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October 2019 was wet and warm across eastern Kentucky. Jackson totaled 6.01 inches which makes October 2019
the 4th wettest October at Jackson. London picked up 7.81 inches which made October 2019 the 2nd wettest
October ever. Very warm conditions were also on tap to start the month with both locations seeing temperatures
in the 90s for the first 3 days of the month. Monthly high temperature records were also set at Jackson and London.
In fact, the Jackson Weather Office has never seen a 90 degree temperature until this month. Jackson averaged
61.6 degrees while London averaged 60.1 degrees for October. Those readings were about 3 degrees above normal.
October 2019 was the 5th warmest October at Jackson and 8th warmest at London. 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 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 97 10/01/2019
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 97R 10/01 82 15 88 10/07
LOWEST 33 10/31 32 1 33 10/22
10/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 72.9 68.1 4.8 68.2
AVG. MINIMUM 50.3 48.0 2.3 49.7
MEAN 61.6 58.1 3.5 59.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 3 0.0 3.0 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 6.01 3.19 2.82 5.12
DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.10 0.09 0.17
DAYS >= .01 14 8.8 5.2 14
DAYS >= .10 10 5.7 4.3 12
DAYS >= .50 6 2.1 3.9 5
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.61 10/07 TO 10/07 1.12
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 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0
24 HR TOTAL T 10/31 TO 10/31 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 177 245 -68 285
SINCE 7/1 177 297 -120 294
COOLING TOTAL 78 29 49 104
SINCE 1/1 1579 1150 429 1631
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/290 DATE 10/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 10/31
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 8
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 16 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: OCTOBER
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 97 71 84 22 0 19 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 9 330 M M 2 16 340
2 95 69 82 20 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 9 230 M M 1 19 290
3 95 68 82 20 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 13 310 M M 1 21 300
4 77 57 67 5 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 7 20 M M 2 17 30
5 88 50 69 8 0 4 0.02 0.0 0 1.8 9 240 M M 1 13 16 200
6 82 64 73 12 0 8 0.30 0.0 0 2.3 9 210 M M 6 13 22 220
7 67 53 60 -1 5 0 1.61 0.0 0 0.3 8 330 M M 10 1 16 320
8 64 50 57 -3 8 0 T 0.0 0 0.2 5 80 M M 8 1 9 60
9 73 56 65 5 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 5 310 M M 7 12 9 80
10 81 58 70 10 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 1.5 6 150 M M 2 10 250
11 80 60 70 11 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 8 170 M M 5 13 130
12 69 42 56 -3 9 0 0.01 0.0 0 4.2 16 310 M M 7 1 25 300
13 69 34 52 -7 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 7 190 M M 1 12 12 180
14 72 46 59 1 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 10 270 M M 0 16 260
15 77 47 62 4 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 8 170 M M 3 18 180
16 65 44 55 -3 10 0 0.75 0.0 0 5.8 18 320 M M 9 12 34 310
17 59 37 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 12 280 M M 1 19 300
18 63 35 49 -8 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 7 300 M M 0 11 80
19 67 41 54 -3 11 0 0.05 0.0 0 1.0 5 110 M M 2 8 70
20 62 53 58 1 7 0 0.14 0.0 0 0.4 6 310 M M 10 12 8 120
21 77 55 66 9 0 1 0.06 0.0 0 4.1 12 210 M M 4 1 26 170
22 67 50 59 3 6 0 0.68 0.0 0 4.7 13 270 M M 4 1 28 260
23 62 42 52 -4 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.0 9 270 M M 1 15 260
24 70 40 55 -1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 7 310 M M 0 13 300
25 62 46 54 -2 11 0 0.11 0.0 0 0.3 5 290 M M 4 1 9 100
26 72 51 62 7 3 0 0.84 0.0 0 4.2 14 150 M M 6 12 29 200
27 69 52 61 6 4 0 0.13 0.0 0 3.6 13 250 M M 5 1 26 270
28 75 48 62 7 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.2 7 180 M M 0 15 150
29 70 52 61 7 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.0 8 300 M M 2 12 340
30 65 55 60 6 5 0 0.52 0.0 0 2.9 7 190 M M 7 1 14 210
31 70 33 52 -2 13 0 0.79 T 0 6.4 22 290 M M 10 1 37 270
================================================================================
SM 2261 1559 177 78 6.01 T 71.4 M 121
================================================================================
AV 72.9 50.3 2.3 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 22 290 # 37 270
================================================================================
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: 2019
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 61.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 6.01 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.82 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 97 ON 1 GRTST 24HR 1.61 ON 7- 7 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 33 ON 31 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 31-31 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: 3 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 10
