October 2020 saw above normal temperatures throughout eastern Kentucky. Both Jackson and London finished last
month about one and a half degrees warmer than normal. Jackson matched its normal precipitation for October while
London's total is missing due to a sensor outage on the 23rd and 28th. Climate data for Jackson dates back to 1981
while weather records began in 1954 at London.
The following are October climate summaries for Jackson and London as well as the October Local
Climatological Data reports for Jackson and London:
...THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2020...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2020
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 97 10/01/2019
LOW 26 10/22/1987
10/24/1981
HIGHEST 82 10/23 82 0 97 10/01
10/22
LOWEST 34 10/17 32 2 33 10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 68.8 68.1 0.7 72.9
AVG. MINIMUM 50.4 48.0 2.4 50.3
MEAN 59.6 58.1 1.5 61.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 3
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.77 2014
MINIMUM 0.51 1987
TOTALS 3.19 3.19 0.00 6.01
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.19
DAYS >= .01 11 8.8 2.2 14
DAYS >= .10 6 5.7 0.3 10
DAYS >= .50 4 2.1 1.9 6
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.89 10/11 TO 10/11 1.61
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 2.3 1993
TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
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 T
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 186 245 -59 177
SINCE 7/1 229 297 -68 177
COOLING TOTAL 26 29 -3 78
SINCE 1/1 1371 1150 221 1579
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 15/310 DATE 10/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 26/310 DATE 10/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2020
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 70 51 61 -1 4 0 T 0.0 0 3.0 10 300 M M 6 18 320
2 64 42 53 -9 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 8 300 M M 2 12 320
3 67 41 54 -8 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.8 7 160 M M 1 11 170
4 70 50 60 -2 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 15 330 M M 7 24 310
5 64 44 54 -7 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 8 140 M M 1 12 12 120
6 75 46 61 0 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.3 8 240 M M 0 23 280
7 79 53 66 5 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 8 240 M M 0 21 270
8 76 57 67 7 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 6 130 M M 0 11 70
9 76 54 65 5 0 0 T 0.0 0 1.7 5 190 M M 2 9 150
10 66 61 64 4 1 0 0.50 0.0 0 1.4 7 170 M M 9 12 13 160
11 66 63 65 6 0 0 0.89 0.0 0 0.5 6 120 M M 9 12 13 50
12 75 61 68 9 0 3 0.09 0.0 0 0.7 15 310 M M 8 13 26 310
13 67 50 59 0 6 0 T 0.0 0 1.8 13 330 M M 2 1 24 310
14 75 47 61 3 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 7 200 M M 0 16 200
15 78 52 65 7 0 0 0.06 0.0 0 4.2 13 300 M M 5 1 24 260
16 59 41 50 -8 15 0 0.12 0.0 0 3.5 9 290 M M 3 1 16 350
17 62 34 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.6 7 170 M M 0 11 180
18 62 45 54 -3 11 0 T 0.0 0 2.1 7 140 M M 6 11 160
19 74 56 65 8 0 0 0.01 0.0 0 2.2 9 180 M M 7 16 170
20 77 59 68 11 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 8 170 M M 5 18 160
21 80 57 69 12 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 1.6 8 170 M M 0 1 15 160
22 82 59 71 15 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 6 160 M M 1 10 210
23 82 62 72 16 0 7 0.10 0.0 0 2.5 10 270 M M 3 13 19 270
24 65 48 57 1 8 0 0.04 0.0 0 1.5 13 330 M M 9 1 22 320
25 57 48 53 -3 12 0 0.03 0.0 0 0.3 5 150 M M 10 12 9 80
26 59 52 56 1 9 0 T 0.0 0 1.6 8 310 M M 10 12 12 340
27 66 50 58 3 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.2 10 300 M M 7 12 16 300
28 64 56 60 5 5 0 0.60 0.0 0 0.6 6 310 M M 9 1 10 50
29 66 48 57 3 8 0 0.75 0.0 0 2.5 12 320 M M 9 12 20 330
30 50 39 45 -9 20 0 T 0.0 0 3.5 14 330 M M 8 1 24 300
31 61 37 49 -5 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.9 7 160 M M 0 12 160
================================================================================
SM 2134 1563 186 26 3.19 0.0 58.1 M 139
================================================================================
AV 68.8 50.4 1.9 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 15 330 # 26 310
================================================================================
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2020
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 59.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.19 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.00 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 82 ON 23,22 GRTST 24HR 0.89 ON 11-11 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 34 ON 17 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: 11
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 186 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 15
DPTR FM NORMAL -59 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 229 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL -68
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 26
DPTR FM NORMAL -3 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1371 HIGHEST SLP 30.41 ON 31
DPTR FM NORMAL 221 LOWEST SLP 29.49 ON 29
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-20#
London Kentucky data:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2020...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2020
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 94 10/03/2019
10/02/2019
10/01/2019
LOW 18 10/26/1962
HIGHEST 81 10/22 MM MM 94 10/03
10/08 10/02
10/01
LOWEST 32 10/17 MM MM 33 10/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.4 69.4 0.0 72.3
AVG. MINIMUM 48.0 45.2 2.8 47.9
MEAN 58.7 57.3 1.4 60.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 3
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 MM 3.02 MM 7.81
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.10 -0.02 0.25
DAYS >= .01 10 8.5 1.5 14
DAYS >= .10 4 5.4 -1.4 11
DAYS >= .50 1 2.0 -1.0 7
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.68 10/11 TO 10/11 1.67
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 194 259 -65 211
SINCE 7/1 240 306 -66 211
COOLING TOTAL 9 21 -12 67
SINCE 1/1 1253 1188 65 1484
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/290 DATE 10/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 10/29
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...MISSING MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL DUE TO SENSOR ERROR ON 23RD & 28TH...
