A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
Jackson ended October with a total of 0.21 inches of precipitation. This made October
2024 as the driest ever October at Jackson. The previous record was 0.51 inches from
October of 1987. London's total of 0.42 inches was 3rd driest October, well behind the
0.02 inches from 1963.
The following are the October 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 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 97 10/01/2019
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 86 10/06 82 4 84 10/03
LOWEST 36 10/16 32 4 32 10/31
10/17
AVG. MAXIMUM 73.0 68.8 4.2 69.7
AVG. MINIMUM 50.0 48.5 1.5 51.1
MEAN 61.5 58.7 2.8 60.4
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 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.77 2014
MINIMUM 0.51 1987
TOTALS 0.21R 3.45 -3.24 1.43
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.11 -0.10 0.05
DAYS >= .01 4 9.5 -5.5 10
DAYS >= .10 0 6.3 -6.3 5
DAYS >= .50 0 2.4 -2.4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.09 10/15 0.53
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 2.3 1993
TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T 0.1 -0.1 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL T 10/15 T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 153 233 -80 193
SINCE 7/1 162 272 -110 200
COOLING TOTAL 52 36 16 58
SINCE 1/1 1483 1231 252 1114
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/180 DATE 10/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/160 DATE 10/31
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...NOTE...OCTOBER SNOWFALL WAS ALL HAIL...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
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 75 63 69 5 0 4 0.05 0.0 0 1.4 7 310 M M 8 12 10 310
2 66 57 62 -2 3 0 T 0.0 0 1.6 7 320 M M 8 12 12 330
3 80 57 69 6 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 6 150 M M 4 12 10 130
4 83 62 73 10 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 10 320 M M 1 16 300
5 81 61 71 9 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 9 150 M M 0 16 160
6 86 57 72 10 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 10 310 M M 1 18 250
7 71 56 64 2 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.7 8 310 M M 1 16 340
8 72 46 59 -3 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 7 320 M M 0 12 300
9 74 45 60 -1 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 10 320 M M 0 16 310
10 70 51 61 0 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 120 M M 0 8 11 30
11 72 44 58 -2 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 6 270 M M 0 10 160
12 78 47 63 3 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 6 200 M M 0 11 180
13 83 58 71 11 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 13 300 M M 1 25 220
14 63 43 53 -6 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 14 290 M M 4 26 300
15 50 41 46 -13 19 0 0.09 T 0 2.9 12 320 M M 7 15 20 290
16 55 36 46 -13 19 0 T 0.0 0 4.9 10 300 M M 5 19 340
17 60 36 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 7 320 M M 0 11 270
18 66 40 53 -5 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 9 140 M M 0 13 160
19 73 43 58 0 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 6 300 M M 0 10 210
20 74 46 60 3 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 6 260 M M 0 10 290
21 76 47 62 5 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 7 150 M M 0 10 140
22 80 49 65 9 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.4 8 290 M M 0 13 280
23 81 56 69 13 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 14 310 M M 1 22 260
24 69 49 59 3 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 8 10 M M 0 16 330
25 81 46 64 8 1 0 0.04 0.0 0 4.5 12 310 M M 4 25 270
26 65 49 57 2 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.1 6 70 M M 5 10 50
27 66 42 54 -1 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 340 M M 0 9 340
28 74 46 60 6 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 9 180 M M 0 14 170
29 80 58 69 15 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 4.7 13 180 M M 0 17 180
30 79 57 68 14 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 9 180 M M 2 18 170
31 80 62 71 18 0 6 0.03 0.0 0 6.1 18 180 M M 4 1 33 160
================================================================================
SM 2263 1550 153 52 0.21 T 69.4 M 56
================================================================================
AV 73.0 50.0 2.2 FASTST M M 2 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 18 180 33 160
================================================================================
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: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 61.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.21 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.24 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 86 ON 6 GRTST 24HR 0.13 ON 30- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 36 ON 17,16 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 15-15 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: 4
