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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1039 AM CST WED JAN 2 2013

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...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             114   08/03/2011
 LOW              -12   02/12/1899
HIGHEST           111   07/30        73      38      114  08/03
LOWEST             19   12/27        52     -33       10  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     76.9              72.9     4.0     74.6
AVG. MINIMUM     54.6              52.5     2.1     53.2
MEAN             65.8              62.7     3.1     63.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     94              69.2    24.8       97
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               4.0    -4.0        8
DAYS MIN <= 32     36              50.6   -14.6       45
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        81.79   2009
 MINIMUM        28.26   1963
TOTALS          42.25             49.75   -7.50    60.23
DAILY AVG.       0.12              0.14   -0.02     0.17
DAYS >= .01        89             105.7   -16.7       94
DAYS >= .10        59              71.1   -12.1       60
DAYS >= .50        30              33.3    -3.3       34
DAYS >= 1.00       14              14.4    -0.4       17
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    5.09   03/20 TO 03/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           32.6   1960
 24 HR TOTAL     13.0   01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893
 SNOW DEPTH        15   01/21/1918
TOTALS           10.9               3.5     7.4     16.2
 LIQUID EQUIV    1.09              0.40    0.69     1.62
SINCE 7/1        10.3               0.2    10.1      1.6
 LIQUID 7/1      1.03                MM      MM     0.16
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 T       0        0
DAYS >= TRACE       4               1.7     2.3       14
DAYS >= 1.0         2               0.9     1.1        4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   12/26
 24 HR TOTAL     10.3   12/25 TO 12/26

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2250              3053    -803     2803
 SINCE 7/1         MM              1197      MM       MM
COOLING TOTAL    2637              2206     431     2539
 SINCE 1/1       2637              2206     431     2539

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        11/13
LATEST                          03/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/280    DATE  09/07
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/290    DATE  09/07

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          112
NUMBER OF DAYS PC            169
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         85


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               35     RAIN                      48
LIGHT RAIN              112     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW                4     SLEET                      2
FOG                     127     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     18
HAZE                     39

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR 2012...

2012 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR SINCE 1998...AND THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD.
WHILE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE EXCESSIVELY WARM...AND WITHIN THE TOP TEN
WARMEST ON RECORD...HIGH TEMPERATURES LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2012
EXCESSIVE WARMTH.

FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER...THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 17 DAILY RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES...COMPARED WITH SEVEN DURING 2011. FROM JANUARY THROUGH
SEPTEMBER...THE TEMPERATURE DURING EACH MONTH WAS ABOVE THE 30-YEAR
MONTHLY AVERAGE. THE HIGHEST DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL WAS DURING MARCH...WITH
A DIFFERENCE OF NEARLY 11 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. COOLER
THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE NOTED DURING THE FALL...PARTICULARLY
IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. HOWEVER...BY EARLY DECEMBER...WARM
TEMPERATURES HAD RETURNED. MUCH COOLER WEATHER CAME LATE IN THE
MONTH.

2012 WAS THE DRIEST YEAR SINCE 2010...BUT NOT IN THE TOP TEN DRIEST YEARS
ON RECORD. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN FEBRUARY...AND EVEN EXCESSIVE IN
MARCH. HOWEVER...BY MAY...DROUGHT DEVELOPED IN MUCH OF THE STATE...AND
LITTLE ROCK WAS NOT EXEMPT. EXCESSIVELY DRY WEATHER CONTINUED INTO AUGUST...
WHEN THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISAAC PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL. BY OCTOBER...
HOWEVER...RAINFALL DECREASED AGAIN...WITH OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER BELOW AVERAGE.
DECEMBER RAINFALL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE.

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW...SNOWFALL WAS WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE. SNOW FELL IN TWO MONTHS...FEBRUARY AND DECEMBER.

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