
Well above average temperatures will prevail across the Plains and the West Coast this week, while a cold front will bring Arctic air to the South and East Coast Thursday and Friday. Lake effect snow is forecast downwind of the Great Lakes through Thursday along and behind the Arctic front, as well as mountain snow across the Southern Appalachians. Read More >
The following are March climate summaries for Jackson and London as well as the March Local
Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 87 03/28/1989
LOW 7 03/09/1996
HIGHEST 81 03/23 79 2 82 03/30
LOWEST 20 03/19 18 2 15 03/13
03/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.9 58.0 0.9 62.3
AVG. MINIMUM 37.9 37.6 0.3 39.7
MEAN 48.4 47.8 0.6 51.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.8 -0.8 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 9 11.4 -2.4 7
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.78 1994
MINIMUM 1.47 2003
TOTALS 4.09 4.71 -0.62 2.21
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.15 -0.02 0.07
DAYS >= .01 13 14.4 -1.4 9
DAYS >= .10 9 8.8 0.2 5
DAYS >= .50 2 3.3 -1.3 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.2 -0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.37 03/31 TO 03/31 0.96
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 21.9 1993
TOTALS 0.3 4.0 -3.7 6.3
SINCE 7/1 3.4 23.0 -19.6 22.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.1 -1.1 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T 03/14 6
03/19
24 HR TOTAL 0.2 03/19 TO 03/19 6.3
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 509 541 -32 428
SINCE 7/1 3145 3725 -580 3260
COOLING TOTAL 3 8 -5 3
SINCE 1/1 6 9 -3 3
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/240 DATE 03/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/250 DATE 03/03
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
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: MARCH
YEAR: 2023
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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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
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1 79 51 65 22 0 0 0.13 0.0 0 7.4 20 280 M M 1 13 36 280
2 60 51 56 12 9 0 0.28 0.0 0 2.5 8 50 M M 7 12 14 50
3 71 45 58 14 7 0 0.48 0.0 0 10.3 29 240 M M 9 13 65 250
4 57 41 49 5 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 18 260 M M 6 41 250
5 64 39 52 8 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 8 70 M M 0 14 90
6 76 47 62 17 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 14 190 M M 0 24 180
7 64 37 51 6 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.4 14 330 M M 4 24 310
8 46 29 38 -7 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.4 9 60 M M 2 17 60
9 63 37 50 4 15 0 0.06 0.0 0 3.8 9 60 M M 9 17 30
10 49 37 43 -3 22 0 0.13 T 0 8.4 22 300 M M 10 12 33 250
11 49 34 42 -4 23 0 T 0.0 0 3.1 13 330 M M 6 1 20 330
12 39 33 36 -10 29 0 0.09 T 0 4.2 10 300 M M 10 12 17 310
13 38 30 34 -13 31 0 0.03 T 0 5.3 17 300 M M 10 1 27 280
14 34 27 31 -16 34 0 0.01 0.1 T 7.2 16 330 M M 8 1 29 300
15 52 22 37 -10 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 7 230 M M 0 11 170
16 65 34 50 2 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.5 14 200 M M 0 28 180
17 58 32 45 -3 20 0 0.35 0.0 0 7.7 21 310 M M 10 1 33 210
18 44 24 34 -14 31 0 T T 0 7.4 20 290 M M 4 30 300
19 35 20 28 -21 37 0 T 0.2 T 4.5 12 300 M M 5 17 240
20 51 20 36 -13 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.7 8 180 M M 0 13 320
21 65 32 49 0 16 0 T 0.0 0 4.2 14 240 M M 3 24 200
22 56 44 50 0 15 0 0.11 0.0 0 6.4 13 220 M M 10 1 22 220
23 81 55 68 18 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 17 250 M M 9 32 270
24 69 56 63 13 2 0 0.49 0.0 0 4.0 10 350 M M 8 1 20 350
25 75 51 63 12 2 0 0.56 0.0 0 10.0 26 230 M M 3 13 55 260
26 72 43 58 7 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.8 9 240 M M 0 15 270
27 68 46 57 6 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.4 18 310 M M 1 27 310
28 57 38 48 -4 17 0 T 0.0 0 3.9 14 320 M M 5 24 330
29 60 35 48 -4 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.9 14 300 M M 0 21 240
30 66 37 52 0 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 9 200 M M 0 14 170
31 64 47 56 3 9 0 1.37 0.0 0 8.2 17 200 M M 8 13 32 180
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SM 1827 1174 509 3 4.09 0.3 166.9 M 148
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AV 58.9 37.9 5.4 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 29 240 65 250
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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: 2023
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 48.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 4.09 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.62 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 81 ON 23 GRTST 24HR 1.37 ON 31-31 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 20 ON 20,19 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 0.3 INCH 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 0.2 ON 19-19 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: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 13
