Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 050126 CLSLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 726 PM CST THU MAR 04 2021 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 02/25/1918 LOW -12 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 76 02/28 MM MM 74 02/02 LOWEST 02/16 MM MM 22 02/14 01/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.3 52.6 -2.3 54.8 AVG. MINIMUM 31.5 33.1 -1.6 35.9 MEAN 40.9 42.8 -1.9 45.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 9 3.9 5.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 46 42.7 3.3 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 0.0 1.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 12.28 12.18 0.10 14.48 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.14 0.00 0.16 DAYS >= .01 34 27.7 6.3 MM DAYS >= .10 20 17.7 2.3 MM DAYS >= .50 10 8.5 1.5 MM DAYS >= 1.00 3 3.3 -0.3 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.94 12/31 TO 12/31 3.51 01/10 TO 01/11 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 20.0 1918 24 HR TOTAL 13.0 01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893 SNOW DEPTH 15 01/21/1918 TOTALS 20.3R 3.1 17.2 T LIQUID EQUIV 2.00 0.30 1.70 T SINCE 7/1 20.3 3.1 17.2 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.03 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= TRACE 9 1.4 7.6 4 DAYS >= 1.0 2 0.8 1.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15R 02/18 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 11.8 02/17 TO 02/17 T 02/20 TO 02/20 02/06 TO 02/06 01/22 TO 01/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2131 1999 132 1759 SINCE 7/1 2631 2514 117 2461 COOLING TOTAL 0 3 -3 0 SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 0 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/30 LATEST 02/27 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 12/23 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 26 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 40 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 29 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SLEET 4 FOG 47 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR WINTER 2020-2021... .SUMMARY... THE WINTER STARTED OUT AND CONTINUED WARMER THAN AVERAGE UNTIL FEBRUARY. FOR THE SEASON AS A WHOLE, THE AVERAGE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WERE BOTH CLOSE TO TWO DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR MEAN. THIS MADE IT THE COLDEST WINTER IN SEVEN YEARS. RAINFALL WAS VERY CLOSE TO AVERAGE, WITH THE WETTEST MONTH BEING FEBRUARY AND THE DRIEST BEING JANUARY. FOR THE FIRST WINTER IN THREE YEARS, MEASURABLE SNOW FELL, AND IT WAS EXCESSIVE. THIS WAS THE SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE 1965-1966, AND WAS THE 4TH SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. $$ 57