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July 2018 was tied for the 7th wettest July at London. Jackson's July rainfall was in the
middle of the record books, being 17th wettest July or 22nd driest July out of the 39 Julys
in Jackson's record books. Temperaturewise, Jackson was only 0.7 of a degree above
normal while London's July average of 76.3 degrees is exactly normal. The following are
the July climate summaries for each location as well as the July Local Climatological Data
reports for Jackson and London:
Jackson Kentucky data:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2018 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 07/08/1988 LOW 52 07/30/2014 07/07/1983 01/03/2000 HIGHEST 93 07/04 93 0 92 07/22 07/21 LOWEST 60 07/28 57 3 59 07/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 85.5 84.6 0.9 85.3 AVG. MINIMUM 66.8 66.1 0.7 66.9 MEAN 76.1 75.4 0.7 76.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 4.8 -0.8 6 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.74 1985 MINIMUM 1.77 1995 TOTALS 5.06 4.65 0.41 4.13 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.15 0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 14 12.4 1.6 14 DAYS >= .10 13 8.3 4.7 10 DAYS >= .50 4 3.4 0.6 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.92 07/20 TO 07/20 0.90 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 352 321 31 351 SINCE 1/1 931 680 251 756 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/320 DATE 07/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/350 DATE 07/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: JACKSON KY MONTH: JULY YEAR: 2018 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 92 72 82 7 0 17 0.33 0.0 0 2.7 12 300 M M 2 123 19 320 2 87 68 78 3 0 13 0.14 0.0 0 1.1 14 150 M M 2 138 22 150 3 91 69 80 5 0 15 0.38 0.0 0 0.9 6 330 M M 2 13 11 320 4 93 75 84 9 0 19 T 0.0 0 0.5 8 40 M M 1 3 30 30 5 91 71 81 6 0 16 T 0.0 0 1.3 8 330 M M 0 3 16 340 6 86 68 77 2 0 12 0.29 0.0 0 1.0 6 20 M M 4 13 11 270 7 83 61 72 -3 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 5 110 M M 3 11 70 8 85 65 75 0 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 7 120 M M 1 13 100 9 86 64 75 -1 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 6 320 M M 1 10 320 10 89 69 79 3 0 14 0.05 0.0 0 1.2 10 300 M M 2 16 310 11 87 70 79 3 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 6 320 M M 3 1 10 30 12 85 65 75 -1 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 6 340 M M 0 10 360 13 89 66 78 2 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 140 M M 1 9 170 14 89 70 80 4 0 15 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 6 310 M M 1 1 12 250 15 88 72 80 4 0 15 0.31 0.0 0 1.4 15 310 M M 2 13 24 280 16 84 72 78 2 0 13 0.11 0.0 0 0.8 14 290 M M 5 13 26 290 17 83 69 76 0 0 11 0.55 0.0 0 1.8 9 310 M M 5 123 15 300 18 83 64 74 -2 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 6 120 M M 1 11 70 19 86 63 75 0 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 7 150 M M 1 11 150 20 87 63 75 0 0 10 0.92 0.0 0 2.3 22 320 M M 5 13 38 350 21 81 62 72 -3 0 7 0.76 0.0 0 1.7 12 290 M M 6 123 23 150 22 80 66 73 -2 0 8 0.20 0.0 0 1.9 13 300 M M 7 12 19 310 23 81 66 74 -1 0 9 0.21 0.0 0 1.8 9 310 M M 8 13 14 310 24 80 66 73 -2 0 8 T 0.0 0 0.1 5 190 M M 7 12 8 210 25 85 66 76 1 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 10 310 M M 5 12 16 330 26 87 64 76 1 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 6 260 M M 1 1 13 250 27 83 66 75 0 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 12 310 M M 2 20 240 28 81 60 71 -4 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 7 340 M M 2 1 11 350 29 83 63 73 -2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 6 330 M M 1 11 130 30 86 67 77 2 0 12 0.64 0.0 0 1.5 17 150 M M 3 123 30 140 31 80 68 74 -1 0 9 0.17 0.0 0 2.7 10 280 M M 4 13 21 270 ================================================================================ SM 2651 2070 0 352 5.06 0.0 38.1 M 88 ================================================================================ AV 85.5 66.8 1.2 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 22 320 # 38 350 ================================================================================ 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: JULY YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 76.