Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
851 CXUS54 KLZK 121048 AAC CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 545 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2024 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 03/31/1974 LOW 11 03/03/1943 HIGHEST 81 03/14 64 17 83 03/23 03/04 LOWEST 32 03/19 43 -11 26 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.2 63.7 5.5 65.6 AVG. MINIMUM 48.3 41.8 6.5 46.5 MEAN 58.7 52.7 6.0 56.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 3.8 -2.8 3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.33 2016 MINIMUM 0.52 1925 TOTALS 5.98 4.96 1.02 8.44 DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.16 0.03 0.27 DAYS >= .01 9 10.5 -1.5 11 DAYS >= .10 6 10 DAYS >= .50 4 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.5 -0.5 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.14 03/14 TO 03/15 STORM TOTAL 3.59 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 12.0 1875 24 HR TOTAL 12.0 03/06/1875 TO 03/06/1875 SNOW DEPTH 8 03/17/1892 TOTALS 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 3.7 3.8 -0.1 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.37 0.30 0.07 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.4 -0.4 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 219 391 -172 290 SINCE 7/1 2206 2979 -773 MM COOLING TOTAL 31 11 20 21 SINCE 1/1 48 13 35 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/01 LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/170 DATE 03/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/170 DATE 03/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && .ADDITIONAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR MARCH 2024... .MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69.2 (+5.5) WAS THE 13TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2012. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 48.3 (+6.5) WAS THE 16TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2012. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 58.7 (+6.0) WAS THE 15TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2012. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE FIVE TO SIX DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 1 DAY. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 25 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 5 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 5.98 INCHES WAS THE 42ND WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2023. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS 1.02 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 03/14 3.59 IN 2024 2.04 IN 1982 .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED. THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS 0.5 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .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