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March 2022 was warm and dry across eastern Kentucky. Jackson averaged 51.0 degrees which
made March 2022 over three degrees above normal. March 2022 was also the 9th warmest March
at Jackson. The London Corbin Airport finished March 2022 with an average of 49.4 degrees which
is a little over two degrees warmer than normal. Jackson picked up 2.21 inches of precipitation
during March which is two and a half inches below normal. London totaled 2.14 inches which is
close to two and a half inches drier than normal. It was the 6th driest March at London and 7th driest
at Jackson. Climate data for Jackson dates back to 1981 while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are 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 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2022 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 82 03/30 79 3 79 03/24 LOWEST 15 03/13 18 -3 24 03/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.3 58.0 4.3 63.5 AVG. MINIMUM 39.7 37.6 2.1 41.8 MEAN 51.0 47.8 3.2 52.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.8 0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 11.4 -4.4 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.78 1994 MINIMUM 1.47 2003 TOTALS 2.21 4.71 -2.50 5.44 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.15 -0.08 0.18 DAYS >= .01 9 14.4 -5.4 12 DAYS >= .10 5 8.8 -3.8 8 DAYS >= .50 2 3.3 -1.3 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.96 03/06 TO 03/07 1.55 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 21.9 1993 TOTALS 6.3 4.0 2.3 T SINCE 7/1 22.1 23.0 -0.9 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6 03/12 0 24 HR TOTAL 6.3 03/12 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 428 541 -113 380 SINCE 7/1 3260 3725 -465 380 COOLING TOTAL 3 8 -5 4 SINCE 1/1 3 9 -6 4 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/190 DATE 03/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/210 DATE 03/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 52 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 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: JACKSON KY MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2022 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 67 38 53 10 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.4 14 240 M M 0 25 220 2 69 47 58 14 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 13 310 M M 0 25 260 3 63 37 50 6 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 12 250 M M 3 21 230 4 68 33 51 7 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.8 8 70 M M 0 16 60 5 79 51 65 21 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 22 180 M M 1 41 170 6 76 57 67 22 0 2 0.32 0.0 0 8.1 17 240 M M 7 3 35 220 7 70 39 55 10 10 0 0.64 0.0 0 9.3 24 280 M M 6 42 290 8 47 33 40 -5 25 0 0.07 0.0 0 3.3 9 20 M M 8 15 20 9 46 37 42 -4 23 0 0.26 0.0 0 3.4 12 320 M M 10 19 290 10 54 35 45 -1 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 8 300 M M 3 16 90 11 67 32 50 4 15 0 T T 0 6.3 17 330 M M 3 30 320 12 32 19 26 -20 39 0 0.57 6.3 6 9.5 22 300 M M 7 128 34 300 13 49 15 32 -15 33 0 0.00 0.0 3 6.9 15 230 M M 1 27 250 14 66 37 52 5 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.4 12 210 M M 0 19 210 15 68 47 58 11 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 10 250 M M 3 16 260 16 65 48 57 9 8 0 T 0.0 0 3.3 8 110 M M 3 13 110 17 73 51 62 14 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 10 300 M M 5 15 310 18 70 55 63 15 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 18 140 M M 3 31 120 19 61 42 52 3 13 0 0.01 0.0 0 8.9 20 250 M M 8 1 31 220 20 62 41 52 3 13 0 T 0.0 0 5.6 14 310 M M 4 24 300 21 72 41 57 8 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 8 180 M M 0 14 220 22 78 54 66 16 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 4.5 15 160 M M 1 23 180 23 76 53 65 15 0 0 0.22 0.0 0 9.9 23 250 M M 7 3 44 260 24 62 46 54 4 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 18 230 M M 5 32 270 25 47 39 43 -8 22 0 T 0.0 0 5.8 15 250 M M 7 26 250 26 47 32 40 -11 25 0 0.08 T 0 9.5 17 290 M M 6 1 39 310 27 45 27 36 -15 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 15 260 M M 3 23 280 28 46 26 36 -16 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.9 14 300 M M 0 20 330 29 49 31 40 -12 25 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 9 50 M M 7 15 50 30 82 45 64 12 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.6 24 190 M M 0 8 44 200 31 75 43 59 6 6 0 0.04 0.0 0 10.9 25 190 M M 9 50 210 ================================================================================ SM 1931 1231 428 3 2.21 6.3 188.7 M 120 ================================================================================ AV 62.3 39.7 6.1 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 25 190 50 210 ================================================================================ 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: MARCH YEAR: 2022 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 51.