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 0
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. 153 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 22
DPTR FM NORMAL -80 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8
TOTAL FM JUL 1 162 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 1
DPTR FM NORMAL -110
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 52
DPTR FM NORMAL 16 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1483 HIGHEST SLP 30.55 ON 19
DPTR FM NORMAL 252 LOWEST SLP 29.79 ON 13
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-24#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 94 10/03/2019
10/02/2019
10/01/2019
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 85 10/06 MM MM 85 10/03
LOWEST 33 10/17 MM MM 32 10/31
10/18
AVG. MAXIMUM 73.5 69.5 4.0 70.1
AVG. MINIMUM 45.2 45.4 -0.2 46.9
MEAN 59.4 57.5 1.9 58.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.4 -2.4 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.35 2014
MINIMUM 0.02 1963
TOTALS 0.42 3.29 -2.87 1.27
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.11 -0.10 0.04
DAYS >= .01 4 9.0 -5.0 9
DAYS >= .10 2 6.0 -4.0 4
DAYS >= .50 0 2.0 -2.0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.21 10/01 0.56
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 195 257 -62 223
SINCE 7/1 210 295 -85 226
COOLING TOTAL 31 23 8 29
SINCE 1/1 1328 1215 113 1070
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/250 DATE 10/13
22/190 10/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/270 DATE 10/13
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
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: OCTOBER
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 78 61 70 7 0 5 0.21 M M 2.3 12 350 M M 8 12 17 360
2 73 56 65 2 0 0 0.00 M M 2.1 10 350 M M 6 12 14 360
3 81 55 68 6 0 3 0.00 M M 1.1 8 190 M M 5 12 11 170
4 84 60 72 10 0 7 0.00 M M 1.8 12 350 M M 3 1 16 10
5 83 58 71 9 0 6 0.00 M M 2.2 10 100 M M 1 1 16 70
6 85 55 70 9 0 5 0.00 M M 3.4 14 250 M M 1 1 19 250
7 72 51 62 1 3 0 0.00 M M 4.7 14 350 M M 1 18 10
8 72 44 58 -2 7 0 0.00 M M 3.1 10 20 M M 0 17 40
9 75 43 59 -1 6 0 0.00 M M 1.4 10 10 M M 0 22 30
10 72 45 59 -1 6 0 0.00 M M 3.3 14 10 M M 0 19 350
11 74 39 57 -2 8 0 0.00 M M 0.6 7 250 M M 0 18 10 210
12 76 41 59 0 6 0 0.00 M M 1.5 9 250 M M 0 1 13 250
13 82 50 66 7 0 1 T M M 8.1 22 250 M M 1 35 270
14 63 40 52 -6 13 0 0.00 M M 7.3 18 280 M M 3 28 280
15 53 39 46 -12 19 0 0.01 M M 4.6 18 340 M M 7 27 350
16 55 34 45 -12 20 0 0.00 M M 3.9 14 320 M M 5 19 330
17 60 33 47 -10 18 0 0.00 M M 1.9 10 350 M M 1 1 16 30
18 68 33 51 -6 14 0 0.00 M M 1.6 8 110 M M 0 11 120
19 71 36 54 -2 11 0 0.00 M M 1.4 9 280 M M 0 1 13 320
20 74 37 56 0 9 0 0.00 M M 0.7 7 350 M M 0 1 10 340
21 77 38 58 2 7 0 0.00 M M 1.2 8 140 M M 0 12 150
22 78 41 60 5 5 0 0.00 M M 2.0 14 290 M M 0 18 19 270
23 82 47 65 10 0 0 0.00 M M 4.7 16 240 M M 1 24 250
24 71 41 56 2 9 0 0.00 M M 1.7 10 350 M M 0 14 340
25 82 39 61 7 4 0 T M M 3.9 17 270 M M 3 23 260
26 64 47 56 2 9 0 0.09 M M 4.6 14 10 M M 7 1 19 20
27 69 40 55 2 10 0 0.00 M M 3.1 8 130 M M 0 12 30
28 72 40 56 3 9 0 0.00 M M 3.3 13 200 M M 1 18 210
29 77 52 65 13 0 0 0.00 M M 4.0 14 200 M M 0 1 19 190
30 79 47 63 11 2 0 T M M 3.6 18 230 M M 4 12 27 210
31 78 60 69 17 0 4 0.11 M M 7.9 22 190 M M 4 1 34 210
================================================================================
SM 2280 1402 195 31 0.42 M 97.0 M 62
================================================================================
AV 73.5 45.2 3.1 FASTST M M 2 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 22 250 35 270
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2024
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 59.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.42 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.87 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 85 ON 6 GRTST 24HR 0.21 ON 1- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 33 ON 18,17 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: 4
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 2
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. 195 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 22
DPTR FM NORMAL -62 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 210 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -85
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 31
DPTR FM NORMAL 8 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1328 HIGHEST SLP 30.57 ON 19
DPTR FM NORMAL 113 LOWEST SLP 29.83 ON 13
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-24#
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