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The following are the 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 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2026
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 66 01/08 66 0 58 01/29
01/31
LOWEST 3 01/27 4 -1 0 01/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 39.8 44.2 -4.4 37.6
AVG. MINIMUM 22.9 27.4 -4.5 22.4
MEAN 31.3 35.8 -4.5 30.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 11 6.7 4.3 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 20.9 5.1 26
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.71 2022
MINIMUM 0.80 1981
TOTALS 3.71 3.96 -0.25 4.67
DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.13 -0.01 0.15
DAYS >= .01 9 14.4 -5.4 12
DAYS >= .10 4 7.9 -3.9 7
DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.63 01/24 TO 01/25 1.97
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 26.3 1994
TOTALS 3.9 7.4 -3.5 14.8
SINCE 7/1 10.1 12.3 -2.2 20.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1
DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.1 -0.1 5
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 2 01/27 4
01/31
24 HR TOTAL 1.7 01/24 TO 01/25 4.3
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1038 905 133 1078
SINCE 7/1 2571 2477 94 2326
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/310 DATE 01/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 01/14
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4
LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 2
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 6
- 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: 2026
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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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
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1 37 28 33 -3 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.9 14 260 M M 8 26 250
2 46 28 37 1 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 8 210 M M 2 1 12 200
3 42 27 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 7 30 M M 7 1 15 40
4 44 23 34 -2 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 6 310 M M 0 9 310
5 62 32 47 11 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.5 15 250 M M 0 24 260
6 59 45 52 16 13 0 T 0.0 0 7.5 14 220 M M 7 26 250
7 61 47 54 18 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.2 9 270 M M 3 18 18 260
8 66 43 55 19 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 10 170 M M 0 19 170
9 64 56 60 24 5 0 0.09 0.0 0 5.7 16 200 M M 5 1 30 210
10 56 38 47 11 18 0 0.52 0.0 0 5.9 17 290 M M 10 1 32 300
11 38 25 32 -4 33 0 0.03 0.4 0 7.0 18 290 M M 6 128 30 290
12 42 19 31 -5 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.4 9 230 M M 1 17 220
13 56 32 44 9 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 14 190 M M 0 25 250
14 50 24 37 2 28 0 0.12 T 0 9.1 24 310 M M 10 18 37 300
15 25 16 21 -14 44 0 T T T 6.7 18 310 M M 8 28 280
16 45 15 30 -5 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 15 180 M M 5 30 200
17 44 26 35 0 30 0 0.09 T 0 6.2 17 300 M M 8 14 27 310
18 30 18 24 -11 41 0 T T 0 4.1 13 250 M M 4 22 330
19 34 16 25 -10 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 16 280 M M 4 30 260
20 27 9 18 -18 47 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 10 280 M M 0 15 250
21 52 22 37 1 28 0 0.05 0.0 0 6.6 18 230 M M 6 1 32 230
22 44 30 37 1 28 0 T T 0 5.3 12 280 M M 4 24 260
23 35 15 25 -11 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 12 300 M M 2 18 10
24 17 9 13 -23 52 0 0.20 1.2 0 4.5 8 50 M M 7 1246 16 70
25 32 15 24 -12 41 0 2.57 0.5 1 4.9 14 300 M M 10 126 25 290
26 16 4 10 -26 55 0 T 1.1 1 5.5 15 290 M M 9 128 30 290
27 23 3 13 -23 52 0 T T 2 6.1 13 240 M M 5 1 29 260
28 22 12 17 -19 48 0 T T 1 4.2 12 260 M M 6 18 22 240
29 25 10 18 -18 47 0 0.00 0.0 1 1.1 6 260 M M 4 11 260
30 22 13 18 -18 47 0 0.04 0.7 1 2.6 8 40 M M 9 18 14 50
31 17 10 14 -23 51 0 T T 2 5.3 12 330 M M 6 18 330
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SM 1233 710 1038 0 3.71 3.9 154.5 M 156
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AV 39.8 22.9 5.0 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 24 310 37 300
================================================================================
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: 2026
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 31.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.71 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -4.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.25 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 66 ON 8 GRTST 24HR 2.63 ON 24-25 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 3 ON 27 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 3.9 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 1.2 ON 24-24 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 2 ON 31,27 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: 11 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 26 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 1038 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 8
