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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
502 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2008
...AUGUST 2008 MUCH DRIER WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY...
...MUCH DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL SUMMER ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY...
AUGUST 2008 FINISHED WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE
ENDED LAST MONTH NEARLY THREE INCHES DRIER THAN NORMAL. IN
FACT...AUGUST 2008 WAS THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT JACKSON...AND
IN THE TOP TEN DRIEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME. AT LONDON...AUGUST 2008
FINISHED WITH A PRECIPITATION DEFICIT OF WELL OVER AN INCH.
TEMPERATURES LAST MONTH WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL...WITH JACKSON ENDING
UP JUST TWO TENTHS OF A DEGREE COOLER...AND LONDON FINISHING WITH AN
AVERAGE EQUAL TO NORMAL.
THE END OF AUGUST ALSO MARKED THE END OF THE 2008 METEOROLOGICAL
SUMMER SEASON. OVER THE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST...THE
JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE AVERAGED 73.5 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. STRANGELY...SUMMER 2008 WAS THE 11TH WARMEST SPRING OF
ALL TIME AT JACKSON. AT LONDON...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OVER THE
SUMMER MONTHS WAS 74.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.6 DEGREES WARMER. MUCH
BELOW NORMAL SEASONAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS WERE PRESENT AT BOTH
LONDON AND JACKSON. THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT TOTALED 9.27
INCHES...WHICH IS 2.72 INCHES DRIER. THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE
RECEIVED 11.23 INCHES OVER THE SUMMER...WHICH IS 2.16 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. BOTH LOCATIONS SAW SUMMER 2008 FINISH AS THE 9TH DRIEST
SUMMERS ON RECORD.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON FINISHED AUGUST
2008 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.6 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.2
DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 73.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS
83.5 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 63.6 DEGREES. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 2008 WAS 93 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED
ON THE 21ST. NO HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT JACKSON
DURING AUGUST 2008. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE LAST MONTH WAS 53 DEGREES
ON THE 12TH...WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD.
ALSO...55 DEGREES ON THE 11TH SET A LOW TEMPERATURE BENCHMARK FOR
THAT DAY. TWO MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE ALSO SET LAST
MONTH...WITH 72 DEGREES ON THE 26TH...AND 71 DEGREES ON THE 27TH.
THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECEIVED ONLY 1.16 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST 2008...WHICH IS 2.97 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL
OF 4.13 INCHES. THIS TOTAL EASILY MADE AUGUST 2008 THE DRIEST AUGUST
ON RECORD...BESTING THE 1.55 INCHES FROM AUGUST 1981. ALSO OF
NOTE...AUGUST 2008 WAS THE 9TH DRIEST MONTH ON RECORD. THE DRIEST
MONTHS EVER AT JACKSON WERE OCTOBER 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 2005 WITH
TOTALS OF 0.51 INCHES. THERE WERE SIX DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN
INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED...AND TWO DAYS WHEN A
TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE FELL. THERE WAS ONE DAY WHEN AT LEAST A
HALF AN INCH OF RAIN WAS RECEIVED...AND NO DAYS SAW MORE THAN ONE
INCH. THE DAY OF THE 26TH NETTED 0.93 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WAS THE
MOST RAINFALL LOGGED IN A SINGLE DAY LAST MONTH...AND ALSO SET THE
ONLY PRECIPITATION RECORD LAST MONTH. THE GREATEST IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD WAS 1.04 INCHES FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 27TH. IN FACT...90
PERCENT OF THE AUGUST PRECIPITATION TOTAL OCCURRED IN THAT 24 HOUR
PERIOD. THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST...THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE HAS
RECEIVED 28.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS 5.48 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE YEAR.
THUNDER WAS HEARD THREE TIMES LAST MONTH AT THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...WHICH IS BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR AUGUST OF 7.8 DAYS. THERE
WERE 15 DAYS WITH FOG...THREE OF WHICH FEATURED DENSE FOG. AUGUST
NORMALLY AVERAGES 8.3 DAYS OF DENSE FOG. 20,406 MINUTES OF SUNSHINE
WERE RECORDED LAST MONTH WHICH IS 81 PERCENT OF ALL POSSIBLE
SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR AUGUST WAS 1.8
MPH...AND THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 24 MPH WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST
5TH. THE MEAN WIND SPEED FOR AUGUST IS TYPICALLY 4.1 MPH.
273 COOLING DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED LAST MONTH...WHICH IS 4
COOLING DEGREE DAYS BELOW NORMAL. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE DAY
TOTAL IS NOW 874...WHICH IS 25 BELOW NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. NO
HEATING DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE IN
JULY...OR SO FAR THIS SEASON. THIS IS 4 HEATING DEGREE DAYS BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH AND SEASON.
AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 74.4
DEGREES...WHICH IS NORMAL FOR AUGUST. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS
86.0 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 62.7 DEGREES. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FROM LAST MONTH WAS 93 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED
ON THE 22ND AND 23RD. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FROM AUGUST 2008 WAS 53
DEGREES...AND OCCURRED ON THE 11TH AND 12TH. NO HIGH OR LOW
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR SET AT LONDON LAST MONTH...ALTHOUGH
71 DEGREES ON THE 26TH ESTABLISHED A NEW DAILY MINIMUM HIGH RECORD.
THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT RECORDED 2.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN
AUGUST 2008...WHICH IS 1.16 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.36 INCHES.
THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE FELL...AND
FOUR DAYS WHEN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
LONDON HAD ONE DAY WITH AT LEAST A HALF AN INCH...AND ONE DAY WHEN
MORE THAN ONE INCH WAS RECEIVED. THE GREATEST DAILY AMOUNT WAS 1.21
INCHES AND OCCURRED ON THE 26TH...AND ALSO ESTABLISHED THE ONLY
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD LAST MONTH. THE MOST PRECIPITATION
RECEIVED IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.46 INCHES FROM AUGUST 26TH
THROUGH THE 27TH. SO FAR THIS YEAR...LONDON HAS RECEIVED 26.31
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS AMOUNT IS 6.72 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
ALSO OF NOTE...LONDON ENDURED A STRING OF 18 DAYS WITHOUT ANY
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THAT ENDED ON AUGUST 25TH. THIS TIED THE
7TH LONGEST DRY STREAK EVER AT LONDON.
LONDON HAD THREE DAYS WITH THUNDER LAST MONTH. ALSO...THERE WERE 20
DAYS WITH FOG...AND THREE DAYS WITH DENSE FOG. THE AVERAGE WIND
SPEED FOR AUGUST 2008 WAS 2.8 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 41
MPH RECORDED ON THE 6TH.
LONDON RECORDED NO HEATING DEGREE DAYS LAST MONTH...OR THUS FAR THIS
SEASON...WHICH IS 2 HEATING DEGREE DAYS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH
AND SEASON. THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT TOTALED 294 COOLING DEGREE
DAYS FOR AUGUST 2008...WHICH IS 2 COOLING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL.
THE SEASON TOTAL IS NOW 982...WHICH IS 39 COOLING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE SEASON.
WEATHER RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON
KENTUCKY DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1ST 1981...WHILE CLIMATE RECORDS FOR
THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT BEGAN ON THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER 1954.
CARICO
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