Likely To Be the Tenth Wettest December on Record in Jackson

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
656 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008

 

…LIKELY TO BE THE TENTH WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN JACKSON…

IF THE FORECAST HOLDS, JACKSONIANS ARE FINISHED WITH PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH AND THE YEAR. HERE IS A LOOK AT HOW THE MONTH AND 2008 SHOULD END AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION IS CONCERNED:

…FOR DECEMBER 2008…

TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS 8.21″. THIS OFFICIALLY MAKES DECEMBER 2008 THE 10TH WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN JACKSON.

IT MUST BE NOTED THAT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND JACKSON RECEIVED MORE THAN NINE INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. AMONG THE WETTEST LOCATIONS FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND COCORAHS NETWORK:

JACKSON 4.3 N (COCORAHS)- 9.54″
JACKSON 4.0 NE (COOP-COCORAHS) – 9.40″
GADSDEN 4.9 SSE (COCORAHS) – 9.39″
JACKSON 5.0 SSE (COOP-COCORAHS) – 9.12″

…2008 PRECIPITATION…

MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 55.28″ FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS EXACTLY ONE-HALF INCH (0.50″) ABOVE AVERAGE. SOME OTHER PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2008:

JACKSON 5.0 SSE (COOP-COCORAHS) – 59.56″
JACKSON EXP STA (COOP) – 59.24″
JACKSON 4.0 NE (COOP-COCORAHS) – 56.03″

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