 31 180 M M 9 1 47 180 24 50 26 38 2 27 0 0.13 M M 9.2 23 300 M M 10 1 32 300 25 31 22 27 -9 38 0 0.00 M M 7.9 16 300 M M 3 23 270 26 39 21 30 -6 35 0 0.00 M M 6.2 15 250 M M 5 20 250 27 46 27 37 1 28 0 0.00 M M 5.1 13 270 M M 7 18 220 28 55 25 40 4 25 0 0.03 M M 7.6 22 240 M M M 33 240 29 41 19 30 -6 35 0 0.01 M M 9.8 18 290 M M 7 1 27 280 30 24 9 17 -19 48 0 T M M 10.8 26 300 M M 5 1 35 300 31 26 9 18 -19 47 0 T M M 2.0 7 230 M M 7 12 200 ================================================================================ SM 1372 888 877 0 4.80 M 200.8 M 194 ================================================================================ AV 44.3 28.7 6.5 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 31 180 # 47 180 ================================================================================ 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: JANUARY YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 36.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 4.80 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.26 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 67 ON 7 GRTST 24HR 1.54 ON 23-24 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 9 ON 31,30 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: 6 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 13 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 10 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 19 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 2 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 877 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 5 DPTR FM NORMAL -34 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14 TOTAL FM JUL 1 2567 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11 DPTR FM NORMAL 4 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.60 ON 21 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.39 ON 19 [REMARKS] CORRECTED GRTST 24HR PRECIPITATION. #FINAL-01-19#