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March 2019 ended up much cooler and drier across eastern Kentucky. Jackson totaled 2.40" of
precipitation, almost one and three quarters inches below normal. London totaled 2.50" and was over an
inch and a half drier. It was the 8th driest March at Jackson and 13th driest at London. Both Jackson and
London were around three degrees cooler than normal. Jackson tied for the 11th coolest March while March
2019 tied for the 21st coolest March at London. Also of note, the Jackson Weather Office received 2.3 inches of
snowfall which brings the seasonal snowfall total up to 10.4 inches. Jackson's snow season normal is 23.5 inches.
The 2018-19 snow season is currently the 5th least snowiest at Jackson.
Here are the March climate summaries and March Local Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
Jackson Kentucky data:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2019
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 03/30 79 0 76 03/17
LOWEST 13 03/06 18 -5 23 03/14
03/05
AVG. MAXIMUM 54.7 57.5 -2.8 53.3
AVG. MINIMUM 34.4 37.3 -2.9 34.1
MEAN 44.5 47.4 -2.9 43.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 2 0.6 1.4 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 14 10.8 3.2 19
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.78 1994
MINIMUM 1.47 2003
TOTALS 2.40 4.12 -1.72 6.97
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.13 -0.05 0.22
DAYS >= .01 9 14.0 -5.0 20
DAYS >= .10 5 8.5 -3.5 12
DAYS >= .50 1 2.7 -1.7 5
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 3
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.90 03/09 TO 03/09 1.80
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 21.9 1993
TOTALS 2.3 2.9 -0.6 11.4
SINCE 7/1 10.4 22.5 -12.1 21.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.7 0.3 3
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 03/08 4
24 HR TOTAL 1.6 03/08 TO 03/08 5.2
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 626 553 73 652
SINCE 7/1 3776 3853 -77 3754
COOLING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0
SINCE 1/1 0 7 -7 12
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/280 DATE 03/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/260 DATE 03/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0
FOG 11 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: JACKSON KY
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2019
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 37 31 34 -9 31 0 0.02 0.0 0 2.5 7 50 M M 10 12 11 60
2 40 35 38 -5 27 0 T 0.0 0 2.3 9 290 M M 10 12 13 280
3 38 28 33 -10 32 0 0.42 0.4 0 4.3 15 320 M M 10 1 21 300
4 29 18 24 -20 41 0 T T T 6.4 14 270 M M 7 1 21 300
5 32 13 23 -21 42 0 T 0.3 0 8.6 17 260 M M 4 1 32 300
6 35 13 24 -20 41 0 T T T 6.2 15 320 M M 2 24 340
7 38 23 31 -13 34 0 T T 0 1.3 9 280 M M 6 12 270
8 35 30 33 -12 32 0 0.39 1.6 1 2.9 6 50 M M 10 12 12 150
9 60 35 48 3 17 0 0.90 0.0 0 5.5 17 260 M M 10 123 39 200
10 67 49 58 13 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.2 17 250 M M 0 32 270
11 57 40 49 3 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 9 320 M M 6 17 360
12 54 33 44 -2 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 7 320 M M 0 11 40
13 75 42 59 13 6 0 T 0.0 0 3.5 9 150 M M 2 15 140
14 75 55 65 18 0 0 0.04 0.0 0 9.4 21 190 M M 4 8 41 190
15 64 38 51 4 14 0 T 0.0 0 9.9 22 260 M M 7 8 38 260
16 54 31 43 -4 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 14 300 M M 1 25 300
17 56 31 44 -4 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.1 16 280 M M 3 27 280
18 49 31 40 -8 25 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 12 270 M M 4 20 330
19 55 31 43 -5 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 8 330 M M 0 12 330
20 64 33 49 0 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 7 180 M M M 18 160
21 52 40 46 -3 19 0 0.04 0.0 0 5.7 20 290 M M 10 13 38 300
22 55 38 47 -2 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.0 23 300 M M 7 38 290
23 60 31 46 -4 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 8 310 M M 0 14 330
24 72 41 57 7 8 0 T 0.0 0 3.9 14 230 M M 3 23 240
25 58 40 49 -1 16 0 0.20 0.0 0 3.9 12 50 M M 9 1 23 50
26 53 29 41 -10 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 10 40 M M 2 17 40
27 66 33 50 -1 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.4 9 190 M M 0 14 170
28 73 45 59 8 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 14 260 M M 1 22 180
29 69 55 62 10 3 0 T 0.0 0 4.0 12 220 M M 7 20 220
30 79 45 62 10 3 0 0.38 0.0 0 7.4 26 280 M M 6 1 44 260
31 45 28 37 -15 28 0 0.01 T 0 8.2 20 300 M M 6 1 35 270
================================================================================
SM 1696 1065 626 0 2.40 2.3 154.2 M 147
================================================================================
AV 54.7 34.4 5.0 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 26 280 # 44 260
================================================================================
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: 2019