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 177 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 16
DPTR FM NORMAL -68 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 177 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4
DPTR FM NORMAL -120
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 78
DPTR FM NORMAL 49 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1579 HIGHEST SLP 30.30 ON 24
DPTR FM NORMAL 429 LOWEST SLP 29.60 ON 31
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-19#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 94 10/03/2019
10/02/2019
10/01/2019
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 94R 10/03 MM MM 87 10/07
10/02 10/05
10/01
LOWEST 33 10/13 MM MM 31 10/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 72.3 69.4 2.9 69.0
AVG. MINIMUM 47.9 45.2 2.7 48.5
MEAN 60.1 57.3 2.8 58.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 3 0.1 2.9 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.9 -2.9 2
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.35 2014
MINIMUM 0.02 1963
TOTALS 7.81 3.02 4.79 MM
DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.10 0.15 MM
DAYS >= .01 14 8.5 5.5 10
DAYS >= .10 11 5.4 5.6 5
DAYS >= .50 7 2.0 5.0 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 10/07 TO 10/07 MM
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 211 259 -48 281
SINCE 7/1 211 306 -95 286
COOLING TOTAL 67 21 46 94
SINCE 1/1 1484 1188 296 1574
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/270 DATE 10/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/250 DATE 10/05
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 11
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 23 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: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
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 94 67 81 19 0 16 0.00 M M 1.7 12 250 M M 1 1 17 210
2 94 63 79 17 0 14 0.00 M M 2.7 15 240 M M 1 1 22 260
3 94 62 78 16 0 13 0.00 M M 3.6 15 290 M M 0 21 280
4 79 58 69 8 0 4 0.00 M M 7.5 15 10 M M 0 22 20
5 89 52 71 10 0 6 0.87 M M 5.7 32 270 M M 2 13 54 250
6 78 67 73 13 0 8 0.98 M M 4.8 16 230 M M 6 13 24 180
7 68 55 62 2 3 0 1.67 M M 6.2 15 10 M M 10 1 20 30
8 66 53 60 0 5 0 0.00 M M 6.1 12 90 M M 10 18 30
9 75 57 66 7 0 1 0.00 M M 2.6 8 90 M M 7 1 12 80
10 80 53 67 8 0 2 0.00 M M 1.8 8 180 M M 1 1 12 180
11 79 56 68 9 0 3 T M M 4.1 16 290 M M 6 1 22 290
12 67 40 54 -4 11 0 0.05 M M 4.6 18 310 M M 6 1 28 310
13 68 33 51 -7 14 0 0.00 M M 2.2 10 200 M M 1 12 15 220
14 71 38 55 -3 10 0 0.00 M M 2.2 10 230 M M 0 14 240
15 74 40 57 -1 8 0 0.00 M M 3.4 13 180 M M 3 1 16 180
16 64 42 53 -4 12 0 0.76 M M 7.5 24 320 M M 9 1 36 320
17 59 35 47 -10 18 0 0.00 M M 2.5 14 340 M M 0 1 20 340
18 65 34 50 -7 15 0 0.00 M M 1.7 9 90 M M 0 13 80
19 66 38 52 -4 13 0 0.08 M M 1.7 9 120 M M 3 13 140
20 62 50 56 0 9 0 0.13 M M 1.0 7 270 M M 9 12 9 320
21 74 49 62 6 3 0 0.48 M M 7.6 21 270 M M 6 12 32 190
22 65 49 57 2 8 0 0.54 M M 8.2 22 240 M M 4 1 33 240
23 63 37 50 -5 15 0 0.00 M M 2.1 10 270 M M 0 14 260
24 69 36 53 -2 12 0 0.00 M M 1.1 9 270 M M 0 14 210
25 59 41 50 -4 15 0 0.24 M M 1.9 7 70 M M 5 1 11 80
26 71 53 62 8 3 0 0.75 M M 6.7 17 140 M M 6 1 30 130
27 68 48 58 4 7 0 0.01 M M 5.6 22 260 M M 4 1 32 270
28 75 42 59 5 6 0 0.00 M M 0.9 8 240 M M 2 12 13 250
29 69 46 58 5 7 0 0.00 M M 2.7 10 290 M M 4 12 15 330
30 66 56 61 8 4 0 0.37 M M 3.9 13 180 M M 9 1 18 180
31 69 34 52 -1 13 0 0.88 M M 11.8 28 280 M M 9 1 40 280
================================================================================
SM 2240 1484 211 67 7.81 M 126.1 M 124
================================================================================
AV 72.3 47.9 4.1 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 32 270 # 54 250
================================================================================
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2019
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 60.1 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 7.81 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: 4.79 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 94 ON 3, 2 GRTST 24HR 1.67 ON 7- 7 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 33 ON 13 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: 14
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 3 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 11
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 7
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 211 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -48 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12
TOTAL FM JUL 1 211 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 6
DPTR FM NORMAL -95
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 67
DPTR FM NORMAL 46 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1484 HIGHEST SLP 30.31 ON 24
DPTR FM NORMAL 296 LOWEST SLP 29.63 ON 31
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-19#
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