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Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic

Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

After a recent stretch of record breaking warmth, December 2015 went down as the warmest since records began at both Jackson and London. This record is credited to the numerous high temperature records set during the month.  Here is a summary of the record highs for London and Jackson, KY during the month of December:

  London, KY   Jackson, KY

 

New Record

Old Record

        

New Record

Old Record
Saturday (12/12) 71 67 (1972)   71 65 (2006/2007)
Sunday (12/13) 67 67 (1984/2007)   70 67 (1984)
Wednesday (12/16) 69 68 (2006)   70 67 (2001)
Thursdsay (12/24) 72 72 (1964)   72 68 (1982)
Saturday (12/26) 71 70 (1987)   68 61 (2008)
Sunday (12/27) 75 70 (2008)   77 71 (2008)
Monday (12/28) 72 72 (1984)      

 

Here is a graphic showing where the December 2015 average temperature ranks at London and Jackson with respect to the average temperature for December.