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October 2022 was over two degrees below normal and over two and a half
inches drier than normal at the Jackson Weather Office. October's precipitation
total of 0.83 was the 2nd driest October at Jackson, only behind 0.51 inches
from 1987. October 2022 was also the 9th driest October. At the London Corbin
Airport, October 2022 was over three and a half degrees cooler than normal and
exactly two inches drier than normal. Also of note, October 2022 was the 10th
coolest and 11th driest October. Climate data for Jackson dates back to 1981
while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are October Climate Summaries for Jackson and London as
well as the October Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 97 10/01/2019
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 78 10/22 82 -4 83 10/11
10/24
10/25
LOWEST 33 10/18 32 1 35 10/27
AVG. MAXIMUM 66.9 68.8 -1.9 71.3
AVG. MINIMUM 45.9 48.5 -2.6 54.8
MEAN 56.4 58.7 -2.3 63.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.77 2014
MINIMUM 0.51 1987
TOTALS 0.83 3.45 -2.62 2.84
DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.11 -0.08 0.09
DAYS >= .01 9 9.5 -0.5 11
DAYS >= .10 4 6.3 -2.3 6
DAYS >= .50 0 2.4 -2.4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.35 10/30 TO 10/31 0.88
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 2.3 1993
TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL T 10/18 TO 10/18 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 262 233 29 139
SINCE 7/1 310 272 38 163
COOLING TOTAL 6 36 -30 87
SINCE 1/1 1373 1231 142 1379
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/280 DATE 10/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 27/270 DATE 10/14
27/280 10/17
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 9 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: JACKSON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
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 55 50 53 -11 12 0 0.19 0.0 0 1.8 9 360 M M 9 1 17 340
2 58 51 55 -9 10 0 0.01 0.0 0 0.5 7 330 M M 10 1 12 330
3 65 49 57 -6 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 5 140 M M 6 10 360
4 67 39 53 -10 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 9 310 M M 0 12 13 290
5 71 42 57 -5 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 8 340 M M 0 12 310
6 76 47 62 0 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 6 310 M M 2 10 220
7 71 47 59 -3 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 12 330 M M 2 19 310
8 59 40 50 -12 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 9 320 M M 1 14 310
9 64 35 50 -11 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 7 320 M M 0 11 300
10 70 40 55 -6 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 7 140 M M 0 10 160
11 73 45 59 -1 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 10 180 M M 0 17 150
12 76 55 66 6 0 1 0.05 0.0 0 4.2 12 160 M M 3 13 22 180
13 65 49 57 -3 8 0 0.01 0.0 0 4.1 15 300 M M 5 26 340
14 68 45 57 -2 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 14 270 M M 1 27 270
15 77 55 66 7 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 4.2 12 260 M M 1 24 280
16 63 49 56 -3 9 0 0.16 0.0 0 1.1 7 230 M M 7 13 12 260
17 57 36 47 -11 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.7 16 280 M M 4 1 27 280
18 43 33 38 -20 27 0 T T 0 3.4 9 270 M M 9 17 290
19 55 34 45 -13 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 12 290 M M 3 23 300
20 59 36 48 -9 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 12 190 M M 1 23 180
21 68 41 55 -2 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 12 170 M M 0 17 170
22 78 51 65 9 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 8 180 M M 0 14 180
23 77 54 66 10 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 8 160 M M 0 8 13 170
24 78 52 65 9 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 8 140 M M 0 8 11 270
25 78 57 68 12 0 3 0.05 0.0 0 5.0 10 140 M M 2 17 140
26 60 47 54 -1 11 0 0.01 0.0 0 3.0 14 260 M M 10 1 25 250
27 61 41 51 -4 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 8 50 M M 3 16 30
28 71 44 58 4 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 8 280 M M 0 12 360
29 74 47 61 7 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 7 150 M M 0 13 50
30 71 54 63 9 2 0 0.12 0.0 0 3.2 8 130 M M 5 1 12 130
31 66 59 63 10 2 0 0.23 0.0 0 3.1 12 250 M M 10 12 19 250
================================================================================
SM 2074 1424 262 6 0.83 T 84.2 M 94
================================================================================
AV 66.9 45.9 2.7 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 16 280 # 27 270
================================================================================
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2022