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.21 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.50 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 82 ON 30 GRTST 24HR 0.96 ON 6- 7 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 15 ON 13 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 6.3 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 6.3 ON 12-12 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 6 ON 12 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: 1 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 7 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 428 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 14 DPTR FM NORMAL -113 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 15 TOTAL FM JUL 1 3260 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 2 DPTR FM NORMAL -465 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 3 DPTR FM NORMAL -5 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 3 HIGHEST SLP 30.42 ON 14 DPTR FM NORMAL -6 LOWEST SLP 29.44 ON 31 [REMARKS] #FINAL-03-22#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2022 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 80 03/30 MM MM 76 03/24 LOWEST 14 03/13 MM MM 23 03/07 03/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.2 58.4 3.8 63.5 AVG. MINIMUM 36.6 36.2 0.4 37.6 MEAN 49.4 47.3 2.1 50.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.6 0.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 12.4 -5.4 10 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.87 1994 MINIMUM 1.27 1969 TOTALS 2.14 4.57 -2.43 5.82 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.15 -0.08 0.19 DAYS >= .01 11 12.9 -1.9 11 DAYS >= .10 6 8.3 -2.3 9 DAYS >= .50 1 3.3 -2.3 6 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.73 03/06 TO 03/07 2.08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 31.0 1960 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 477 552 -75 442 SINCE 7/1 3442 3801 -359 3678 COOLING TOTAL 1 3 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 1 3 -2 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/190 DATE 03/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/170 DATE 03/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 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: LONDON KY MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2022 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 66 28 47 4 18 0 0.00 M M 4.4 16 260 M M 0 22 270 2 69 36 53 10 12 0 0.00 M M 4.2 14 320 M M 0 18 290 3 69 41 55 11 10 0 0.00 M M 6.9 16 20 M M 1 22 360 4 70 34 52 8 13 0 0.00 M M 3.1 9 20 M M 0 14 10 5 75 49 62 18 3 0 0.00 M M 8.7 30 220 M M 1 50 190 6 75 57 66 22 0 1 0.01 M M 11.2 25 210 M M 8 44 220 7 70 37 54 9 11 0 0.72 M M 13.4 29 200 M M 7 1 46 210 8 49 36 43 -2 22 0 0.16 M M 4.9 12 340 M M 8 1 17 310 9 47 38 43 -2 22 0 0.33 M M 4.6 14 320 M M 8 1 21 310 10 56 35 46 0 19 0 0.00 M M 4.5 10 340 M M 1 16 100 11 65 31 48 2 17 0 0.01 M M 7.1 21 350 M M 4 1 29 310 12 31 19 25 -21 40 0 0.21 M M 12.4 23 290 M M 5 1 35 320 13 51 14 33 -13 32 0 0.00 M M 7.0 18 200 M M 2 28 220 14 63 28 46 -1 19 0 0.00 M M 3.5 16 190 M M 0 22 180 15 66 37 52 5 13 0 0.00 M M 2.6 12 200 M M 3 16 260 16 66 40 53 6 12 0 0.01 M M 2.4 13 130 M M 3 1 20 130 17 72 41 57 10 8 0 0.00 M M 1.3 9 280 M M 3 1 13 260 18 68 43 56 8 9 0 T M M 6.9 23 190 M M 4 1 32 180 19 59 43 51 3 14 0 0.02 M M 11.6 24 270 M M 9 33 270 20 62 36 49 1 16 0 0.00 M M 4.7 17 290 M M 2 26 260 21 69 33 51 2 14 0 0.00 M M 2.1 9 110 M M 0 14 240 22 73 46 60 11 5 0 T M M 6.2 18 130 M M 2 27 150 23 76 50 63 14 2 0 0.42 M M 13.3 32 210 M M 6 1 49 210 24 60 43 52 2 13 0 0.00 M M 7.8 21 270 M M 4 30 230 25 47 35 41 -9 24 0 T M M 7.9 22 270 M M 8 28 250 26 52 34 43 -7 22 0 0.04 M M 13.0 31 280 M M 2 1 43 280 27 46 26 36 -14 29 0 0.00 M M 6.7 16 270 M M 1 25 270 28 49 24 37 -14 28 0 0.00 M M 4.1 15 310 M M 0 20 320 29 53 37 45 -6 20 0 T M M 5.4 12 80 M M 7 17 80 30 80 43 62 10 3 0 0.00 M M 13.7 36 190 M M 0 55 170 31 74 42 58 6 7 0 0.21 M M 13.0 31 200 M M 9 1 48 210 ================================================================================ SM 1928 1136 477 1 2.14 M 218.6 M 108 ================================================================================ AV 62.2 36.6 7.1 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 36 190 55 170 ================================================================================ 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: 2022 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 49.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.14 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.43 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 80 ON 30 GRTST 24HR 0.73 ON 6- 7 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 14 ON 13 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: 1 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 11 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 7 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 477 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 17 DPTR FM NORMAL -75 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11 TOTAL FM JUL 1 3442 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3 DPTR FM NORMAL -359 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1 DPTR FM NORMAL -2 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1 HIGHEST SLP 30.42 ON 14 DPTR FM NORMAL -2 LOWEST SLP 29.47 ON 31 [REMARKS] #FINAL-03-22#