
A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >
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 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 87 03/28/1989
LOW 7 03/09/1996
HIGHEST 79 03/14 79 0 81 03/23
LOWEST 28 03/24 18 10 20 03/19
03/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 62.8 58.0 4.8 58.9
AVG. MINIMUM 42.2 37.6 4.6 37.9
MEAN 52.5 47.8 4.7 48.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.8 -0.8 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 11.4 -4.4 9
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.78 1994
MINIMUM 1.47 2003
TOTALS 2.91 4.71 -1.80 4.09
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.15 -0.06 0.13
DAYS >= .01 12 14.4 -2.4 13
DAYS >= .10 6 8.8 -2.8 9
DAYS >= .50 1 3.3 -2.3 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.94 03/09 TO 03/09 1.37
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 21.9 1993
TOTALS T 4.0 -4.0 0.3
SINCE 7/1 15.4 23.0 -7.6 3.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 T
DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.1 -1.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 T
24 HR TOTAL T 03/18 TO 03/18 0.2
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 389 541 -152 509
SINCE 7/1 3102 3725 -623 3145
COOLING TOTAL 8 8 0 3
SINCE 1/1 8 9 -1 6
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/310 DATE 03/10
22/320 03/15
22/280 03/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/300 DATE 03/15
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
$$
RELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2024
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 45 32 39 -4 26 0 0.06 0.0 0 2.7 10 310 M M 6 1 14 310
2 54 44 49 5 16 0 0.35 0.0 0 0.6 6 270 M M 10 12 8 70
3 71 42 57 13 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 8 200 M M 2 12 12 210
4 78 56 67 23 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 10 170 M M 3 17 180
5 76 57 67 23 0 2 0.07 0.0 0 3.9 13 190 M M 5 1 20 210
6 58 51 55 10 10 0 0.43 0.0 0 3.3 10 350 M M 10 12 17 40
7 54 45 50 5 15 0 0.01 0.0 0 1.6 8 340 M M 9 12 16 10
8 61 47 54 9 11 0 0.06 0.0 0 3.8 12 140 M M 6 1 19 140
9 57 41 49 3 16 0 0.94 0.0 0 5.5 16 300 M M 10 12 26 300
10 47 35 41 -5 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.0 22 310 M M 5 37 310
11 57 31 44 -2 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.6 10 250 M M 0 17 210
12 69 41 55 9 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 13 300 M M 0 20 300
13 73 51 62 15 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.6 15 250 M M 1 23 220
14 79 55 67 20 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 6.5 15 180 M M 2 27 200
15 69 47 58 11 7 0 0.37 0.0 0 5.3 22 320 M M 8 13 45 300
16 66 39 53 5 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 12 270 M M 4 12 20 260
17 60 39 50 2 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.1 17 280 M M 1 27 260
18 41 31 36 -12 29 0 T T 0 6.7 17 330 M M 5 29 300
19 55 29 42 -7 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.4 16 210 M M 3 29 240
20 62 42 52 3 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 20 280 M M 1 35 250
21 57 29 43 -6 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 8 60 M M 0 15 20
22 70 40 55 5 10 0 0.04 0.0 0 2.9 10 190 M M 4 1 21 170
23 53 31 42 -8 23 0 0.17 0.0 0 4.8 13 330 M M 6 12 23 20
24 59 28 44 -6 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 9 140 M M 0 16 130
25 74 46 60 9 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 14 140 M M 0 26 130
26 60 53 57 6 8 0 0.38 0.0 0 4.8 17 150 M M 6 13 28 140
27 64 41 53 2 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.4 14 320 M M 3 23 300
28 58 36 47 -5 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 14 300 M M 0 24 290
29 69 42 56 4 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 22 280 M M 1 35 300
30 75 51 63 11 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.5 18 230 M M 3 8 33 270
31 77 57 67 14 0 2 0.03 0.0 0 5.4 16 250 M M 7 33 250
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SM 1948 1309 389 8 2.91 T 151.6 M 121
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AV 62.8 42.2 4.9 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 22 310 45 300
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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: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 52.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.91 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 4.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.80 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 79 ON 14 GRTST 24HR 0.94 ON 9- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 28 ON 24 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 18-18 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: 12
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. 389 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 15
DPTR FM NORMAL -152 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3102 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4
DPTR FM NORMAL -623
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 8
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 8 HIGHEST SLP 30.40 ON 1
DPTR FM NORMAL -1 LOWEST SLP 29.66 ON 9
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-24#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 87 03/25/2007
LOW -12 03/03/1980
HIGHEST 78 03/14 MM MM 79 03/01
03/31
03/23
LOWEST 25 03/11 MM MM 16 03/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.1 58.4 4.7 59.6
AVG. MINIMUM 39.8 36.2 3.6 36.2
MEAN 51.4 47.3 4.1 47.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 12.4 -5.4 12
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.87 1994
MINIMUM 1.27 1969
TOTALS 2.99 4.57 -1.58 3.49
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.15 -0.05 0.11
DAYS >= .01 10 12.9 -2.9 10
DAYS >= .10 8 8.3 -0.3 8
DAYS >= .50 2 3.3 -1.3 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.87 03/08 TO 03/09 1.20
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 418 552 -134 525
SINCE 7/1 MM 3801 MM 3386
COOLING TOTAL 3 3 0 3
SINCE 1/1 3 3 0 4
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/300 DATE 03/15
25/260 03/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/290 DATE 03/15
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 13 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.