DPTR FM NORMAL 133 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 17
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2571 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 6
DPTR FM NORMAL 94
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.58 ON 24
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.57 ON 14
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-01-26#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2026
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 65 01/08 MM MM 57 01/29
01/31
LOWEST 4 01/27 MM MM 0 01/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 41.1 45.2 -4.1 38.5
AVG. MINIMUM 21.5 26.7 -5.2 20.4
MEAN 31.3 36.0 -4.7 29.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 10 4.9 5.1 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 21.2 4.8 29
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.09 1957
MINIMUM 1.07 1981
TOTALS 3.25 3.89 -0.64 4.61
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.13 -0.03 0.15
DAYS >= .01 8 11.8 -3.8 10
DAYS >= .10 6 7.0 -1.0 6
DAYS >= .50 2 3.0 -1.0 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 3
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.81 01/24 TO 01/25 2.56
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 1035 900 135 1096
SINCE 7/1 2567 2540 27 2443
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 MM
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/240 DATE 01/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/240 DATE 01/21
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 2
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 2
- 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: 2026
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 48 28 38 1 27 0 0.00 M M 3.8 10 250 M M 4 13 250
2 53 28 41 4 24 0 0.00 M M 3.6 10 10 M M 0 1 14 360
3 45 27 36 0 29 0 0.00 M M 4.9 9 10 M M 7 1 13 360
4 46 23 35 -1 30 0 0.00 M M 0.8 6 130 M M 0 1 8 250
5 62 26 44 8 21 0 0.00 M M 3.9 18 230 M M 0 27 220
6 59 36 48 12 17 0 0.00 M M 7.0 16 220 M M 7 25 220
7 63 37 50 14 15 0 0.00 M M 3.7 12 250 M M 3 12 16 240
8 65 33 49 13 16 0 0.00 M M 5.6 17 190 M M 0 27 170
9 63 51 57 21 8 0 0.76 M M 7.1 21 180 M M 5 12 33 180
10 57 37 47 11 18 0 0.36 M M 6.8 20 300 M M 10 1 32 290
11 37 22 30 -6 35 0 T M M 7.9 22 320 M M 4 1 32 310
12 43 18 31 -5 34 0 0.00 M M 2.5 12 220 M M 0 15 220
13 56 26 41 5 24 0 0.00 M M 7.8 20 200 M M 0 27 210
14 49 24 37 1 28 0 0.05 M M 12.0 25 300 M M 9 1 36 270
15 28 15 22 -14 43 0 T M M 7.8 18 320 M M 5 1 27 290
16 46 15 31 -5 34 0 T M M 7.8 17 220 M M 5 32 230
17 42 27 35 -1 30 0 0.10 M M 9.2 22 300 M M 8 1 29 300
18 30 17 24 -12 41 0 0.00 M M 5.1 15 270 M M 2 21 260
19 35 18 27 -9 38 0 0.00 M M 11.2 24 250 M M 3 34 280
20 29 9 19 -17 46 0 0.00 M M 3.1 12 230 M M 1 18 190
21 50 18 34 -2 31 0 0.10 M M 9.1 31 240 M M 7 41 240
22 45 26 36 0 29 0 T M M 4.6 13 280 M M 3 18 280
23 39 18 29 -7 36 0 0.00 M M 7.2 15 20 M M 3 22 360
24 21 14 18 -18 47 0 0.22 M M 8.6 15 20 M M 8 16 22 10
25 33 16 25 -11 40 0 1.65 M M 7.1 16 340 M M 10 16 22 340
26 16 5 11 -25 54 0 T M M 8.4 18 280 M M 8 18 24 290
27 25 4 15 -21 50 0 0.00 M M 9.8 22 260 M M 4 29 220
28 22 9 16 -20 49 0 0.00 M M 6.2 17 260 M M 4 1 24 240
29 27 11 19 -17 46 0 0.00 M M 0.7 7 260 M M 5 1 8 260
30 25 16 21 -15 44 0 0.01 M M 6.9 14 30 M M 9 18 19 40
31 16 12 14 -23 51 0 T M M 9.8 18 340 M M 9 1 26 360
================================================================================
SM 1275 666 1035 0 3.25 M 200.0 M 143
================================================================================
AV 41.1 21.5 6.5 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 31 240 41 240
================================================================================
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: 2026
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 31.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.25 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -4.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.64 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 65 ON 8 GRTST 24HR 2.64 ON 24-25 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 4 ON 27 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: 10 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 26 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 1035 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 11
DPTR FM NORMAL 135 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2567 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 6
DPTR FM NORMAL 27
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.57 ON 20
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.61 ON 14
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-01-26#
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