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September 2019 was very dry and very warm. Jackson only received a trace of rainfall which makes September
2019 the driest September as well as the driest month ever. The previous driest month total was 0.51 inches from
October of 1987 and September of 2005. London only totaled 0.11 inches. This amount makes September 2019
the driest September and the 3rd driest month ever. The driest September at London was previously 0.17 inches
from 2008. The top 2 driest months at London are: 0.02 inches from October 1963 and 0.10 inches from 1987.
Jackson and London also experienced their warmest Septembers ever. Jackson finished up with an average of
76.8 degrees which is 8.7 degrees above normal. London averaged 74.9 degrees which is 6.6 degrees above normal.
Jackson set 10 maximum temperature record during September 2019 while London tied or broke 9 record. Climate
data for Jackson dates back to 1981 while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are September climate summaries for Jackson and London as well as the September Local
Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 98 09/10/2019 LOW 34 09/24/1989 HIGHEST 98R 09/10 89 9 92 09/03 LOWEST 53 09/25 42 11 54 09/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.1 78.0 11.1 80.7 AVG. MINIMUM 64.5 58.2 6.3 65.6 MEAN 76.8 68.1 8.7 73.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 1.5 11.5 3 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 9.17 2018 MINIMUM 0.51 2005 TOTALS TR 3.46 -3.46 9.17 DAILY AVG. T 0.12 -0.12 0.31 DAYS >= .01 0 8.4 -8.4 15 DAYS >= .10 0 5.7 -5.7 13 DAYS >= .50 0 2.2 -2.2 7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL T 09/28 TO 09/28 1.88 09/26 TO 09/26 09/23 TO 09/23 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 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 50 -50 9 SINCE 7/1 0 52 -52 9 COOLING TOTAL 364 143 221 263 SINCE 1/1 1501 1121 380 1527 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 12/310 DATE 09/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 19/310 DATE 09/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 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: SEPTEMBER 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 89 69 79 6 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 10 300 M M 1 17 330 2 88 67 78 6 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 10 310 M M 1 17 290 3 88 65 77 5 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 7 350 M M 0 12 340 4 92 64 78 6 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 9 310 M M 1 15 270 5 82 61 72 0 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 8 350 M M 2 14 340 6 85 55 70 -1 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 2.3 9 300 M M 3 15 280 7 81 64 73 2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 8 320 M M 4 16 310 8 87 59 73 2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 8 270 M M 1 13 290 9 89 61 75 5 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 0.4 7 300 M M 0 11 290 10 98 65 82 12 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 2.0 7 300 M M 0 14 180 11 95 69 82 12 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 7 310 M M 1 13 300 12 95 70 83 13 0 18 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 8 300 M M M 14 260 13 97 70 84 15 0 19 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 8 300 M M 1 18 12 310 14 89 66 78 9 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 12 310 M M 2 19 310 15 92 61 77 9 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 7 320 M M 0 11 130 16 94 63 79 11 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 8 300 M M 0 14 270 17 88 68 78 10 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 0.3 7 320 M M 1 13 340 18 90 64 77 10 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 8 130 M M 2 1 14 140 19 84 65 75 8 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 2.7 8 160 M M 5 14 170 20 88 65 77 10 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 8 280 M M 6 15 220 21 89 66 78 12 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 8 280 M M M 14 240 22 92 65 79 13 0 14 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 9 260 M M 1 18 150 23 77 65 71 6 0 6 T 0.0 0 2.6 9 230 M M 6 1 17 180 24 79 57 68 3 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 7 330 M M 0 1 13 60 25 88 53 71 6 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 7 260 M M 1 14 290 26 83 66 75 11 0 10 T 0.0 0 2.2 8 320 M M 4 1 12 320 27 92 61 77 13 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 8 160 M M 0 16 150 28 94 72 83 19 0 18 T 0.0 0 2.2 9 160 M M 2 18 270 29 95 70 83 20 0 18 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 7 310 M M 2 13 270 30 94 69 82 19 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 9 320 M M 2 15 320 ================================================================================ SM 2674 1935 0 364 T 0.0 46.9 M 49 ================================================================================ AV 89.1 64.5 1.6 FASTST M M 2 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 12 310 # 19 310 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 37 35 N LONGITUDE: 83 19 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 76.