&&
...ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS MISSING DUE TO SEASON OUTAGE IN DECEMBER...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: MARCH
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 47 30 39 -4 26 0 0.15 M M 2.4 8 150 M M 7 1 14 150
2 54 44 49 6 16 0 0.12 M M 1.0 7 280 M M 10 1 9 290
3 70 37 54 10 11 0 0.00 M M 3.1 12 200 M M 4 12 17 170
4 75 48 62 18 3 0 0.00 M M 2.9 10 150 M M 5 15 180
5 70 50 60 16 5 0 0.19 M M 3.5 15 190 M M 6 1 20 190
6 59 53 56 12 9 0 0.48 M M 4.4 14 360 M M 10 1 18 330
7 57 49 53 8 12 0 0.00 M M 4.5 12 350 M M 8 1 15 340
8 65 49 57 12 8 0 0.02 M M 3.0 15 190 M M 8 21 180
9 58 42 50 5 15 0 0.86 M M 6.9 18 290 M M 10 1 27 290
10 48 33 41 -5 24 0 0.00 M M 10.4 23 280 M M 3 33 290
11 57 25 41 -5 24 0 0.00 M M 1.9 10 260 M M 0 14 250
12 67 29 48 2 17 0 0.00 M M 2.5 15 240 M M 1 8 19 220
13 73 38 56 10 9 0 0.00 M M 3.3 14 250 M M 1 20 230
14 78 43 61 14 4 0 0.00 M M 6.1 22 200 M M 3 34 200
15 69 48 59 12 6 0 0.07 M M 7.6 25 300 M M 9 13 39 290
16 66 41 54 7 11 0 0.00 M M 4.6 13 250 M M 5 12 18 230
17 59 39 49 2 16 0 0.00 M M 8.7 22 270 M M 2 30 320
18 44 30 37 -11 28 0 0.00 M M 7.6 20 330 M M 5 29 310
19 55 28 42 -6 23 0 0.00 M M 9.5 20 250 M M 3 32 240
20 67 38 53 5 12 0 0.00 M M 8.6 23 280 M M 1 33 280
21 59 32 46 -3 19 0 0.00 M M 5.8 13 30 M M 1 16 20
22 69 41 55 6 10 0 0.13 M M 3.5 12 190 M M 7 1 19 180
23 54 34 44 -5 21 0 0.19 M M 10.5 22 360 M M 5 1 30 340
24 64 28 46 -4 19 0 0.00 M M 5.2 13 80 M M 0 21 50
25 69 45 57 7 8 0 0.00 M M 7.1 17 190 M M 0 25 200
26 59 51 55 5 10 0 0.78 M M 6.0 18 120 M M 6 13 28 110
27 62 42 52 2 13 0 0.00 M M 6.3 16 340 M M 3 23 330
28 59 35 47 -4 18 0 0.00 M M 5.4 18 10 M M 0 27 30
29 69 33 51 0 14 0 0.00 M M 5.4 21 270 M M 0 1 33 260
30 76 40 58 6 7 0 0.00 M M 7.8 25 260 M M 2 8 33 250
31 78 58 68 16 0 3 0.00 M M 9.0 22 260 M M 6 31 250
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SM 1956 1233 418 3 2.99 M 174.5 M 131
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AV 63.1 39.8 5.6 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 25 300 39 290
================================================================================
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: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 51.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.99 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 4.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.58 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 78 ON 31,14 GRTST 24HR 0.87 ON 8- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 25 ON 11 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: 10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8
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. 418 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 14
DPTR FM NORMAL -134 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 13
TOTAL FM JUL 1 MM CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4
DPTR FM NORMAL MM
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 3
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 3 HIGHEST SLP 30.38 ON 1
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.70 ON 9
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-24#