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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
935 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2012

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...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2012 TO 11/30/2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             106   09/03/1939
                        09/05/1913
                        09/04/1913
 LOW                5   11/14/1908
HIGHEST            99   09/04        69      30       97  09/01
                        09/03
LOWEST             25   11/27        48     -23       28  11/30
                                                          11/17
AVG. MAXIMUM     71.1              69.8     1.3     69.9
AVG. MINIMUM     47.4              47.9    -0.5     47.6
MEAN             59.3              58.9     0.4     58.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      7               3.3     3.7        5
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     15               9.4     5.6        4
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        23.75   2009
 MINIMUM         2.47   1999
TOTALS           6.43             11.98   -5.55    11.75
DAILY AVG.       0.07              0.13   -0.06     0.13
DAYS >= .01        22              29.5    -7.5       21
DAYS >= .10        14                                 17
DAYS >= .50         6                                  7
DAYS >= 1.00        1               3.5    -2.5        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.62   10/12 TO 10/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            8.5   1951
 24 HR TOTAL      8.0   10/27/1913 TO 10/27/1913
 SNOW DEPTH         8   10/27/1913
TOTALS            0.0               0.5    -0.5        T
 LIQUID EQUIV    0.00              0.10   -0.10        T
SINCE 7/1         0.0
 LIQUID 7/1      0.00              0.00    0.00       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0        0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               1.0    -1.0        1
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     752               763     -11      696
 SINCE 7/1        752               764     -12      696
COOLING TOTAL     242               204      38      151
 SINCE 1/1       1961              1416     545     1863

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/13/1902
 LATEST       05/17/1912
EARLIEST                        10/29
LATEST                          04/04
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    26/170    DATE  11/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/240    DATE  09/01

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           64
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     64

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               10     RAIN                      13
LIGHT RAIN               29     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      26     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
HAZE                     17

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

&&

...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR HARRISON FOR FALL 2012...

.SUMMARY...
THE FALL SEASON STARTED OUT ON A WARM NOTE... WITH TEMPERATURES
NEARLY REACHING THE CENTURY MARK IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...
BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK... 90-DEGREE DAYS WERE OVER AND
TEMPERATURES COOLED DOWN. A MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLDOWN OCCURRED IN
EARLY OCTOBER...WHEN DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. BY THE END OF
OCTOBER...THE FIRST FREEZE HAD OCCURRED.

THROUGHOUT THE SEASON...THE LOW TEMPERATURES...ON AVERAGE...HAVE
BEEN THE COOLEST IN FOUR YEARS. HOWEVER...THE HIGHS HAVE BEEN THE
WARMEST IN TWO YEARS.

.SEASONAL TEMPERATURES...
THE SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2010. THE
SEASONAL LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2008. THE AVERAGE
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2010.

THE LAST 90-DEGREE DAY WAS SEPTEMBER 7TH...WHICH IS TEN DAYS EARLIER
THAN THE AVERAGE LAST 90-DEGREE DAY.

THE FIRST FREEZE WAS ON OCTOBER 27TH...WHICH WAS SEVEN DAYS LATER
THAN THE AVERAGE FIRST FREEZE DATE. IT WAS THE EARLIEST FIRST FREEZE
SINCE 2009.

.NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES...
AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...7 (MOST SINCE 2005)
AT OR BELOW FREEZING...15 (MOST SINCE 2008)

.RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE DRIEST FALL SINCE 2007...AND THE 22ND DRIEST ON RECORD.

.SNOWFALL...
FOR THE FIRST FALL SINCE 2007...NO SNOW FELL.

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