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 56.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.83 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.3 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.62 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 78 ON 25,24 GRTST 24HR 0.35 ON 30-31 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 33 ON 18 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: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 262 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 21
DPTR FM NORMAL 29 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 5
TOTAL FM JUL 1 310 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 5
DPTR FM NORMAL 38
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 6
DPTR FM NORMAL -30 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1373 HIGHEST SLP 30.39 ON 8
DPTR FM NORMAL 142 LOWEST SLP 29.70 ON 26
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-22#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 94 10/03/2019
10/02/2019
10/01/2019
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 77 10/24 MM MM 81 10/10
10/25
LOWEST 27 10/20 MM MM 34 10/27
AVG. MAXIMUM 67.1 69.5 -2.4 71.3
AVG. MINIMUM 40.6 45.4 -4.8 52.0
MEAN 53.9 57.5 -3.6 61.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 6 2.4 3.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.35 2014
MINIMUM 0.02 1963
TOTALS 1.29 3.29 -2.00 4.05
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.11 -0.07 0.13
DAYS >= .01 7 9.0 -2.0 15
DAYS >= .10 5 6.0 -1.0 9
DAYS >= .50 0 2.0 -2.0 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.47 10/25 TO 10/26 1.40
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
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 336 257 79 161
SINCE 7/1 395 295 100 190
COOLING TOTAL 0 23 -23 62
SINCE 1/1 1285 1215 70 1246
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/200 DATE 10/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/200 DATE 10/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 7 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 0
HAZE 1
- 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: OCTOBER
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 62 50 56 -7 9 0 T M M 5.4 16 10 M M 7 1 23 10
2 61 53 57 -6 8 0 0.00 M M 5.3 14 20 M M 10 21 20
3 69 46 58 -4 7 0 0.00 M M 6.1 15 30 M M 4 22 30
4 70 39 55 -7 10 0 0.00 M M 2.4 12 20 M M 0 1 15 20
5 74 36 55 -7 10 0 0.00 M M 2.2 9 20 M M 0 14 10
6 75 39 57 -4 8 0 0.00 M M 1.3 9 220 M M 2 1 14 250
7 73 46 60 -1 5 0 0.00 M M 4.5 16 250 M M 1 25 270
8 60 36 48 -12 17 0 0.00 M M 4.6 14 350 M M 0 20 360
9 64 30 47 -13 18 0 0.00 M M 1.5 9 280 M M 0 12 280
10 70 32 51 -9 14 0 0.00 M M 2.0 9 40 M M 0 1 16 100
11 74 36 55 -4 10 0 0.00 M M 2.7 14 190 M M 0 20 250
12 76 47 62 3 3 0 0.27 M M 6.9 24 200 M M 5 1 38 200
13 65 40 53 -6 12 0 0.02 M M 7.7 18 260 M M 5 1 26 290
14 68 37 53 -5 12 0 0.00 M M 5.3 21 250 M M 0 28 240
15 75 51 63 5 2 0 0.00 M M 7.3 17 230 M M 1 26 220
16 64 48 56 -1 9 0 0.12 M M 3.4 12 270 M M 6 1 16 240
17 58 35 47 -10 18 0 0.00 M M 8.7 22 260 M M 3 1 33 260
18 43 30 37 -20 28 0 T M M 5.7 13 300 M M 8 1 19 290
19 54 32 43 -13 22 0 0.00 M M 7.6 18 250 M M 3 30 260
20 58 27 43 -13 22 0 0.00 M M 4.9 21 250 M M 1 27 250
21 67 30 49 -7 16 0 0.00 M M 2.6 12 200 M M 0 19 160
22 75 41 58 3 7 0 0.00 M M 2.9 14 200 M M 0 21 210
23 75 42 59 4 6 0 0.00 M M 2.3 13 190 M M 0 17 150
24 77 39 58 4 7 0 0.00 M M 2.5 14 190 M M 0 19 170
25 77 46 62 8 3 0 0.23 M M 5.7 18 190 M M 3 1 26 190
26 60 47 54 0 11 0 0.24 M M 7.7 22 260 M M 10 1 33 270
27 63 42 53 0 12 0 0.00 M M 7.0 15 20 M M 3 20 100
28 71 40 56 3 9 0 0.00 M M 1.0 7 250 M M 0 8 11 40
29 73 38 56 4 9 0 0.00 M M 0.8 8 80 M M 0 12 60
30 65 46 56 4 9 0 0.37 M M 1.7 10 180 M M 7 1 15 170
31 65 58 62 10 3 0 0.04 M M 5.0 14 250 M M 10 1 19 200
================================================================================
SM 2081 1259 336 0 1.29 M 134.7 M 89
================================================================================
AV 67.1 40.6 4.3 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 24 200 38 200
================================================================================
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2022
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 53.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.29 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.00 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 77 ON 25,24 GRTST 24HR 0.47 ON 25-26 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 27 ON 20 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: 7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 6 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 336 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 20
DPTR FM NORMAL 79 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 7
TOTAL FM JUL 1 395 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4
DPTR FM NORMAL 100
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -23 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1285 HIGHEST SLP 30.39 ON 8
DPTR FM NORMAL 70 LOWEST SLP 29.71 ON 26
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-22#
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