September 2018 was the wettest September at Jackson with a total of 9.17 inches
which bested the previous wettest September by over an inch and 1/3rd. London's
total was missing for the month due to a precipitation sensor outage. September 2018
was the warmest September at London with a temperature of 73.6 degrees...over one degree
warmer than the previous record. Jackson saw September 2018 as its 3rd warmest.
The following are the September climate summaries for each location as well as the
September Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
Jackson Kentucky data:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2018 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/03/2011 LOW 34 09/24/1989 HIGHEST 92 09/03 89 3 86 09/27 09/25 09/24 LOWEST 54 09/28 42 12 47 09/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.7 78.0 2.7 76.9 AVG. MINIMUM 65.6 58.2 7.4 58.9 MEAN 73.2 68.1 5.1 67.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 1.5 1.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.82 1988 MINIMUM 0.51 2005 TOTALS 9.17R 3.46 5.71 3.33 DAILY AVG. 0.31 0.12 0.19 0.11 DAYS >= .01 15 8.4 6.6 9 DAYS >= .10 13 5.7 7.3 5 DAYS >= .50 7 2.2 4.8 1 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.0 2.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.88 09/27 TO 09/27 2.18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9 50 -41 34 SINCE 7/1 9 52 -43 34 COOLING TOTAL 263 143 120 134 SINCE 1/1 1527 1121 406 1136 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 15/330 DATE 09/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 26/340 DATE 09/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 81 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2018 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 85 68 77 4 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 13 320 M M 2 3 24 320 2 86 69 78 6 0 13 0.92 0.0 0 0.9 10 230 M M 2 13 20 210 3 92 71 82 10 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 7 120 M M 0 10 140 4 91 71 81 9 0 16 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 7 160 M M 0 9 160 5 89 74 82 10 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 6 310 M M 0 11 160 6 89 70 80 9 0 15 T 0.0 0 0.6 8 10 M M 2 13 16 340 7 86 70 78 7 0 13 0.01 0.0 0 0.5 6 130 M M 3 3 10 310 8 83 67 75 4 0 10 0.43 0.0 0 0.8 14 330 M M 4 13 23 330 9 84 70 77 7 0 12 0.75 0.0 0 1.7 8 280 M M 5 13 17 150 10 70 60 65 -5 0 0 0.44 0.0 0 2.8 9 310 M M 10 1 17 280 11 69 60 65 -5 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 6 140 M M 10 9 100 12 82 63 73 3 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 7 310 M M 6 12 9 300 13 89 68 79 10 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 6 350 M M 1 1 12 350 14 88 71 80 11 0 15 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 5 90 M M 1 1 11 70 15 85 70 78 10 0 13 0.02 0.0 0 0.5 8 110 M M 2 19 80 16 76 68 72 4 0 7 0.45 0.0 0 1.0 6 60 M M 4 1 25 70 17 73 68 71 3 0 6 0.66 0.0 0 2.3 9 320 M M 6 12 15 300 18 86 68 77 10 0 12 0.10 0.0 0 1.3 15 330 M M 4 12 26 340 19 88 67 78 11 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 7 300 M M 1 1 11 290 20 90 69 80 13 0 15 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 6 310 M M 0 1 9 200 21 86 70 78 12 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 9 210 M M 2 20 190 22 73 63 68 2 0 3 1.03 0.0 0 0.5 7 110 M M 8 12 13 100 23 66 61 64 -1 1 0 1.44 0.0 0 0.3 6 110 M M 5 12 12 100 24 71 64 68 3 0 3 0.66 0.0 0 2.3 10 150 M M 4 12 18 130 25 81 66 74 9 0 9 0.11 0.0 0 2.5 8 180 M M 7 13 17 180 26 73 62 68 4 0 3 0.27 0.0 0 1.0 8 260 M M 6 13 17 270 27 62 56 59 -5 6 0 1.88 0.0 0 1.1 12 330 M M 9 12 20 340 28 71 54 63 -1 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 6 340 M M 6 12 9 350 29 74 55 65 2 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 6 120 M M 2 12 10 70 30 82 56 69 6 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 7 300 M M 1 10 270 ================================================================================ SM 2420 1969 9 263 9.17 0.0 34.3 M 113 ================================================================================ AV 80.7 65.6 1.1 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 15 330 # 26 340 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 73.