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 44.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.40 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.72 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 79 ON 30 GRTST 24HR 0.90 ON 9- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 13 ON 6, 5 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 2.3 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 1.6 ON 8- 8 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 1 ON 8 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: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 14 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 626 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 12
DPTR FM NORMAL 73 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3776 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL -77
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -7 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.47 ON 19
DPTR FM NORMAL -7 LOWEST SLP 29.63 ON 30
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-19#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2019
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 76 03/30 MM MM 78 03/17
LOWEST 13 03/05 MM MM 21 03/09
AVG. MAXIMUM 55.0 58.7 -3.7 54.8
AVG. MINIMUM 33.4 36.1 -2.7 35.2
MEAN 44.2 47.4 -3.2 45.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 2 0.3 1.7 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 17 11.4 5.6 14
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.87 1994
MINIMUM 1.27 1969
TOTALS 2.50 4.05 -1.55 4.70
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.13 -0.05 0.15
DAYS >= .01 7 12.9 -5.9 17
DAYS >= .10 7 8.0 -1.0 8
DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.96 03/09 TO 03/09 1.39
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 31.0 1960
TOTALS MM 0.6 MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM 9.3 MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM 0.4 MM 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 636 549 87 612
SINCE 7/1 3780 3825 -45 3704
COOLING TOTAL 0 3 -3 0
SINCE 1/1 0 3 -3 8
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/190 DATE 03/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/180 DATE 03/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0
FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
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: LONDON KY
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2019
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 40 35 38 -5 27 0 T M M 4.6 10 10 M M 10 1 13 40
2 42 37 40 -4 25 0 0.00 M M 4.6 9 330 M M 10 1 13 340
3 40 29 35 -9 30 0 T M M 6.6 16 350 M M 10 1 23 360
4 32 20 26 -18 39 0 T M M 9.2 16 350 M M 7 1 22 270
5 32 13 23 -21 42 0 0.00 M M 10.2 20 290 M M 2 29 310
6 34 15 25 -20 40 0 0.00 M M 6.6 17 320 M M 3 24 310
7 41 24 33 -12 32 0 0.00 M M 3.6 9 40 M M 8 14 60
8 44 31 38 -7 27 0 0.13 M M 2.1 8 70 M M 10 1 11 100
9 60 38 49 4 16 0 0.96 M M 8.9 29 180 M M 10 13 44 180
10 66 47 57 11 8 0 0.00 M M 10.0 22 270 M M 0 30 230
11 58 42 50 4 15 0 0.00 M M 5.0 13 320 M M 6 18 330
12 55 31 43 -3 22 0 0.00 M M 3.6 10 20 M M 0 14 10
13 70 37 54 8 11 0 0.00 M M 6.1 18 180 M M 1 26 190
14 72 58 65 18 0 0 0.51 M M 15.2 30 190 M M 5 13 43 200
15 65 37 51 4 14 0 0.15 M M 12.2 28 250 M M 4 1 37 250
16 53 29 41 -6 24 0 0.00 M M 4.5 17 310 M M 1 24 310
17 57 26 42 -6 23 0 0.00 M M 5.2 21 280 M M 1 28 280
18 50 31 41 -7 24 0 0.00 M M 5.8 15 330 M M 3 20 330
19 54 25 40 -8 25 0 0.00 M M 2.2 10 50 M M 0 14 50
20 62 30 46 -2 19 0 0.00 M M 2.1 9 220 M M M 12 220
21 54 39 47 -2 18 0 0.15 M M 8.0 29 290 M M 9 13 42 290
22 60 39 50 1 15 0 0.00 M M 10.5 25 290 M M 4 36 270
23 60 28 44 -5 21 0 0.00 M M 1.0 9 50 M M 0 12 40
24 70 32 51 1 14 0 0.00 M M 3.9 17 230 M M 3 25 230
25 58 42 50 0 15 0 0.20 M M 5.4 20 350 M M 9 1 28 360
26 54 32 43 -7 22 0 0.00 M M 9.0 17 20 M M 2 1 24 10
27 64 30 47 -4 18 0 0.00 M M 2.1 12 230 M M 0 20 220
28 71 37 54 3 11 0 0.00 M M 5.1 17 240 M M 0 26 250
29 67 50 59 8 6 0 T M M 4.6 14 200 M M 6 18 210
30 76 41 59 7 6 0 0.40 M M 11.7 26 280 M M 8 1 43 180
31 45 31 38 -14 27 0 T M M 10.8 18 350 M M 5 30 270
================================================================================
SM 1706 1036 636 0 2.50 M 200.4 M 137
================================================================================
AV 55.0 33.4 6.5 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 30 190 # 44 180
================================================================================
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: 2019
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 44.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.50 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.55 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 76 ON 30 GRTST 24HR 0.96 ON 9- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 13 ON 5 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: 7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 7
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 17 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 636 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 14
DPTR FM NORMAL 87 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3780 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL -45
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.48 ON 6
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 LOWEST SLP 29.66 ON 30
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-19#
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