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January 2020 was very warm across eastern Kentucky. Jackson had an average of 41.8 degrees which is the 6th warmest January. London finished with an average of 41.6 degrees which tied (1993) for the 7th warmest January. Both locations were 6 degrees above normal for January. Jackson totaled 3.37 inches which is about a quarter of an inch below normal. London picked up 5.27 inches which made January 2020 the 12th wettest January and is nearly one and three quarters of an inch above normal. Climate data for Jackson dates back to 1981 while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are January climate 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 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2020 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 74 01/11 66 8 67 01/07 LOWEST 15 01/20 4 11 4 01/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.1 43.1 6.0 43.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.5 26.8 7.7 27.7 MEAN 41.8 34.9 6.9 35.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 6.1 -4.1 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 12 20.7 -8.7 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.28 1994 MINIMUM 0.80 1981 TOTALS 3.37 3.61 -0.24 4.26 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.14 DAYS >= .01 11 14.1 -3.1 15 DAYS >= .10 8 7.3 0.7 8 DAYS >= .50 2 2.4 -0.4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.09 01/11 TO 01/11 1.26 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 26.3 1994 TOTALS 1.3 7.1 -5.8 2.3 SINCE 7/1 3.0 12.6 -9.6 5.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 2 -2 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.2 -1.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 01/07 1 24 HR TOTAL 1.2 01/07 TO 01/07 0.8 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 711 932 -221 908 SINCE 7/1 2204 2566 -362 2576 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/260 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/160 DATE 01/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 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: JACKSON KY MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2020 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 50 37 44 9 21 0 T 0.0 0 5.6 13 240 M M 4 21 250 2 52 37 45 10 20 0 0.28 0.0 0 4.8 10 190 M M 7 1 18 200 3 55 51 53 18 12 0 0.48 0.0 0 3.8 9 220 M M 10 12 20 250 4 54 33 44 9 21 0 0.24 0.0 0 7.9 18 290 M M 8 1 31 290 5 45 32 39 4 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 16 300 M M 5 26 300 6 49 34 42 7 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.3 12 230 M M 0 19 230 7 44 32 38 3 27 0 0.22 1.2 T 4.2 10 220 M M 7 12 20 250 8 48 35 42 7 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 15 270 M M 0 24 250 9 59 33 46 11 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 8 190 M M 0 15 200 10 66 49 58 23 7 0 T 0.0 0 5.4 14 190 M M 3 25 210 11 74 54 64 29 1 0 1.09 0.0 0 7.8 21 200 M M 5 1 46 160 12 54 42 48 13 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.7 18 230 M M 5 1 40 240 13 56 42 49 14 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 8 220 M M 0 13 210 14 58 48 53 18 12 0 0.17 0.0 0 3.4 10 300 M M 8 12 18 280 15 65 44 55 20 10 0 T 0.0 0 5.0 17 300 M M 10 12 28 300 16 52 30 41 6 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.1 15 290 M M 3 25 320 17 37 24 31 -4 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.4 8 50 M M 3 16 50 18 51 35 43 8 22 0 0.25 0.0 0 8.7 23 260 M M 10 1 39 260 19 41 18 30 -5 35 0 T T 0 9.0 17 250 M M 9 31 250 20 23 15 19 -16 46 0 T T 0 2.0 8 340 M M 10 1 13 320 21 31 20 26 -9 39 0 T 0.1 0 1.7 7 30 M M 5 1 12 50 22 42 17 30 -5 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 6 80 M M 0 9 80 23 53 31 42 7 23 0 T 0.0 0 2.3 7 90 M M 5 14 80 24 55 41 48 13 17 0 0.56 0.0 0 4.7 16 250 M M 7 1 27 250 25 41 33 37 2 28 0 0.02 T 0 5.6 13 270 M M 10 1 24 230 26 48 33 41 6 24 0 T T 0 5.3 13 230 M M 9 24 250 27 44 36 40 5 25 0 0.05 0.0 0 3.8 10 270 M M 10 12 17 240 28 38 32 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 6 320 M M 8 9 250 29 40 31 36 0 29 0 0.01 T 0 2.0 6 40 M M 10 10 40 30 48 32 40 4 25 0 T T 0 0.6 5 80 M M 9 8 80 31 49 40 45 9 20 0 T 0.0 0 0.9 6 280 M M 10 10 290 ================================================================================ SM 1522 1071 711 0 3.37 1.3 137.0 M 190 ================================================================================ AV 49.1 34.6 4.4 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 23 260 # 46 160 ================================================================================ 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: JANUARY YEAR: 2020 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 41.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.37 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 6.