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January 2024 saw below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation at the Jackson Weather Office.
The mean temperature was 35.0 degrees which was nearly one degree colder than normal. Jackson also tallied
4.77 inches of precipitation which is over three quarters of an inch above normal. London's January 2024 was
a little colder and wetter than Jackson's. The London Corbin Airport saw an average temperature of 33.4
degrees...over two and a half degrees colder than normal. London also picked up 5.18 inches of precipitation
which is over one and a quarter inches above normal. Also of note, the Jackson Weather Office saw 13.9 inches
of snow during January of 2024 which is the 8th greatest January total.
The following are January summaries for Jackson and London as well as the January Local
Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2024
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 64 01/26 66 -2 71 01/03
LOWEST 2 01/17 4 -2 21 01/15
01/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.0 44.2 -2.2 51.3
AVG. MINIMUM 28.0 27.4 0.6 36.4
MEAN 35.0 35.8 -0.8 43.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 6.7 0.3 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 19 20.9 -1.9 13
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.71 2022
MINIMUM 0.80 1981
TOTALS 4.77 3.96 0.81 4.26
DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.13 0.02 0.14
DAYS >= .01 17 14.4 2.6 17
DAYS >= .10 11 7.9 3.1 12
DAYS >= .50 3 2.6 0.4 4
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.42 01/08 TO 01/09 0.94
01/09 TO 01/09
01/09 TO 01/10
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 26.3 1994
TOTALS 13.9 7.4 6.5 1.6
SINCE 7/1 14.3 12.3 2.0 2.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 T
DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.1 0.9 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 7 01/16 T
24 HR TOTAL 6.5 01/14 TO 01/15 0.5
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 922 905 17 648
SINCE 7/1 2178 2477 -299 2170
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/220 DATE 01/09
22/240 01/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/240 DATE 01/13
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 2
FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5
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: 2024
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 35 29 32 -4 33 0 T T 0 3.7 10 310 M M 10 16 16 300
2 39 30 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 7 230 M M 7 12 220
3 39 26 33 -3 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 8 270 M M 2 12 270
4 40 28 34 -2 31 0 T T 0 3.2 9 350 M M 7 1 18 30
5 43 23 33 -3 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 7 40 M M 0 12 70
6 45 35 40 4 25 0 0.78 0.0 0 4.9 12 280 M M 9 12 19 250
7 40 35 38 2 27 0 0.11 T 0 6.1 15 260 M M 10 1 25 290
8 46 31 39 3 26 0 0.01 T 0 2.7 8 50 M M 3 4 20 30
9 56 35 46 10 19 0 1.42 T 0 9.7 22 220 M M 9 124 42 250
10 36 32 34 -2 31 0 0.01 T T 7.3 18 240 M M 9 1 37 220
11 54 31 43 7 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 14 240 M M 0 25 260
12 53 34 44 8 21 0 0.40 0.0 0 8.6 21 180 M M 5 1 39 190
13 46 26 36 1 29 0 T T 0 9.3 22 240 M M 7 44 240
14 32 18 25 -10 40 0 0.06 0.8 0 5.9 16 280 M M 7 1 29 250
15 19 15 17 -18 48 0 0.44 6.4 4 0.9 6 330 M M 10 12 9 10
16 18 6 12 -23 53 0 0.06 1.8 7 5.0 12 280 M M 7 1 17 260
17 25 2 14 -21 51 0 0.00 0.0 5 6.6 12 260 M M 0 19 190
18 37 16 27 -8 38 0 0.10 0.6 4 3.9 10 220 M M 4 1 19 200
19 30 13 22 -13 43 0 0.14 3.6 4 7.0 15 280 M M 10 126 27 310
20 16 5 11 -25 54 0 T 0.7 6 6.3 13 280 M M 6 1 19 270
21 27 2 15 -21 50 0 0.00 0.0 5 2.4 8 140 M M 1 13 130
22 48 17 33 -3 32 0 0.00 0.0 4 3.7 7 170 M M 0 13 180
23 56 40 48 12 17 0 0.00 0.0 2 4.4 8 200 M M 6 14 180
24 60 49 55 19 10 0 0.35 0.0 0 3.4 9 180 M M 9 1 14 180
25 63 57 60 24 5 0 0.50 0.0 0 2.6 10 200 M M 10 12 17 210
26 64 49 57 21 8 0 T 0.0 0 5.8 16 230 M M 6 1 27 250
27 52 46 49 13 16 0 0.19 0.0 0 3.7 10 300 M M 8 1 22 100
28 53 36 45 9 20 0 0.16 T 0 8.1 16 280 M M 10 1 29 220
29 39 34 37 1 28 0 0.02 T 0 4.6 13 350 M M 10 1 23 320
30 46 32 39 3 26 0 0.02 0.0 0 3.5 12 310 M M 9 1 16 310
31 44 36 40 3 25 0 T 0.0 0 2.7 9 320 M M 10 1 14 320
================================================================================
SM 1301 868 922 0 4.77 13.9 148.0 M 201
================================================================================
AV 42.0 28.0 4.8 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 22 220 44 240
================================================================================
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: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 35.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 4.77 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.81 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 64 ON 26 GRTST 24HR 1.44 ON 8- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 2 ON 21,17 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 13.9 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 6.4 ON 15-15 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 7 ON 16 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: 17
