Both the Jackson Weather Office and the London Corbin Airport ended the month
of March over eight degrees warmer than normal. In fact, March 2026 was the
second warmest March at both locations. Also of note, Jackson and London were
both over two inches drier than normal. It was the eighth driest March at Jackson
while London saw March 2026 tie for its ninth driest March.
The following are the March 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 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 88 03/22/2026
LOW 7 03/09/1996
HIGHEST 88R 03/22 79 9 81 03/28
LOWEST 22 03/16 18 4 19 03/02
03/17
03/18
AVG. MAXIMUM 68.6 58.0 10.6 63.8
AVG. MINIMUM 44.3 37.6 6.7 40.2
MEAN 56.5 47.8 8.7 52.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.8 0.2 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 5 11.4 -6.4 10
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.78 1994
MINIMUM 1.47 2003
TOTALS 2.28 4.71 -2.43 2.31
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.15 -0.08 0.07
DAYS >= .01 10 14.4 -4.4 10
DAYS >= .10 6 8.8 -2.8 5
DAYS >= .50 1 3.3 -2.3 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.78 03/16 TO 03/16 0.77
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 21.9 1993
TOTALS 2.8 4.0 -1.2 T
SINCE 7/1 19.0 23.0 -4.0 28.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1
DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T 03/17 T
03/18
24 HR TOTAL 2.1 03/16 TO 03/16 T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 299 541 -242 414
SINCE 7/1 3585 3726 -141 3436
COOLING TOTAL 43 8 35 18
SINCE 1/1 43 9 34 18
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/190 DATE 03/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/270 DATE 03/13
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0
FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
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: 2026
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 58 38 48 5 17 0 T 0.0 0 4.1 9 40 M M 4 17 30
2 45 34 40 -4 25 0 0.02 0.0 0 3.5 8 70 M M 8 16 70
3 62 43 53 9 12 0 0.12 0.0 0 5.3 12 180 M M 7 1 20 220
4 77 53 65 21 0 0 T 0.0 0 4.8 13 190 M M 6 23 210
5 74 61 68 24 0 3 T 0.0 0 5.6 13 230 M M 5 23 250
6 83 61 72 27 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 12 180 M M 4 21 160
7 83 56 70 25 0 5 0.35 0.0 0 7.2 18 210 M M 4 13 36 190
8 67 53 60 15 5 0 0.07 0.0 0 4.1 12 300 M M 7 1 17 300
9 75 50 63 17 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.4 13 180 M M 2 21 210
10 74 61 68 22 0 3 T 0.0 0 5.7 12 200 M M 6 20 210
11 82 45 64 18 1 0 0.38 0.0 0 8.1 17 220 M M 5 13 37 190
12 49 34 42 -4 23 0 0.33 T 0 4.3 18 310 M M 4 1 30 300
13 66 35 51 4 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 21 250 M M 0 40 270
14 64 42 53 6 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.2 9 140 M M 0 14 70
15 76 50 63 16 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 22 190 M M 1 37 160
16 66 22 44 -4 21 0 0.78 2.1 0 9.0 18 270 M M 9 12 38 190
17 31 22 27 -21 38 0 0.01 0.7 T 4.7 15 260 M M 7 1 27 270
18 47 22 35 -13 30 0 0.00 0.0 T 3.6 13 180 M M 7 22 190
19 69 38 54 5 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 9 280 M M 0 14 260
20 74 48 61 12 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 17 270 M M 1 29 270
21 80 59 70 21 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 2.9 10 310 M M 1 18 220
22 88 59 74 24 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 14 230 M M 0 28 220
23 75 37 56 6 9 0 0.21 0.0 0 6.5 17 300 M M 5 13 30 360
24 59 31 45 -5 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 9 120 M M 0 15 160
25 75 42 59 8 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.8 17 170 M M 1 28 170
26 81 59 70 19 0 5 T 0.0 0 7.3 15 230 M M 3 31 220
27 71 37 54 3 11 0 0.01 0.0 0 5.2 15 330 M M 0 1 28 230
28 53 30 42 -10 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 10 20 M M 0 16 20
29 71 37 54 2 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 14 180 M M 0 22 180
30 71 55 63 11 2 0 T 0.0 0 5.8 14 190 M M 3 24 190
31 82 60 71 18 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 16 240 M M 4 30 200
================================================================================
SM 2128 1374 299 43 2.28 2.8 166.6 M 104
================================================================================
AV 68.6 44.3 5.4 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 22 190 40 270
================================================================================
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: MARCH
YEAR: 2026
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 56.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.28 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 8.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.43 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 88 ON 22 GRTST 24HR 0.78 ON 16-16 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 22 ON 18,17 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 2.8 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 2.1 ON 16-16 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: 1 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 5 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 299 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 14
