Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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000 CXUS54 KLZK 020829 CLSLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 229 AM CST THU DEC 02 2021 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 09/03/2000 09/01/2000 LOW 14 11/29/1976 HIGHEST 96 09/01 74 22 89 09/11 09/04 09/09 09/10 LOWEST 29 11/26 54 -25 31 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.9 72.4 1.5 71.9 AVG. MINIMUM 54.6 53.0 1.6 53.7 MEAN 64.3 62.7 1.6 62.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 9.7 -5.7 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 3.3 -1.3 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 13.89 12.36 1.53 8.81 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.14 0.01 0.10 DAYS >= .01 22 23.6 -1.6 MM DAYS >= .10 14 15.9 -1.9 MM DAYS >= .50 5 8.0 -3.0 8 DAYS >= 1.00 3 4.0 -1.0 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 5.78 1MM02 TO 10/03 1.80 STORM TOTAL 5.27 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 4.0 1983 24 HR TOTAL 4.0 11/26/1980 TO 11/26/1980 SNOW DEPTH 4 11/27/1980 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.2 -0.2 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 0.0 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 509 571 -62 491 SINCE 7/1 509 572 -63 491 COOLING TOTAL 469 363 106 308 SINCE 1/1 2026 2008 18 1402 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 04/21 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/340 DATE 10/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/150 DATE 10/11 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 29 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR FALL 2021... .SUMMARY... THE SEASON FINISHED WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THE THIRD FALL IN A ROW. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED ON THE 4TH AND 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, WHEN THE MERCURY HIT 96 DEGREES. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS WITH 90-DEGREE READINGS, WHICH WAS THE MOST IN TWO YEARS, BUT STILL WELL BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGE OF TEN. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 29, WHICH WAS RECORDED IN THE FINAL DAYS OF NOVEMBER. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH WAS BELOW AVERAGE, BUT WAS THE MOST FREEZING DAYS IN FALL IN TWO YEARS. THE LAST 90-DEGREE DAYS WAS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH WAS THE LATEST SINCE 2019. THE LAST 80-DEGREE DAY, PRELIMINARILY, WAS ON OCTOBER 24TH, WHICH WAS THE LATEST SINCE 2019. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 13TH, WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST IN TWO YEARS. .SEASONAL AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH, LOW, AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WERE ALL THE WARMEST IN FOUR YEARS (SINCE 2017). .SEASONAL RAINFALL... THANKS TO OCTOBER, FALL ENDED UP BEING ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF RAINFALL. THIS WAS THE WETTEST FALL IN TWO YEARS (SINCE 2019). .SEASONAL SNOWFALL... FOR THE SECOND FALL IN A ROW, THERE WAS NO SNOWFALL RECORDED. .MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA... OCT. 2ND - THIS WAS THE WETTEST CALENDAR DAY AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE NOVEMBER 18, 1988, AND THE 2ND WETTEST CALENDAR DAY, AND FALL DAY ON RECORD. ONLY NOVEMBER 18, 1988 WAS WETTER, WITH 7.01 INCHES. OCT. 28 - THE PRESSURE FELL TO 29.33 INCHES. THIS WAS THE LOWEST RECORDED PRESSURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE JANUARY 2017. IT ALSO BROKE THE RECORD FOR LOWEST PRESSURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOWEST PRESSURE FOR OCTOBER WAS 29.35 INCHES, WHICH WAS SET ON OCTOBER 16, 2006. LOOKING AT ALL PRESSURE DATA SINCE THE NWS OFFICE MOVED TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK IN LATE 1975, THIS MOST RECENTLY TIED JANUARY 22, 2017 FOR THE 11TH LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD. $$ 57