Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
073 CXUS54 KLZK 022237 AAB CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 535 PM CDT THU NOV 02 2023 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 98 10/15/2015 LOW 27 10/30/1917 HIGHEST 95 10/01 75 20 92 10/15 LOWEST 34 10/31 52 -18 33 10/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.2 74.2 4.0 78.6 AVG. MINIMUM 56.6 50.9 5.7 52.1 MEAN 67.4 62.6 4.8 65.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 0.8 2.2 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.56 2009 MINIMUM 0.01 1944 TOTALS 5.24 4.47 0.77 2.22 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.14 0.03 0.07 DAYS >= .01 7 8.1 -1.1 6 DAYS >= .10 5 3 DAYS >= .50 3 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.4 0.6 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.66 10/28 TO 10/29 STORM TOTAL 2.44 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2017 24 HR TOTAL T 10/27/2017 TO 10/27/2017 10/29/1993 TO 10/30/1993 10/29/1993 TO 10/30/1925 SNOW DEPTH T 10/30/1993 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 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 73 145 -72 87 SINCE 7/1 73 156 -83 MM COOLING TOTAL 157 69 88 106 SINCE 1/1 2676 1982 694 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/150 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/320 DATE 10/16 32/150 10/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.48 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 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 78.2 (+4.0) WAS THE 18TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2022. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 56.6 (+5.7) WAS TIED FOR THE 18TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.4 (+4.8) WAS TIED FOR THE 12TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES BY AN AMOUNT OF 4 TO 6 DEGREES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE FOR 1 DAY. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 21 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 9 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... RECORD HIGHS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 10/01 HIGH TEMPERATURE 95 IN 2023 94 IN 1953 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 5.24 (+0.77) WAS TIED FOR THE 28TH WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2019. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... RECORD RAINFALL DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 10/28 2.44 IN 2023 2.36 IN 2020 .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... NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH. $$ 70