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 11
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. 922 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL 17 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2178 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -299
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.77 ON 21
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.06 ON 9
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-01-24#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2024
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 64 01/25 MM MM 70 01/03
LOWEST -6 01/21 MM MM 19 01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.2 45.2 -3.0 52.0
AVG. MINIMUM 24.6 26.7 -2.1 33.6
MEAN 33.4 36.0 -2.6 42.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 5 4.9 0.1 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 22 21.2 0.8 15
DAYS MIN <= 0 3 0.5 2.5 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.09 1957
MINIMUM 1.07 1981
TOTALS 5.18 3.89 1.29 4.38
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.13 0.04 0.14
DAYS >= .01 17 11.8 5.2 16
DAYS >= .10 10 7.0 3.0 10
DAYS >= .50 4 3.0 1.0 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.80 01/09 TO 01/09 0.90
01/08 TO 01/09
01/09 TO 01/09
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 17.6 1978
TOTALS MM MM MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM MM MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM MM MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 972 900 72 678
SINCE 7/1 MM* 2540 MM* MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/240 DATE 01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/240 DATE 01/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.62
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0
FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...*TEMPERATURE SENSOR OUTAGE IN DECEMBER MAKES HDD ANNUAL TOTAL MISSING...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2024
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 35 30 33 -4 32 0 0.00 M M 6.0 10 290 M M 10 15 310
2 43 28 36 -1 29 0 0.00 M M 1.8 8 230 M M 5 14 220
3 39 22 31 -5 34 0 0.00 M M 2.6 10 270 M M 1 12 260
4 39 23 31 -5 34 0 0.00 M M 4.6 13 360 M M 6 19 350
5 47 18 33 -3 32 0 0.00 M M 2.4 7 90 M M 0 11 150
6 44 35 40 4 25 0 0.54 M M 7.0 15 260 M M 10 1 21 260
7 40 34 37 1 28 0 0.12 M M 7.2 20 270 M M 10 1 26 270
8 48 26 37 1 28 0 0.03 M M 3.9 13 90 M M 1 1 20 130
9 52 35 44 8 21 0 1.80 M M 12.9 36 240 M M 10 1 50 240
10 37 29 33 -3 32 0 0.03 M M 10.1 24 240 M M 8 1 35 250
11 53 26 40 4 25 0 0.00 M M 4.4 16 270 M M 0 23 230
12 51 29 40 4 25 0 0.74 M M 9.4 26 270 M M 6 18 37 270
13 43 26 35 -1 30 0 T M M 12.7 31 270 M M 6 43 270
14 33 20 27 -9 38 0 T M M 9.0 18 280 M M 7 25 290
15 20 15 18 -18 47 0 0.24 M M 5.1 9 350 M M 10 18 13 350
16 17 1 9 -27 56 0 T M M 5.2 14 290 M M 5 18 20 310
17 25 -4 11 -25 54 0 0.00 M M 4.4 15 230 M M 0 20 230
18 36 7 22 -14 43 0 0.10 M M 1.9 10 180 M M 4 16 15 180
19 33 13 23 -13 42 0 0.02 M M 10.7 20 290 M M 10 16 27 290
20 14 0 7 -29 58 0 T M M 6.1 15 280 M M 8 22 280
21 26 -6 10 -26 55 0 0.00 M M 1.1 10 90 M M 0 18 14 110
22 46 8 27 -9 38 0 0.00 M M 2.2 15 200 M M 0 19 200
23 55 29 42 6 23 0 0.00 M M 3.5 12 190 M M 6 18 170
24 63 43 53 17 12 0 0.31 M M 4.3 14 180 M M 9 1 20 170
25 64 55 60 24 5 0 0.66 M M 3.0 16 250 M M 10 12 22 240
26 62 43 53 17 12 0 0.01 M M 5.8 16 250 M M 5 1 22 240
27 56 41 49 13 16 0 0.29 M M 4.8 14 290 M M 8 13 22 70
28 55 38 47 11 18 0 0.23 M M 12.8 26 240 M M 10 1 37 250
29 38 34 36 0 29 0 0.01 M M 5.9 14 290 M M 10 1 18 310
30 51 32 42 6 23 0 0.01 M M 7.1 14 340 M M 9 19 340
31 42 32 37 0 28 0 0.04 M M 4.2 13 310 M M 10 1 19 320
================================================================================
SM 1307 762 972 0 5.18 M 182.1 M 194
================================================================================
AV 42.2 24.6 5.9 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 36 240 50 240
================================================================================
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: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.18 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.29 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 64 ON 25 GRTST 24HR 1.80 ON 9- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: -6 ON 21 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: 5 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 17
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 10
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 22 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 3 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 972 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL 72 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2375 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -165
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.77 ON 21
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.11 ON 9
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-01-24#
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