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 9 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 509 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 12
DPTR FM NORMAL -32 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3145 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL -580
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 3
DPTR FM NORMAL -5 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 6 HIGHEST SLP 30.46 ON 8
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 LOWEST SLP 29.02 ON 3
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-23#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2023
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 79 03/01 MM MM 80 03/30
03/23
LOWEST 16 03/20 MM MM 14 03/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 59.6 58.4 1.2 62.2
AVG. MINIMUM 36.2 36.2 0.0 36.6
MEAN 47.9 47.3 0.6 49.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 12 12.4 -0.4 7
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.87 1994
MINIMUM 1.27 1969
TOTALS 3.49 4.57 -1.08 2.14
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.15 -0.04 0.07
DAYS >= .01 10 12.9 -2.9 11
DAYS >= .10 8 8.3 -0.3 6
DAYS >= .50 1 3.3 -2.3 1
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 03/31 TO 03/31 0.73
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 31.0 1960
TOTALS MM MM MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM MM MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM MM MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 525 552 -27 477
SINCE 7/1 MM 3801 MM 3442
COOLING TOTAL 3 3 0 1
SINCE 1/1 4 3 1 1
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/250 DATE 03/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/260 DATE 03/03
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 13 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 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
..MISSING ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS DUE TO TEMPERATURE SENSOR
ERROR IN NOVEMBER...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2023
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
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1 79 41 60 17 5 0 T M M 5.8 18 330 M M 1 31 190
2 61 54 58 15 7 0 0.42 M M 4.0 10 360 M M 9 1 15 10
3 72 44 58 14 7 0 0.32 M M 15.7 45 250 M M 7 1 70 260
4 59 38 49 5 16 0 0.00 M M 5.3 23 270 M M 5 31 270
5 66 31 49 5 16 0 0.00 M M 1.8 12 110 M M 0 17 100
6 73 38 56 12 9 0 0.00 M M 5.1 17 240 M M 0 24 220
7 58 40 49 4 16 0 0.00 M M 8.0 17 10 M M 2 28 350
8 46 33 40 -5 25 0 0.00 M M 6.9 13 30 M M 3 19 30
9 65 37 51 6 14 0 0.09 M M 3.5 12 230 M M 6 1 17 250
10 51 37 44 -2 21 0 0.09 M M 10.9 20 280 M M 10 1 28 280
11 51 36 44 -2 21 0 T M M 5.6 12 20 M M 6 18 10
12 43 37 40 -6 25 0 0.23 M M 5.5 13 300 M M 10 1 20 290
13 41 32 37 -9 28 0 T M M 8.1 20 290 M M 10 1 26 290
14 40 26 33 -14 32 0 T M M 8.1 15 330 M M 6 24 320
15 51 20 36 -11 29 0 0.00 M M 1.2 9 30 M M 0 14 30
16 66 26 46 -1 19 0 0.00 M M 6.6 21 200 M M 0 28 210
17 61 32 47 0 18 0 0.39 M M 9.9 28 300 M M 10 1 40 200
18 45 25 35 -13 30 0 0.00 M M 8.9 24 280 M M 3 1 33 250
19 33 21 27 -21 38 0 T M M 5.7 14 350 M M 6 21 340
20 50 16 33 -15 32 0 0.00 M M 1.2 8 140 M M 0 14 140
21 61 24 43 -6 22 0 T M M 4.3 21 210 M M 3 29 200
22 55 44 50 1 15 0 0.16 M M 6.6 12 200 M M 10 1 20 200
23 79 53 66 17 0 1 0.00 M M 10.7 25 260 M M 9 35 250
24 74 59 67 17 0 2 0.10 M M 8.7 25 300 M M 6 1 45 280
25 74 47 61 11 4 0 0.49 M M 14.6 36 260 M M 2 13 53 240
26 74 37 56 6 9 0 0.00 M M 2.7 15 270 M M 0 24 330
27 69 45 57 7 8 0 0.00 M M 7.1 18 270 M M 2 29 280
28 58 39 49 -2 16 0 0.00 M M 5.5 17 330 M M 4 24 350
29 60 30 45 -6 20 0 0.00 M M 2.4 13 330 M M 0 19 300
30 67 31 49 -3 16 0 0.00 M M 1.7 8 130 M M 0 12 110
31 66 50 58 6 7 0 1.20 M M 6.0 15 170 M M 6 138 25 170
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SM 1848 1123 525 3 3.49 M 198.1 M 136
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AV 59.6 36.2 6.4 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 45 250 70 260
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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: 2023
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 47.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.49 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.08 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 79 ON 23, 1 GRTST 24HR 1.20 ON 31-31 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 16 ON 20 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: 10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 12 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 525 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -27 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 MM CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL MM
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 3
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 4 HIGHEST SLP 30.44 ON 20
DPTR FM NORMAL 1 LOWEST SLP 29.04 ON 3
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-23#