Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 051712 AAC CLALIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1110 AM CST SUN FEB 05 2023 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... 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 114 08/03/2011 LOW -12 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 104 08/15 73 31 100 09/01 LOWEST 2 12/23 52 -50 -1 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.1 72.3 2.8 73.2 AVG. MINIMUM 53.0 51.1 1.9 52.6 MEAN 64.0 61.7 2.3 62.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 98 76.4 21.6 66 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 3.1 -1.1 8 DAYS MIN <= 32 63 50.1 12.9 47 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 81.79 2009 MINIMUM 28.26 1963 TOTALS 48.29 50.42 -2.13 43.71 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.14 -0.01 0.12 DAYS >= .01 96 105.9 -9.9 116 DAYS >= .10 62 71.3 -9.3 74 DAYS >= .50 31 34.2 -3.2 37 DAYS >= 1.00 13 14.6 -1.6 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.30 03/21 TO 03/22 3.13 06/07 TO 06/08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 32.6 1960 24 HR TOTAL 13.0 01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893 SNOW DEPTH 15 02/18/2021 TOTALS 6.1 3.8 2.3 20.3 LIQUID EQUIV 0.60 0.40 0.20 2.00 SINCE 7/1 0.1 0.6 -0.5 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.01 0.00 0.01 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= TRACE 16 2.2 13.8 7 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.1 0.9 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 03/12 15 02/18 24 HR TOTAL 3.3 03/11 TO 03/11 11.8 02/17 TO 02/17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2798 3165 -367 2803 SINCE 7/1 1099 1264 -165 MM COOLING TOTAL 2576 1989 587 2164 SINCE 1/1 2576 1990 586 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/12 LATEST 03/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/320 DATE 05/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/250 DATE 09/24 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 105 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 120 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 79 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 65 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 44 RAIN 55 LIGHT RAIN 117 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SLEET 10 FOG 114 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 18 HAZE 72 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A REVIEW OF 2022 WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD... SUMMARY ===================================================================== .YEARLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 75.1 WAS THE 6TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 53.0 WAS TIED FOR THE 50TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2017. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.0 WAS THE 12TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES OCCURRED ON AUG 15TH, WHICH WAS THE HOTTEST READING SINCE 2016 AND TIED FOR 32TH HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 18 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 9TH MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2012. THERE WERE 98 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 6TH MOST 90 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2010. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF 2 DEGREES OCCURRED ON DEC 23TH, WHICH WAS THE COLDEST READING SINCE 2021 AND TIED FOR THE 17TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 63 DAYS WITH LOWS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 19TH MOST AND THE MOST SINCE 2014. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 25TH FEWEST DAYS AND THE LEAST SINCE 2020. THE ANNUAL RANGE, OR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEARLY MAXIMUM AND YEARLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 102 DEGREES. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON NOV 12TH AND THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON MAR 13TH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST SEP 24TH: 56 MPH/250 DEGREES. .YEARLY RAINFALL... THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 48.29 INCHES WAS THE 69TH WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2020. .YEARLY SNOWFALL... THE YEARLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 6.1 INCHES WAS TIED FOR THE 46TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND SNOWIEST SINCE 2021. ====================================================================== PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL DATA LISTED BELOW IS PRELIMINARY UNTIL FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. (DFN = DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL) 2022 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMESLITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES MONTH HIGH LOW MONTHLY DFNMAX DATE(S) MINDATE(S) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JAN 54.729.7 42.2 +1.572 13 1722 FEB 57.032.544.8 0.172 17/11 2313/06/05 MAR 67.742.755.2 +2.582 06 2612 APR 74.052.263.1 +1.785 29/24 3301 MAY 83.763.673.7 +3.897 13 5301 JUN 90.770.980.8 +2.8100 25/22 6103 JUL 97.076.186.6 +5.2103 26 7115/11 AUG 91.572.982.2 +1.4104 15 6719/14 SEP 89.964.877.3 +3.3101 21 5130/29 OCT 78.652.165.4 +2.892 15 3319 NOV 62.341.852.0 +0.983 09 2521/17 DEC 53.936.545.2 +2.274 29 223 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANNUAL75.153.064.0 +2.3104 AUG 15 2DEC 23 2022 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMESLITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHRAINFALL DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOURS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JAN 4.31 +0.81 1.75/09TH 2.38/08TH-09TH FEB 5.30 +1.33 2.07/17TH 2.07/17TH MAR 6.29 +1.33 2.93/22ND 3.30/21ST-22ND APR 5.24 -0.35 1.49/13TH 1.59/12TH-13TH MAY 4.91 -0.17 0.84/05TH 1.50/21ST-22ND JUN 4.22 +0.67 1.50/06TH 1.55/01ST-02ND JUL 3.22 -0.11 0.90/27TH 1.44/27TH-28TH AUG 1.40 -1.76 1.06/17TH 1.06/17TH SEP 0.63 -2.38 0.22/24TH 0.29/24TH-25TH OCT 2.22 -2.25 1.08/29TH 1.09/29TH-30TH NOV 4.40 -0.32 1.96/24TH 2.01/23TH-24TH DEC 6.15 +1.07 2.61/13TH 2.62/12TH-13TH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANNUAL48.29 -2.13 2.93 MAR 22 3.30 MAR 21-22 2022 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMESLITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHSNOWDFNMAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOUR GREATEST DEPTH/DATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JAN 0.6 -0.50.6/15TH 0.6/15TH 1/15TH-16TH FEB 2.1 +0.52.1/03RD2.1/03RD 2/03RD-04TH MAR 3.3 +2.83.3/11TH3.3/11TH 3/12TH APR 0.0 0.00.0 0.0 0 OCT 0.0 0.00.0 0.0 0 NOV T 0.0T/12TH/14THT/12TH/14TH 0 DEC 0.1 -0.50.1/22ND0.1/22ND 0 —----------------------------------------------------------------------- ANN.6.1 +2.33.3 MAR 113.3 MAR 113 MAR 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.) LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 63 DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW ZERO 00 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 02 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES 98 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES 18 LAST FREEZE MARCH 13TH FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY MARCH 2ND FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY MAY 9TH LAST 90-DEGREE DAY OCTOBER 15TH LAST 80-DEGREE DAY NOVEMBER 9TH FIRST FREEZE NOVEMBER 12TH DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATERECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/09HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 2022 90 IN 2007 05/10HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 2022 90 IN 1973, 1962 05/11HIGH TEMPERATURE 94 IN 2022 91 IN 1880 05/12HIGH TEMPERATURE 94 IN 2022 92 IN 1998, 1987, 1962 05/13HIGH TEMPERATURE 97 IN 2022 93 IN 1962 06/22HIGH TEMPERATURE 100 IN 2022 100 IN 1988, 1954 07/26HIGH TEMPERATURE 103 IN 2022 103 IN 2012 08/15HIGH TEMPERATURE 104 IN 2022 104 IN 2007, 1954, 1943 08/17COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE77 IN 2022 77 IN 1981 09/21HIGH TEMPERATURE 101 IN 2022 100 IN 2005 09/24HIGH TEMPERATURE 98 IN 2022 94 IN 2016, 1961, 1907 11/09HIGH TEMPERATURE 83 IN 2022 82 IN 2005 DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATERECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PERVIOUS RECORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/16WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE69 IN 2022 69 IN 1956 04/22WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE69 IN 2022 69 IN 1925, 2001 05/19WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE73 IN 2022 73 IN 1896 06/15WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE78 IN 2022 78 IN 2016, 1925 07/09WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE81 IN 2022 79 IN 1998 07/20WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE83 IN 2022 81 IN 2016 07/26WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE80 IN 2022 80 IN 2016,1925,1912,1897 10/19LOW TEMPERATURE 33 IN 2022 33 IN 1989 DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATENEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/222.93 IN 20221.09 IN 1948 DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATENEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/113.3 IN 2022 T IN 1948, 1932 11/12T IN 2022 T IN 2018 $$ 70