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: T 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 8.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.46 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 98 ON 10 GRTST 24HR T ON 28-28 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 53 ON 25 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: 0 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 13 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. 0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 23 DPTR FM NORMAL -50 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 5 TOTAL FM JUL 1 0 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -52 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 364 DPTR FM NORMAL 221 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1501 HIGHEST SLP M ON M DPTR FM NORMAL 380 LOWEST SLP 0.00 ON 16 [REMARKS] #FINAL-09-19#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 97 09/05/2007 LOW 32 09/24/1983 HIGHEST 95 09/13 MM MM 91 09/04 09/10 LOWEST 49 09/25 MM MM 55 09/30 09/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.2 79.6 8.6 81.6 AVG. MINIMUM 61.6 56.9 4.7 65.7 MEAN 74.9 68.3 6.6 73.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 15 2.0 13.0 4 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 8.50 2004 MINIMUM 0.40 2008 TOTALS 0.11R 3.37 -3.26 MM DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.21 DAYS >= .01 3 8.5 -5.5 11 DAYS >= .10 0 5.4 -5.4 9 DAYS >= .50 0 2.3 -2.3 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.07 09/23 TO 09/23 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 0 46 -46 5 SINCE 7/1 0 47 -47 5 COOLING TOTAL 303 143 160 272 SINCE 1/1 1417 1167 250 1480 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/180 DATE 09/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 26/190 DATE 09/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.10 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 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 1 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: SEPTEMBER 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 87 64 76 3 0 11 0.00 M M 3.2 13 200 M M 1 18 17 250 2 88 64 76 3 0 11 T M M 3.6 10 350 M M 2 1 16 340 3 88 63 76 3 0 11 0.00 M M 2.0 8 190 M M 0 1 12 290 4 91 63 77 5 0 12 0.00 M M 4.1 10 360 M M 2 1 14 20 5 84 63 74 2 0 9 0.00 M M 6.6 14 20 M M 1 20 360 6 85 56 71 -1 0 6 0.00 M M 3.2 12 240 M M 2 18 250 7 83 63 73 1 0 8 0.00 M M 3.3 10 250 M M 3 1 15 270 8 86 58 72 1 0 7 0.00 M M 1.7 13 290 M M 0 1 17 300 9 90 59 75 4 0 10 0.00 M M 1.5 9 30 M M 0 1 13 340 10 95 61 78 8 0 13 0.00 M M 2.6 12 200 M M 0 1 16 200 11 92 67 80 10 0 15 0.00 M M 2.2 12 240 M M 0 1 16 220 12 93 67 80 10 0 15 0.00 M M 1.9 9 200 M M 1 1 13 200 13 95 67 81 12 0 16 0.00 M M 2.1 13 180 M M 0 13 16 190 14 90 64 77 8 0 12 0.00 M M 4.0 13 360 M M 1 17 290 15 93 56 75 6 0 10 0.00 M M 1.3 8 270 M M 0 12 290 16 94 58 76 8 0 11 T M M 1.8 16 270 M M 4 3 20 240 17 90 68 79 11 0 14 0.00 M M 4.6 13 20 M M 1 21 340 18 90 63 77 9 0 12 0.00 M M 3.5 8 30 M M 1 8 14 200 19 85 65 75 8 0 10 0.00 M M 4.5 13 190 M M 1 20 180 20 83 61 72 5 0 7 0.00 M M 3.4 15 260 M M 2 25 250 21 88 60 74 8 0 9 0.00 M M 1.6 10 260 M M 0 1 15 250 22 88 59 74 8 0 9 0.00 M M 3.6 16 220 M M 0 1 22 220 23 73 59 66 0 0 1 0.07 M M 3.1 13 260 M M 7 1 17 260 24 80 54 67 2 0 2 0.00 M M 3.4 13 40 M M 0 12 17 40 25 87 49 68 3 0 3 0.00 M M 2.2 12 260 M M 1 1 18 260 26 82 63 73 9 0 8 0.00 M M 3.4 14 280 M M 6 18 270 27 91 56 74 10 0 9 0.00 M M 4.7 18 180 M M 2 13 25 180 28 91 66 79 15 0 14 0.03 M M 3.2 14 220 M M 2 20 220 29 92 65 79 16 0 14 0.01 M M 1.7 17 210 M M 1 13 26 190 30 92 66 79 16 0 14 T M M 1.4 10 170 M M 2 13 17 150 ================================================================================ SM 2646 1847 0 303 0.11 M 89.4 M 43 ================================================================================ AV 88.2 61.6 3.0 FASTST M M 1 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 18 180 # 26 190 ================================================================================ 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: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 37 4 N LONGITUDE: 84 5 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 74.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.11 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 6.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.26 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 95 ON 13,10 GRTST 24HR 0.07 ON 23-23 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 49 ON 25 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: 3 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 15 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. 0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 27 DPTR FM NORMAL -46 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 3 TOTAL FM JUL 1 0 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -47 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 303 DPTR FM NORMAL 160 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 1417 HIGHEST SLP 30.31 ON 21 DPTR FM NORMAL 250 LOWEST SLP 29.83 ON 25 [REMARKS] #FINAL-09-19#