ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
815 PM CST SAT JAN 03 2009
…2008 GOES DOWN IN THE CLIMATE RECORDS AS “AVERAGE”….
BY THE TIME ALL OF THE NUMBER-CRUNCHING WAS COMPLETED FOR THE YEAR, 2008 COULD BE HELD UP AS AN AVERAGE YEAR IN THE CLIMATE RECORDS OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE. AS FAR AS THE WEATHER WAS CONCERNED IN 2008 IT WAS CERTAINLY A MEMORY-MAKER ESPECIALLY WITH SEVERE WEATHER. BELOW IS A SUMMARY FROM MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS:
…TEMPERATURE DATA…
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 59.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS ONLY 0.7 DEG BELOW THE AVERAGE. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 99 DEG ON JULY 29TH AND THE LOWEST WAS 9 DEG ON JANUARY 3RD. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 70.9 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 48.1 DEG. WE HAD 54 DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE. THAT IS 9 FEWER THAN WE TYPICALLY HAVE. WE ACCUMULATED 93 DAYS IN WHICH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEG OR COLDER. THAT IS 20 MORE DAYS THAT WE GENERALLY EXPERIENCE. THERE WERE 5 DAYS IN WHICH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE NEVER GOT ABOVE FREEZING. USUALLY WE’LL HAVE 7.
…PRECIPITATION DATA…
WE ENDED THE YEAR ONLY A HALF-INCH (0.50″) ABOVE AVERAGE IN THE PRECIPIATION COLUMN. THE TOTAL FOR 2008 WAS 55.28 INCHES. THE GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL WAS ON DECEMBER 9TH-10TH WHEN 3.92″ OCCURED. WE HAD 5.0 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE YEAR. THAT IS 3.4 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE.
…MISCELLANEOUS DATA…
THE HIGHEST WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT WAS 51 MPH ON MAY 26TH.
WE HAD 53 CLOUDY DAYS AND 68 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS.
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