DPTR FM NORMAL -242 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 15
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3585 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 2
DPTR FM NORMAL -141
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 43
DPTR FM NORMAL 35 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 43 HIGHEST SLP 30.64 ON 28
DPTR FM NORMAL 34 LOWEST SLP 29.35 ON 16
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-26#
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2026
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 87R 03/22 MM MM 81 03/28
LOWEST 23 03/17 MM MM 19 03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.2 58.4 10.8 64.8
AVG. MINIMUM 41.7 36.2 5.5 36.5
MEAN 55.4 47.3 8.1 50.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 12.4 -5.4 13
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.87 1994
MINIMUM 1.27 1969
TOTALS 2.35 4.57 -2.22 4.20
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.15 -0.07 0.14
DAYS >= .01 9 12.9 -3.9 9
DAYS >= .10 4 8.3 -4.3 6
DAYS >= .50 2 3.3 -1.3 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.94 03/11 TO 03/12 1.87
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 307 552 -245 440
SINCE 7/1 3592 3801 -209 3564
COOLING TOTAL 19 3 16 2
SINCE 1/1 19 3 16 2
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/280 DATE 03/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/290 DATE 03/11
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0
FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
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: MARCH
YEAR: 2026
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 63 42 53 10 12 0 T M M 5.1 14 20 M M 3 22 20
2 53 37 45 2 20 0 0.09 M M 5.6 16 20 M M 9 20 30
3 65 48 57 13 8 0 0.01 M M 7.1 21 200 M M 7 31 190
4 76 46 61 17 4 0 0.00 M M 6.0 15 240 M M 6 21 240
5 76 51 64 20 1 0 T M M 6.7 24 240 M M 3 30 240
6 82 50 66 22 0 1 0.00 M M 3.7 16 190 M M 3 25 220
7 81 55 68 23 0 3 0.29 M M 9.4 25 210 M M 4 13 40 220
8 64 48 56 11 9 0 0.02 M M 5.6 14 200 M M 6 1 18 240
9 76 43 60 15 5 0 0.00 M M 6.2 20 250 M M 3 12 31 250
10 74 57 66 20 0 1 0.09 M M 6.2 15 190 M M 7 1 21 220
11 79 46 63 17 2 0 0.73 M M 12.9 40 280 M M 6 13 70 290
12 50 36 43 -3 22 0 0.21 M M 9.2 21 280 M M 5 1 28 310
13 65 32 49 3 16 0 0.00 M M 5.6 29 240 M M 0 38 240
14 70 35 53 6 12 0 0.00 M M 2.3 10 190 M M 0 13 160
15 74 44 59 12 6 0 0.00 M M 10.1 29 190 M M 0 42 170
16 68 25 47 0 18 0 0.89 M M 13.9 24 280 M M 10 123 39 290
17 33 23 28 -19 37 0 T M M 7.9 21 250 M M 7 29 250
18 47 25 36 -12 29 0 T M M 5.7 20 250 M M 6 26 250
19 69 31 50 2 15 0 0.00 M M 1.5 12 270 M M 0 8 17 260
20 77 38 58 10 7 0 0.00 M M 5.4 23 230 M M 1 37 220
21 76 53 65 16 0 0 T M M 3.7 13 250 M M 2 16 260
22 87 51 69 20 0 4 0.00 M M 6.7 21 250 M M 1 18 32 250
23 75 42 59 10 6 0 0.02 M M 11.3 20 250 M M 5 1 29 270
24 62 35 49 -1 16 0 0.00 M M 5.6 14 20 M M 0 21 30
25 73 38 56 6 9 0 0.00 M M 5.8 16 190 M M 0 29 200
26 81 62 72 22 0 7 T M M 10.4 20 220 M M 4 29 210
27 70 39 55 5 10 0 T M M 9.4 21 10 M M 8 31 20
28 55 31 43 -8 22 0 0.00 M M 6.3 17 360 M M 1 26 360
29 69 30 50 -1 15 0 0.00 M M 6.1 20 240 M M 1 25 240
30 71 46 59 7 6 0 0.00 M M 7.2 18 230 M M 7 27 210
31 83 53 68 16 0 3 0.00 M M 8.2 22 250 M M 3 30 250
================================================================================
SM 2144 1292 307 19 2.35 M 216.8 M 118
================================================================================
AV 69.2 41.7 7.0 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 40 280 70 290
================================================================================
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: 2026
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 55.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.35 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 8.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.22 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 87 ON 22 GRTST 24HR 0.94 ON 11-12 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 23 ON 17 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: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 7 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 307 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 15
DPTR FM NORMAL -245 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14
TOTAL FM JUL 1 3592 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 2
DPTR FM NORMAL -209
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 19
DPTR FM NORMAL 16 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 19 HIGHEST SLP 30.63 ON 28
DPTR FM NORMAL 16 LOWEST SLP 29.37 ON 16
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-03-26#
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