Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 091537 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 09 2023 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 08/03/2011 LOW 52 08/29/1986 08/29/1967 08/28/1967 HIGHEST 107 08/26 92 15 104 08/15 LOWEST 65 08/17 71 -6 67 08/19 08/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 95.7 91.5 4.2 91.5 AVG. MINIMUM 75.3 70.1 5.2 72.9 MEAN 85.5 80.8 4.7 82.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 26 22.0 4.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.46 1966 MINIMUM 0.00 1995 TOTALS 1.81 3.16 -1.35 1.40 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04 0.05 DAYS >= .01 7 7.2 -0.2 8 DAYS >= .10 4 2 DAYS >= .50 3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.01 08/07 TO 08/08 STORM TOTAL 0.53 (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 645 490 155 546 SINCE 1/1 2090 1632 458 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/320 DATE 08/06 30/320 08/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/340 DATE 08/06 37/340 08/07 37/220 08/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - 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 95.7 (+4.2) WAS THE 12TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2010. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 75.3 (+5.2) WAS THE 5TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.5 (+4.7) WAS THE 8TH 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 4 TO 5 DEGREES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE FOR 0 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 25 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 6 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... RECORD HIGHS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 08/25 HIGH TEMPERATURE 103 IN 2023 103 IN 1943 08/26 HIGH TEMPERATURE 107 IN 2023 106 IN 2000 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.81 (-1.35) WAS THE 43RD DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2022. .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, 10 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WERE 100 DEGREES OR GREATER. $$ 70