Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 091545 CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1040 AM CDT SAT SEP 09 2023 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 08/03/2011 08/30/2000 LOW 53 08/29/1986 HIGHEST 103 08/25 93 10 103 08/15 08/26 LOWEST 63 08/31 72 -9 60 08/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 94.0 90.7 3.3 90.4 AVG. MINIMUM 73.0 70.8 2.2 71.1 MEAN 83.5 80.8 2.7 80.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 24 20.8 3.2 21 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.43 1991 MINIMUM 0.01 2007 TOTALS 1.57 3.57 -2.00 2.03 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.12 -0.07 0.07 DAYS >= .01 9 7.5 1.5 7 DAYS >= .10 3 2 DAYS >= .50 1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.69 08/07 TO 08/07 STORM TOTAL 0.69 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 586 488 98 496 SINCE 1/1 1827 1644 183 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && .MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94.0 (+3.3) WAS TIED FOR THE 11TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2011. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 73.0 (+2.2) WAS THE 15TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 83.5 (+2.7) WAS THE 14TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2010. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES BY AN AMOUNT OF 2 TO 3 DEGREES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 2 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 21 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 8 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... RECORD HIGHS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 08/24 HIGH TEMPERATURE 101 IN 2023 100 IN 1978 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.57 (-2.00) WAS THE 13TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2007. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... NO DAILY SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED. .DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE MONTH... THERE WERE 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER DURING THE MONTH. IN TOTAL, 8 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WERE 100 DEGREES OR GREATER. $$ 70