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 9.17 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 5.0 DPTR FM NORMAL: 5.71 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 92 ON 3 GRTST 24HR 1.88 ON 27-27 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 54 ON 28 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.0 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 0 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: 15 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 3 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 13 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 7 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 3 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 9 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 14 DPTR FM NORMAL -41 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 13 TOTAL FM JUL 1 9 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3 DPTR FM NORMAL -43 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 263 DPTR FM NORMAL 120 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1527 HIGHEST SLP 30.30 ON 3 DPTR FM NORMAL 406 LOWEST SLP 29.76 ON 9 [REMARKS] #FINAL-09-18#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2018 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 09/05/2007 LOW 32 09/24/1983 HIGHEST 91 09/04 MM MM 88 09/23 LOWEST 55 09/30 MM MM 45 09/08 09/29 09/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.6 79.6 2.0 78.3 AVG. MINIMUM 65.7 56.9 8.8 56.6 MEAN 73.6 68.3 5.3 67.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 2.0 2.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.50 2004 MINIMUM 0.40 2008 TOTALS MM 3.37 MM 1.79 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.11 0.10 0.06 DAYS >= .01 11 8.5 2.5 8 DAYS >= .10 9 5.4 3.6 5 DAYS >= .50 4 2.3 1.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.9 2.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL MM 0.95 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS MM 0.0 MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM 0.0 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM 0.0 MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5 46 -41 41 SINCE 7/1 5 47 -42 41 COOLING TOTAL 272 143 129 124 SINCE 1/1 1480 1167 313 1093 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/060 DATE 09/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/060 DATE 09/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 83 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 10 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 26 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MONTHLY PRECIPITATION MISSING DUE TO A SENSOR OUTAGE FROM SEP 22ND-24TH... $$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: LONDON KY MONTH: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2018 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 89 67 78 5 0 13 0.25 M M 2.4 16 300 M M 3 13 21 290 2 90 66 78 5 0 13 0.00 M M 2.0 8 250 M M 1 1 13 200 3 90 68 79 6 0 14 0.00 M M 1.5 12 100 M M 0 1 19 70 4 91 68 80 8 0 15 0.00 M M 1.5 8 170 M M 0 11 180 5 87 73 80 8 0 15 0.00 M M 1.8 7 270 M M 1 10 180 6 89 70 80 8 0 15 1.04 M M 2.7 23 60 M M 2 13 45 60 7 88 70 79 7 0 14 0.01 M M 1.3 10 350 M M 4 1 14 10 8 86 69 78 7 0 13 T M M 3.7 14 240 M M 1 1 19 240 9 83 68 76 5 0 11 1.55 M M 6.5 21 290 M M 5 13 29 240 10 69 62 66 -4 0 1 0.28 M M 5.5 12 300 M M 7 1 16 300 11 71 61 66 -4 0 1 0.00 M M 4.9 10 60 M M 10 1 16 330 12 85 64 75 5 0 10 0.00 M M 2.8 9 30 M M 5 12 13 30 13 89 67 78 9 0 13 0.00 M M 2.0 12 360 M M 1 1 16 10 14 89 70 80 11 0 15 0.00 M M 4.6 13 30 M M 1 1 19 20 15 87 70 79 10 0 14 0.00 M M 7.0 15 30 M M 1 24 80 16 76 69 73 5 0 8 0.31 M M 9.0 15 30 M M 5 1 22 20 17 73 69 71 3 0 6 0.19 M M 4.6 12 310 M M 10 1 18 290 18 87 69 78 10 0 13 0.00 M M 2.5 10 270 M M 5 12 13 290 19 90 66 78 11 0 13 0.00 M M 1.2 9 240 M M 1 1 15 20 20 89 66 78 11 0 13 0.00 M M 2.1 9 180 M M 0 1 14 200 21 86 69 78 12 0 13 0.06 M M 4.5 15 210 M M 4 1 23 230 22 73 65 69 3 0 4 M M M 4.4 13 10 M M 9 1 18 40 23 71 64 68 2 0 3 M M M 2.3 15 290 M M 8 13 21 280 24 71 67 69 4 0 4 M M M 2.3 9 190 M M 9 1 14 190 25 80 67 74 9 0 9 0.12 M M 4.8 16 180 M M 10 13 26 180 26 72 64 68 4 0 3 0.60 M M 5.3 18 270 M M 10 13 28 270 27 64 56 60 -4 5 0 1.17 M M 5.3 14 340 M M 10 12 21 350 28 76 57 67 3 0 2 0.00 M M 1.9 8 240 M M 5 10 180 29 74 55 65 2 0 0 0.00 M M 3.0 12 10 M M 4 12 15 40 30 82 55 69 6 0 4 0.00 M M 1.7 9 250 M M 1 1 13 250 ================================================================================ SM 2447 1971 5 272 M M 105.1 M 133 ================================================================================ AV 81.6 65.7 3.5 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 23 60 # 45 60 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 73.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: M 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 5.3 DPTR FM NORMAL: M 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 91 ON 4 GRTST 24HR M ON M TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 55 ON 30,29 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: 4 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 3 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 5 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 13 DPTR FM NORMAL -41 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9 TOTAL FM JUL 1 5 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 8 DPTR FM NORMAL -42 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 272 DPTR FM NORMAL 129 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1480 HIGHEST SLP 30.29 ON 29 DPTR FM NORMAL 313 LOWEST SLP 29.77 ON 9 [REMARKS] PRECIPITATION SENSOR OUTAGE ON 22ND-24TH #FINAL-09-18#