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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
446 AM EST SUN DEC 1 2013

...CHILLY AND SNOWY NOVEMBER ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...

NOVEMBER 2013 TURNED OUT TO BE COLD THROUGHOUT THE COAL FIELDS. THE
JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE FINISHED LAST MONTH OVER FOUR DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL...WHILE THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT WAS NEARLY FOUR DEGREES
COOLER. IN FACT...IT WAS THE 6TH COLDEST NOVEMBER AT JACKSON. DRY
CONDITIONS ALSO EXISTED AS WELL...WITH BOTH JACKSON AND LONDON
NEARLY AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. ALSO OF NOTE...LAST MONTH WAS THE
SECOND SNOWIEST NOVEMBER AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE. NO SNOWFALL
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON FINISHED NOVEMBER
2013 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 44.2 DEGREES...WHICH IS 4.2
DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 48.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS
54.2 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 34.1 DEGREES. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER 2013 WAS 73 DEGREES...AND OCCURRED
ON THE 6TH. NO HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED LAST MONTH.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FROM NOVEMBER 2013 WAS 16 DEGREES ON THE
28TH...AND SET A DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD. THERE WERE ALSO TWO
OTHER LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS LAST MONTH...17 DEGREES ON THE 24TH
AND 20 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WERE TWO MINIMUM
HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD SET...30 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 37 DEGREES
ON THE 26TH. THE READING ON THE 24TH ALSO TIED THREE OTHER DAYS FOR
THE MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER AS WELL.

THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECEIVED 3.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN
NOVEMBER 2013...WHICH IS 0.95 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE TEN
DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED...AND SIX 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 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH. THE DAY OF THE 26TH NETTED 0.96
INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WAS THE GREATEST DAILY AMOUNT FOR NOVEMBER.
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECEIVED IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS
1.00 INCH FROM THE 26TH TO THE 27TH. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE
TIED OR SET LAST MONTH. THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL THROUGH THE
END OF NOVEMBER IS 49.63 INCHES...WHICH IS 5.47 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THE YEAR. EVEN THOUGH SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER WERE OVER FOUR
INCHES DRIER THAN NORMAL...THE CURRENT JANUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER
TOTAL AT JACKSON IS STILL THE 10TH GREATEST. IN FACT...THE AVERAGE
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR JACKSON IS 48.34 INCHES. NOVEMBER
2013 WAS THE SECOND SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AT JACKSON WITH 2.8
INCHES. THE SNOWIEST NOVEMBER WAS 5.1 INCHES FROM 1995. SNOWFALL
RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 25TH WITH 0.2 INCHES...THE 26TH WITH A 0.3
INCHES...AND ON THE 27TH WITH 1.4 INCHES. TWO DAILY RECORDS WERE
TIED WITH TRACE AMOUNTS ON THE 23RD AND 24TH.

THUNDER WAS HEARD ON ONE DAY AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE...WHICH
EQUALS THE NORMAL FOR NOVEMBER. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH FOG...TWO
OF WHICH FEATURED DENSE FOG. NOVEMBER NORMALLY AVERAGES 3.6 DAYS OF
DENSE FOG. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR NOVEMBER WAS 4.2 MPH...AND THE
HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 47 MPH WAS RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 1ST. THE MEAN
WIND SPEED FOR NOVEMBER IS TYPICALLY 5.8 MPH.

THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECORDED 617 HEATING DEGREE DAYS LAST
MONTH...WHICH IS 114 ABOVE NORMAL FOR NOVEMBER. THE SEASONAL TOTAL
IS NOW 887...WHICH IS 87 HEATING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL. JACKSON
ACCUMULATED NO COOLING DEGREE DAYS LAST MONTH...WHICH IS 4 COOLING
DEGREE DAYS BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL FOR THE COOLING DEGREE DAY
SEASON REMAINS AT 1069...WHICH IS 85 COOLING DEGREE DAYS BELOW
NORMAL.

AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.0
DEGREES...WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 47.6 DEGREES FOR
NOVEMBER. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS 55.3 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE
DAILY LOW WAS 32.6 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FROM NOVEMBER
2013 WAS 73 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 6TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FROM LAST MONTH WAS 16 DEGREES...WHICH HAPPENED ON THE
8TH. NO HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT LONDON
LAST MONTH.

THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT RECORDED 2.78 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN
NOVEMBER 2013...WHICH IS 1.05 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE TEN
DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE FELL...AND SIX 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 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH.
THE GREATEST DAILY AMOUNT WAS 1.04 INCHES ON THE 26TH. THE GREATEST
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECEIVED IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.09 INCHES
FROM THE 25TH THROUGH THE 26TH. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR
TIED AT LONDON LAST MONTH. THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL THROUGH
THE END OF NOVEMBER IS 49.98 INCHES...WHICH IS 7.08 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. LONDON NORMALLY AVERAGES 47.14 INCHES ANNUALLY.
NO SNOWFALL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT.

LONDON HAD NO DAYS WITH THUNDER LAST MONTH. ALSO...THERE WERE 13
DAYS WITH FOG...AND ONE DAY WITH DENSE FOG. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED
FOR NOVEMBER 2013 WAS 4.9 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 43 MPH
RECORDED ON THE 17TH.

THERE WERE 623 HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT LONDON LAST MONTH...WHICH IS
99 ABOVE NORMAL. THE SEASONAL HEATING DEGREE DAY TOTAL IS NOW
867...WHICH IS 37 ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. NO COOLING DEGREE
DAYS WERE TALLIED AT LONDON DURING NOVEMBER...WHICH IS 2 BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE DAY TOTAL IS
1083...107 BELOW NORMAL.

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.

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CARICO
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
