March 2021 was warmer than normal across eastern Kentucky. Jackson averaged 52.6
degrees which is over five degrees above normal. London finished March 2021 with a
reading of 50.5 degrees which is a little over three degrees warmer than normal. Jackson
totaled 5.44 inches of precipitation for March which is almost one and a third inches above
normal. London measured 5.82 inches of precipitation for March 2021 which is over one and
three quarters of an inch wetter than normal. Also of note, Jackson set a daily precipitation
record of 1.51 inches on March 28th. London set a precipitation record on the same day with
a total of 1.46 inches. Climate data for Jackson dates back to 1981 while weather records
began in 1954 at London.
The following are the March climate summaries for Jackson and London as well as the March
Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
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 87 03/28/1989
LOW 7 03/09/1996
HIGHEST 79 03/24 79 0 84 03/28
LOWEST 24 03/05 18 6 29 03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.5 57.5 6.0 62.6
AVG. MINIMUM 41.8 37.3 4.5 45.2
MEAN 52.6 47.4 5.2 53.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 10.8 -3.8 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.78 1994
MINIMUM 1.47 2003
TOTALS 5.44 4.12 1.32 9.42
DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.13 0.05 0.30
DAYS >= .01 12 14.0 -2.0 19
DAYS >= .10 8 8.5 -0.5 14
DAYS >= .50 4 2.7 1.3 9
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 3
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.55 03/27 TO 03/28 1.78
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 21.9 1993
TOTALS T 2.9 -2.9 T
SINCE 7/1 28.4 22.5 5.9 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL T 03/31 TO 03/31 T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 380 553 -173 360
SINCE 7/1 3476 3853 -377 3189
COOLING TOTAL 4 7 -3 24
SINCE 1/1 4 7 -3 24
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/280 DATE 03/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/280 DATE 03/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1
FOG 10 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.
$$
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2021
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 87 03/25/2007
LOW -12 03/03/1980
HIGHEST 76 03/24 MM MM 83 03/28
03/27
LOWEST 23 03/07 MM MM 21 03/01
03/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.5 58.7 4.8 62.1
AVG. MINIMUM 37.6 36.1 1.5 42.6
MEAN 50.5 47.4 3.1 52.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 10 11.4 -1.4 3
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.87 1994
MINIMUM 1.27 1969
TOTALS 5.82 4.05 1.77 9.48
DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.13 0.06 0.31
DAYS >= .01 11 12.9 -1.9 18
DAYS >= .10 9 8.0 1.0 15
DAYS >= .50 6 2.6 3.4 9
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7 1.3 4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.08 03/27 TO 03/28 1.48
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 31.0 1960
TOTALS MM 0.6 MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM 9.3 MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM 0.4 MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 442 549 -107 407
SINCE 7/1 3678 3824 -146 3347
COOLING TOTAL 0 3 -3 22
SINCE 1/1 0 3 -3 22
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/290 DATE 03/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/260 DATE 03/26
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: MARCH
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 57 35 46 3 19 0 0.58 M M 5.9 18 310 M M 5 1 28 310
2 50 28 39 -5 26 0 0.00 M M 3.8 10 40 M M 0 15 40
3 58 26 42 -2 23 0 0.00 M M 2.3 13 260 M M 0 16 260
4 61 31 46 2 19 0 0.00 M M 5.6 20 300 M M 0 29 300
5 46 26 36 -8 29 0 0.00 M M 6.6 16 10 M M 0 24 20
6 50 27 39 -6 26 0 0.00 M M 4.9 15 40 M M 0 22 40
7 52 23 38 -7 27 0 0.00 M M 3.1 14 340 M M 1 22 10
8 64 23 44 -1 21 0 0.00 M M 2.0 14 280 M M 0 20 250
9 69 30 50 5 15 0 0.00 M M 3.3 13 210 M M 0 18 200
10 72 35 54 8 11 0 0.00 M M 6.0 18 200 M M 0 28 190
11 71 47 59 13 6 0 0.01 M M 8.5 23 210 M M 4 34 220
12 62 52 57 11 8 0 0.11 M M 4.3 15 250 M M 9 1 19 240
13 62 44 53 7 12 0 0.00 M M 5.5 14 30 M M 5 22 40
14 53 37 45 -2 20 0 T M M 5.3 10 60 M M 5 16 40
15 59 44 52 5 13 0 0.17 M M 6.0 16 100 M M 7 1 21 90
16 74 42 58 11 7 0 0.00 M M 4.6 18 280 M M 2 1 25 280
17 66 43 55 7 10 0 0.22 M M 4.9 20 180 M M 5 12 29 190
18 71 46 59 11 6 0 0.63 M M 11.2 25 290 M M 8 13 34 300
19 53 39 46 -2 19 0 0.03 M M 11.6 21 30 M M 6 1 30 10
20 64 35 50 2 15 0 0.00 M M 4.9 13 110 M M 0 19 100
21 67 32 50 1 15 0 0.00 M M 1.1 8 90 M M 1 14 100
22 72 38 55 6 10 0 0.00 M M 1.6 10 90 M M 0 17 170
23 73 48 61 12 4 0 0.00 M M 6.5 18 180 M M 2 27 190
24 76 54 65 15 0 0 0.00 M M 5.7 21 190 M M 5 29 200
25 69 49 59 9 6 0 0.89 M M 6.9 24 180 M M 5 13 36 190
26 71 49 60 10 5 0 0.00 M M 7.6 26 270 M M 2 42 260
27 62 42 52 1 13 0 0.68 M M 3.9 14 190 M M 3 13 20 170
28 62 38 50 -1 15 0 1.46 M M 12.8 28 290 M M 7 13 38 260
29 61 31 46 -5 19 0 0.00 M M M M M M M 0 8 M M
30 74 38 56 4 9 0 0.00 M M 8.1 20 190 M M 0 28 170
31 67 34 51 -1 14 0 1.04 M M 6.6 25 290 M M 9 1 40 290
================================================================================
SM 1968 1166 442 0 5.82 M 171.1 M 91
================================================================================
AV 63.5 37.6 5.7 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 28 290 42 260
================================================================================
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: MARCH
YEAR: 2021
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 50.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.82 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.77 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 76 ON 24 GRTST 24HR 3.39 ON 28- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 23 ON 8, 7 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: 11
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 10 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 2
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 442 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 18
DPTR FM NORMAL -107 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 10
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3678 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3
DPTR FM NORMAL -146
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.58 ON 8
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 LOWEST SLP 29.52 ON 18
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-21#
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