Both the Jackson Weather Office and the London Corbin Airport were wetter and warmer than normal for October 2017. Jackson finished October 2017 2.1 degrees above normal while London was 1.6 degrees warmer. October 2017 was tied for 7th warmest October in Jackson and the 11th warmest October at London. On the precipitation side of the fence, the Jackson Weather Office was over two inches above normal, but the London Corbin Airport was over two and a quarter inches wetter. Last month was 5th wettest October at Jackson and the 4th wettest October at London. The Jackson Weather Office set a high temperature record on the 14th with a temperature of 82 degrees and a new low record of 29 degrees on the 30th. Precipitation records were also set last month at both locations. On October 8th, Jackson measured 2.26 inches while London picked up 2.39 inches which set the only daily precipitation records at both locations. Other records at Jackson, a minimum high temperature record of 37 degrees on the 29th and maximum low records on the 8th and 9th with a reading of 68 degrees both days. Additional records at London included, 37 degrees on the 29th setting a minimum high record and 65 degrees on the 10th tied a maximum low temperature record. Also of note, 68 degrees on the 8th set a daily maximum low record and tied the monthly maximum low temperature record.
Here is the monthly climate summary for Jackson:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2017...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2017
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 89 10/08/2007
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 85 10/07 82 3 87 10/19
10/18
LOWEST 29 10/30 32 -3 40 10/23
10/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 70.9 68.1 2.8 74.6
AVG. MINIMUM 49.5 48.0 1.5 53.1
MEAN 60.2 58.1 2.1 63.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 0.9 0.1 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.77 2014
MINIMUM 0.51 1987
TOTALS 5.29 3.19 2.10 1.51
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.05
DAYS >= .01 9 8.8 0.2 4
DAYS >= .10 6 5.7 0.3 3
DAYS >= .50 3 2.1 0.9 2
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.26 10/08 TO 10/08 1.32
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 10/29 TO 10/29 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 200 245 -45 106
SINCE 7/1 234 297 -63 122
COOLING TOTAL 59 29 30 78
SINCE 1/1 1195 1150 45 1558
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 21/310 DATE 10/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/320 DATE 10/15
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 11 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.
Here is the Local climatological data sheet for Jackson:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2017
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 74 47 61 -1 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 7 140 M M 0 12 40
2 72 50 61 -1 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 6 130 M M 0 9 100
3 80 52 66 4 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 7 140 M M 0 10 140
4 81 56 69 7 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 1.6 8 310 M M 0 13 300
5 81 56 69 8 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 0.7 8 300 M M 0 13 300
6 83 57 70 9 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 7 190 M M 0 14 180
7 85 63 74 13 0 9 0.01 0.0 0 3.2 10 170 M M 2 21 180
8 71 68 70 10 0 5 2.26 0.0 0 3.0 9 140 M M 8 1 16 80
9 82 68 75 15 0 10 0.12 0.0 0 1.4 7 240 M M 5 1 20 270
10 81 64 73 13 0 8 0.40 0.0 0 1.1 7 350 M M 3 12 14 360
11 83 59 71 12 0 6 0.01 0.0 0 3.6 13 300 M M 6 1 23 300
12 69 56 63 4 2 0 T 0.0 0 0.6 6 310 M M 6 1 9 310
13 81 52 67 8 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 0.9 6 320 M M 0 1 12 250
14 82 58 70 12 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 0.6 7 170 M M 2 13 200
15 79 51 65 7 0 0 0.37 0.0 0 3.1 21 310 M M 5 13 39 320
16 61 46 54 -4 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 12 320 M M 6 19 330
17 64 39 52 -6 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.0 7 150 M M 0 12 140
18 71 42 57 0 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.7 7 160 M M 0 12 180
19 71 44 58 1 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 9 170 M M 0 14 190
20 74 49 62 5 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.5 8 140 M M 0 14 130
21 76 52 64 7 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 6 130 M M 0 10 110
22 77 52 65 9 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.2 9 140 M M 0 16 140
23 68 50 59 3 6 0 1.45 0.0 0 5.2 15 250 M M 7 12 27 240
24 60 44 52 -4 13 0 T 0.0 0 2.6 13 250 M M 5 1 27 240
25 50 39 45 -11 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.0 9 310 M M 7 15 330
26 62 34 48 -7 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 7 150 M M 0 14 160
27 71 48 60 5 5 0 T 0.0 0 3.7 12 190 M M 1 26 200
28 57 37 47 -8 18 0 0.63 0.0 0 2.6 13 300 M M 10 12 20 300
29 37 33 35 -19 30 0 0.04 T 0 4.2 12 310 M M 10 1 21 310
30 59 29 44 -10 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 12 250 M M 4 25 200
31 57 39 48 -6 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 8 260 M M 4 15 270
================================================================================
SM 2199 1534 200 59 5.29 T 62.0 M 91
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AV 70.9 49.5 2.0 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 21 310 # 39 320
================================================================================
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: 2017
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 60.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.29 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.10 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 85 ON 7 GRTST 24HR 2.26 ON 8- 8 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 29 ON 30 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 29-29 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: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 3
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 2
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 200 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 17
DPTR FM NORMAL -45 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 234 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3
DPTR FM NORMAL -63
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 59
DPTR FM NORMAL 30 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1195 HIGHEST SLP 30.50 ON 3
DPTR FM NORMAL 45 LOWEST SLP 29.63 ON 23
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-17#
Here is the monthly climate summary for London:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2017...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2017
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 92 10/07/2007
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 83 10/09 MM MM 87 10/19
10/07
LOWEST 28 10/30 MM MM 35 10/23
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.3 69.4 1.9 75.9
AVG. MINIMUM 46.5 45.2 1.3 49.1
MEAN 58.9 57.3 1.6 62.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 2.9 -1.9 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.35 2014
MINIMUM 0.02 1963
TOTALS 5.30 3.02 2.28 0.90
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.03
DAYS >= .01 8 8.5 -0.5 4
DAYS >= .10 5 5.4 -0.4 2
DAYS >= .50 4 2.0 2.0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.6 1.4 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.39 10/08 TO 10/08 0.80
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 226 259 -33 115
SINCE 7/1 267 306 -39 136
COOLING TOTAL 42 21 21 45
SINCE 1/1 1135 1188 -53 1500
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/260 DATE 10/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/260 DATE 10/24
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 17 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.