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.24 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 74 ON 11 GRTST 24HR 1.09 ON 11-11 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 15 ON 20 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 1.3 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 1.2 ON 7- 7 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: T 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: 2 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 11 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 12 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 711 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6 DPTR FM NORMAL -221 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12 TOTAL FM JUL 1 2204 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13 DPTR FM NORMAL -362 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.74 ON 17 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.70 ON 3 [REMARKS] #FINAL-01-20#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2020 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 73 01/11 MM MM 67 01/07 LOWEST 15 01/22 MM MM 9 01/31 01/30 01/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.3 44.8 4.5 44.3 AVG. MINIMUM 33.9 26.4 7.5 28.6 MEAN 41.6 35.6 6.0 36.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 4.6 -2.6 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 12 21.7 -9.7 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.09 1957 MINIMUM 1.07 1981 TOTALS 5.27 3.54 1.73 4.80 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.11 0.06 0.15 DAYS >= .01 14 11.3 2.7 13 DAYS >= .10 9 6.9 2.1 10 DAYS >= .50 5 2.5 2.5 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.68 01/11 TO 01/11 1.54 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 17.6 1978 TOTALS MM 4.5 MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM 5.6 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM 2 MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM 1.9 MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 716 911 -195 877 SINCE 7/1 2258 2563 -305 2567 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/260 DATE 01/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/250 DATE 01/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 EATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 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: JANUARY YEAR: 2020 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 49 36 43 7 22 0 0.00 M M 6.3 16 250 M M 3 21 250 2 50 34 42 6 23 0 0.73 M M 5.7 14 190 M M 8 1 21 230 3 56 49 53 17 12 0 0.56 M M 3.8 14 240 M M 10 1 19 240 4 55 33 44 8 21 0 0.15 M M 11.0 22 290 M M 10 1 31 290 5 47 32 40 4 25 0 T M M 8.0 16 220 M M 4 21 210 6 50 27 39 4 26 0 0.00 M M 1.6 7 120 M M 1 11 80 7 47 34 41 6 24 0 0.19 M M 7.0 20 260 M M 6 1 27 270 8 50 30 40 5 25 0 0.00 M M 4.3 15 250 M M 0 22 290 9 60 26 43 8 22 0 0.00 M M 4.8 22 180 M M 0 31 180 10 65 54 60 25 5 0 T M M 9.5 22 180 M M 4 32 180 11 73 52 63 28 2 0 1.68 M M 14.7 43 260 M M 7 13 58 250 12 56 37 47 12 18 0 T M M 3.9 20 260 M M 5 1 30 250 13 56 34 45 10 20 0 0.02 M M 0.6 9 290 M M 2 1 12 290 14 57 49 53 18 12 0 0.35 M M 3.9 13 250 M M 10 13 16 240 15 65 47 56 21 9 0 0.17 M M 5.9 26 250 M M 8 12 38 260 16 52 31 42 7 23 0 0.00 M M 7.8 15 320 M M 3 21 300 17 39 26 33 -2 32 0 0.00 M M 6.0 12 90 M M 3 18 40 18 50 39 45 10 20 0 0.51 M M 11.8 24 290 M M 10 1 35 280 19 41 19 30 -5 35 0 0.00 M M 12.0 25 260 M M 7 36 250 20 24 17 21 -14 44 0 T M M 7.1 12 60 M M 10 18 330 21 32 19 26 -10 39 0 T M M 5.3 12 10 M M 6 19 20 22 42 15 29 -7 36 0 0.00 M M 1.5 7 130 M M 0 10 110 23 49 30 40 4 25 0 0.07 M M 2.0 9 180 M M 6 1 12 130 24 51 42 47 11 18 0 0.76 M M 7.1 20 290 M M 9 18 27 150 25 42 34 38 2 27 0 0.02 M M 8.9 18 250 M M 10 1 24 250 26 43 34 39 3 26 0 T M M 7.2 18 270 M M 10 25 270 27 49 34 42 6 23 0 0.05 M M 4.9 13 290 M M 9 1 21 310 28 41 31 36 0 29 0 0.00 M M 3.1 9 260 M M 9 13 270 29 42 33 38 2 27 0 0.01 M M 5.5 10 70 M M 10 1 14 80 30 45 33 39 3 26 0 T M M 2.1 7 360 M M 10 1 10 360 31 51 39 45 8 20 0 T M M 1.4 8 330 M M 10 11 280 ================================================================================ SM 1529 1050 716 0 5.27 M 184.7 M 200 ================================================================================ AV 49.3 33.9 6.0 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 43 260 # 58 250 ================================================================================ 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: 2020 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 41.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.27 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 6.0 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.73 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 73 ON 11 GRTST 24HR 1.68 ON 11-11 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 15 ON 22 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: 2 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 14 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 12 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 716 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6 DPTR FM NORMAL -195 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12 TOTAL FM JUL 1 2258 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13 DPTR FM NORMAL -305 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.71 ON 17 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.69 ON 3 [REMARKS] #FINAL-01-20#