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From: fred (fp40ky{at}bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed Aug 03 2005 - 10:12:26 EDT
THE TREND OF DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS CONTINUED ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY FOR ANOTHER MONTH. THE WEATHER OFFICE NEAR JACKSON AND THE
LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT FINISHED JULY OVER A HALF AN INCH BELOW
NORMAL. BOTH LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FIVE OF
THE LAST SIX MONTHS...WITH ONLY APRIL OF 2005 WETTER. IN
FACT...SINCE MAY 1ST...JACKSON IS RUNNING 5.06 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL...WHILE LONDON IS 5.33 INCHES DRIER. BOTH LOCATIONS WERE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATUREWISE...WITH LONDON ONE DEGREE ABOVE
NORMAL...AND JACKSON OVER TWO DEGREES WARMER. BOTH LOCATIONS HAVE
ENDED FIVE OF THE SEVEN MONTHS THIS YEAR WITH ABOVE NORMAL READINGS.
ALSO OF NOTE...AFTER NOT SEEING 90 DEGREES LAST YEAR...THE JACKSON
WEATHER OFFICE HAS REACHED 90 OR HIGHER ON 9 DAYS THIS YEAR.
FURTHERMORE...LONDON HAS HIT THE 90 DEGREE PLATEAU 13 TIMES THUS FAR
IN 2005...AFTER NO 90 DEGREE READINGS IN 2003 OR 2004. ANNUALLY
JACKSON AVERAGES 14.8 DAYS OF SEEING 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE...WHILE
LONDON NORMALLY SEES 90 DEGREES ON 18 DAYS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON ENDED JULY 2005
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.2 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS 85.3 DEGREES...AND THE
AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 69.2 DEGREES. JULY 2005 WAS THE 6TH WARMEST
JULY ON RECORD AT JACKSON. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2005 WAS
94 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 26TH. ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
WAS TIED ON THE 27TH WITH A READING OF 91 DEGREES. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FROM LAST MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES...WHICH HAPPENED ON THE
8TH. NO LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED LAST MONTH. ONE
MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET ON THE 7TH WITH A READING OF
74 DEGREES. ON THE 11TH...A LOW OF 72 DEGREES SET A NEW MAXIMUM LOW
BENCHMARKS...AS DID THE 75 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 26TH. THREE
MAXIMUM LOW RECORDS WERE ALSO TIED LAST MONTH WITH READINGS OF 72
DEGREES ON THE 17TH AND 18TH...AND 71 DEGREES ON THE 25TH.
THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECEIVED 4.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN
JULY 2005...WHICH IS 0.51 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4.59 INCHES.
THIS AMOUNT MAKES JULY 2005 THE TENTH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD AT
JACKSON. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED...AND 10 DAYS WHEN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
MORE FELL. THERE WERE 3 DAYS WHEN AT LEAST A HALF INCH OF RAIN WAS
RECEIVED...AND 1 DAY WHEN MORE THAN ONE INCH FELL. THE DAY OF THE
1ST NETTED 1.11 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WAS THE MOST RAINFALL LOGGED
IN A SINGLE DAY LAST MONTH. IN ADDITION...THIS AMOUNT SET A DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR THAT DAY AND WAS ALSO THE GREATEST 24 HOUR
TOTAL. ANOTHER PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET OF THE 7TH WHEN 0.39
INCHES WAS RECEIVED. THE YEARLY TOTAL THROUGH THE END OF JULY IS NOW
28.50 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.33 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THUNDER WAS HEARD ON 10 DAYS LAST MONTH AT THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 10.8 DAYS FOR JULY.
THERE WERE 25 DAYS WITH FOG...12 OF WHICH FEATURED DENSE FOG. JULY
NORMALLY AVERAGES 8.7 DAYS OF DENSE FOG. 18,936 MINUTES OF SUNSHINE
WERE RECORDED LAST MONTH WHICH IS 70 PERCENT OF ALL POSSIBLE
SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR JULY WAS 2.6 MPH
AND THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 40 MPH WAS RECORDED ON THE 27TH.
JULY 2005 HAD 386 COOLING DEGREE DAYS...WHICH IS 76 COOLING DEGREE
DAYS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE DAY
TOTAL IS NOW 784...WHICH IS 162 COOLING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE SEASON. THE NEW HEATING DEGREE SEASON BEGAN ON JULY 1ST...WITH
NO HEATING DEGREE DAYS RECORDED LAST MONTH...WHICH IS NORMAL.
Sincerely Yours,
Frederick Plappert
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