Here is the local climatological data sheet for London:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2017
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 77 48 63 1 2 0 0.00 M M 3.0 8 40 M M 0 11 30
2 79 46 63 1 2 0 0.00 M M 1.5 9 180 M M 0 12 80
3 81 48 65 3 0 0 0.00 M M 1.8 9 80 M M 0 12 80
4 80 49 65 4 0 0 0.00 M M 1.4 7 320 M M 0 1 11 260
5 82 50 66 5 0 1 T M M 1.3 10 260 M M 0 1 13 250
6 82 52 67 7 0 2 0.00 M M 1.7 14 260 M M 0 1 18 270
7 83 56 70 10 0 5 0.05 M M 4.9 21 190 M M 2 29 180
8 72 68 70 10 0 5 2.39 M M 5.5 13 90 M M 9 1 20 80
9 83 66 75 16 0 10 0.04 M M 4.7 12 260 M M 6 1 20 240
10 81 65 73 14 0 8 0.32 M M 1.8 8 90 M M 6 13 13 80
11 82 58 70 11 0 5 0.00 M M 6.8 17 290 M M 5 1 24 320
12 70 55 63 5 2 0 0.00 M M 3.5 9 20 M M 6 12 30
13 78 49 64 6 1 0 0.00 M M 2.2 13 260 M M 2 12 17 270
14 82 55 69 11 0 4 0.00 M M 4.5 12 250 M M 5 17 250
15 81 52 67 9 0 2 0.65 M M 7.6 20 230 M M 7 13 32 300
16 62 42 52 -5 13 0 0.00 M M 6.0 16 10 M M 6 23 350
17 65 37 51 -6 14 0 0.00 M M 1.1 10 100 M M 0 16 70
18 69 37 53 -4 12 0 0.00 M M 0.8 9 190 M M 0 1 12 170
19 71 39 55 -1 10 0 0.00 M M 2.1 10 240 M M 0 1 18 240
20 76 42 59 3 6 0 0.00 M M 0.7 7 110 M M 0 1 11 120
21 76 45 61 5 4 0 0.00 M M 1.4 12 210 M M 0 1 17 210
22 76 45 61 6 4 0 0.00 M M 4.6 20 190 M M 0 1 27 190
23 68 48 58 3 7 0 1.16 M M 8.1 25 250 M M 7 1 34 250
24 59 41 50 -5 15 0 0.00 M M 7.3 28 260 M M 5 35 260
25 55 39 47 -7 18 0 0.00 M M 6.7 21 270 M M 7 29 220
26 63 33 48 -6 17 0 0.00 M M 2.1 10 200 M M 0 14 170
27 71 43 57 3 8 0 T M M 8.4 22 200 M M 2 32 200
28 50 36 43 -11 22 0 0.67 M M 5.5 13 310 M M 10 1 20 320
29 37 33 35 -18 30 0 0.02 M M 6.7 15 290 M M 10 1 20 280
30 62 28 45 -8 20 0 0.00 M M 6.4 17 200 M M 1 26 250
31 56 36 46 -7 19 0 0.00 M M 1.7 9 280 M M 4 14 280
================================================================================
SM 2209 1441 226 42 5.30 M 121.8 M 100
================================================================================
AV 71.3 46.5 3.9 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 28 260 # 35 260
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2017
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 58.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.30 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.28 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 83 ON 9, 7 GRTST 24HR 2.39 ON 8- 8 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 28 ON 30 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: 8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 2
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 226 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 17
DPTR FM NORMAL -33 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 267 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3
DPTR FM NORMAL -39
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 42
DPTR FM NORMAL 21 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1135 HIGHEST SLP 30.49 ON 3
DPTR FM NORMAL -53 LOWEST SLP 29.61 ON 8
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-17#
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