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.06 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.41 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 93 ON 4 GRTST 24HR 0.92 ON 20-20 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 60 ON 28 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.0 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: 14 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 4 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 13 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 19 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12 TOTAL FM JUL 1 0 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 352 DPTR FM NORMAL 31 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 931 HIGHEST SLP 30.28 ON 9 DPTR FM NORMAL 251 LOWEST SLP 29.68 ON 22 [REMARKS] #FINAL-07-18#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2018 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 07/01/2012 07/31/1999 07/30/1999 LOW 45 07/10/1961 HIGHEST 94 07/04 MM MM 95 07/22 LOWEST 58 07/28 MM MM 58 07/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.3 86.4 -0.1 87.0 AVG. MINIMUM 66.3 66.2 0.1 66.6 MEAN 76.3 76.3 0.0 76.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 7.2 -1.2 9 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.23 2015 MINIMUM 1.12 1974 TOTALS 7.62 4.04 3.58 6.58 DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.13 0.12 0.21 DAYS >= .01 15 12.5 2.5 10 DAYS >= .10 12 8.1 3.9 7 DAYS >= .50 5 3.0 2.0 4 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.0 2.0 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.95 07/20 TO 07/20 1.66 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS MM 0.0 MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM 0.0 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM 0.0 MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 358 350 8 374 SINCE 1/1 892 707 185 712 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/320 DATE 07/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/330 DATE 07/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 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: JULY YEAR: 2018 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 88 71 80 4 0 15 0.20 M M 2.8 17 260 M M 1 13 23 260 2 90 69 80 4 0 15 0.05 M M 3.5 22 180 M M 2 13 34 180 3 91 69 80 4 0 15 0.04 M M 2.4 8 80 M M 2 13 30 4 94 72 83 7 0 18 T M M 3.8 10 30 M M 0 8 15 50 5 91 67 79 3 0 14 1.27 M M 3.4 37 320 M M 1 13 64 330 6 88 69 79 3 0 14 0.38 M M 4.5 20 20 M M 3 13 26 20 7 85 64 75 -1 0 10 0.00 M M 5.8 14 30 M M 5 18 40 8 87 67 77 1 0 12 0.00 M M 2.7 10 50 M M 1 13 80 9 88 63 76 0 0 11 0.00 M M 1.9 9 40 M M 1 15 40 10 90 69 80 4 0 15 T M M 2.9 12 280 M M 3 1 15 270 11 87 70 79 3 0 14 0.06 M M 3.7 18 260 M M 3 123 24 250 12 85 66 76 0 0 11 0.00 M M 4.6 12 20 M M 0 1 19 30 13 88 64 76 0 0 11 0.00 M M 2.1 8 240 M M 1 18 12 230 14 90 68 79 3 0 14 0.00 M M 2.9 13 200 M M 2 1 18 210 15 89 70 80 4 0 15 0.14 M M 2.9 20 250 M M 3 13 27 200 16 86 73 80 4 0 15 0.28 M M 4.1 14 330 M M 4 13 21 290 17 89 69 79 3 0 14 0.15 M M 5.5 23 340 M M 4 1 35 330 18 84 65 75 -1 0 10 0.00 M M 3.0 12 20 M M 1 17 30 19 87 61 74 -2 0 9 0.00 M M 2.3 8 250 M M 0 12 100 20 89 63 76 0 0 11 1.95 M M 6.3 25 30 M M 4 13 43 10 21 83 63 73 -3 0 8 0.72 M M 7.9 20 260 M M 4 13 28 260 22 76 68 72 -4 0 7 0.18 M M 6.0 17 250 M M 9 13 22 280 23 78 66 72 -4 0 7 1.30 M M 4.5 14 340 M M 9 1 19 340 24 81 65 73 -3 0 8 0.26 M M 1.9 10 300 M M 7 12 13 310 25 86 64 75 -1 0 10 0.00 M M 4.0 14 330 M M 4 12 23 290 26 86 61 74 -2 0 9 0.00 M M 3.1 13 270 M M 0 1 18 250 27 83 64 74 -2 0 9 T M M 4.1 15 290 M M 3 1 21 280 28 83 58 71 -5 0 6 0.00 M M 2.5 10 290 M M 2 1 14 310 29 85 62 74 -2 0 9 0.00 M M 3.3 10 40 M M 1 15 60 30 86 65 76 0 0 11 0.00 M M 3.4 12 20 M M 2 3 16 250 31 82 70 76 0 0 11 0.64 M M 4.5 22 260 M M 7 13 30 260 ================================================================================ SM 2675 2055 0 358 7.62 M 116.3 M 89 ================================================================================ AV 86.3 66.3 3.8 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 37 320 # 64 330 ================================================================================ 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: JULY YEAR: 2018 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 76.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 7.62 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.0 DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.58 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 94 ON 4 GRTST 24HR 1.95 ON 20-20 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 58 ON 28 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: 15 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 6 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 12 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 3 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 20 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9 TOTAL FM JUL 1 0 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 2 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 358 DPTR FM NORMAL 8 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 892 HIGHEST SLP 30.31 ON 5 DPTR FM NORMAL 185 LOWEST SLP 29.71 ON 22 [REMARKS] #FINAL-07-18#