$$
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2020
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 69 50 60 -2 5 0 T M M 3.9 16 280 M M 3 21 270
2 63 40 52 -10 13 0 0.00 M M 2.2 12 20 M M 1 15 360
3 66 37 52 -10 13 0 0.00 M M 1.3 8 130 M M 1 1 13 140
4 69 49 59 -2 6 0 0.00 M M 5.6 17 250 M M 8 24 340
5 65 43 54 -7 11 0 0.00 M M 3.2 9 20 M M 2 1 14 60
6 74 41 58 -2 7 0 0.00 M M 3.3 15 260 M M 1 1 20 260
7 78 48 63 3 2 0 0.00 M M 4.2 14 240 M M 0 12 19 260
8 81 52 67 7 0 2 0.00 M M 1.1 8 50 M M 0 1 13 50
9 74 54 64 5 1 0 T M M 2.5 8 200 M M 3 12 190
10 66 62 64 5 1 0 0.43 M M 4.3 10 120 M M 8 1 15 190
11 68 63 66 7 0 1 0.68 M M 4.7 10 20 M M 10 1 17 20
12 77 60 69 11 0 4 0.41 M M 4.0 16 310 M M 8 123 26 290
13 69 47 58 0 7 0 0.00 M M 4.4 15 340 M M 3 1 23 320
14 77 42 60 2 5 0 0.00 M M 2.6 10 200 M M 0 14 220
15 77 50 64 6 1 0 0.08 M M 6.2 21 250 M M 4 1 28 220
16 58 36 47 -10 18 0 0.06 M M 4.7 16 330 M M 3 1 31 330
17 61 32 47 -10 18 0 0.00 M M 0.9 9 130 M M 0 18 14 110
18 61 38 50 -7 15 0 0.02 M M 2.3 14 170 M M 6 20 150
19 73 54 64 8 1 0 0.01 M M 4.6 15 200 M M 5 1 23 200
20 76 53 65 9 0 0 0.00 M M 2.3 13 190 M M 3 1 18 200
21 80 50 65 9 0 0 0.00 M M 1.8 10 210 M M 1 1 17 250
22 81 53 67 12 0 2 0.00 M M 1.0 9 200 M M 1 1 14 260
23 77 53 65 10 0 0 M M M 4.0 16 270 M M 3 1 22 220
24 64 50 57 2 8 0 0.08 M M 6.9 13 330 M M 9 1 19 350
25 68 49 59 5 6 0 0.03 M M 3.6 8 20 M M 9 1 12 20
26 60 53 57 3 8 0 T M M 3.5 10 360 M M 10 1 14 340
27 70 53 62 8 3 0 0.00 M M 3.1 9 260 M M 9 1 13 20
28 65 59 62 8 3 0 M M M 1.9 8 10 M M 10 1 10 50
29 73 48 61 8 4 0 0.41 M M 7.6 23 290 M M 10 1 35 290
30 50 37 44 -9 21 0 0.00 M M 5.0 15 340 M M 7 1 23 330
31 62 33 48 -5 17 0 0.00 M M 3.1 9 190 M M 0 1 13 180
================================================================================
SM 2152 1489 194 9 2.21 M 109.8 M 138
================================================================================
AV 69.4 48.0 3.5 FASTST M M 4 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 23 290 # 35 290
================================================================================
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: OCTOBER
YEAR: 2020
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 58.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.21 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.4 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.81 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 81 ON 22, 8 GRTST 24HR 0.68 ON 11-11 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 32 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: 10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 194 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 16
DPTR FM NORMAL -65 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8
TOTAL FM JUL 1 240 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7
DPTR FM NORMAL -66
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -12 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 1253 HIGHEST SLP 30.40 ON 31
DPTR FM NORMAL 65 LOWEST SLP 29.48 ON 29
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-10-20#
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