Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
012 CXUS54 KLZK 031815 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1014 AM CST SAT FEB 03 2024 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 83 01/25/1950 LOW -8 01/12/1918 HIGHEST 74 01/30 50 24 77 01/11 LOWEST 1 01/17 31 -30 25 01/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.3 50.5 -2.2 58.6 AVG. MINIMUM 29.7 30.9 -1.2 39.6 MEAN 39.0 40.7 -1.7 49.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 1.5 2.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 16.5 1.5 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.04 1937 MINIMUM 0.25 2003 TOTALS 9.13 3.50 5.63 8.07 DAILY AVG. 0.29 0.11 0.18 0.26 DAYS >= .01 13 9.2 3.8 MM DAYS >= .10 9 MM DAYS >= .50 6 MM DAYS >= 1.00 5 0.7 4.3 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.66 01/22 TO 01/23 STORM TOTAL 2.59 (MM/DD(HH)) 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 3.7 1.1 2.6 T LIQUID EQUIV 0.40 0.20 0.20 T SINCE 7/1 3.7 1.7 2.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.37 0.10 0.27 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 3 0.5 2.5 2 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 01/16 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 796 754 42 494 SINCE 7/1 1682 2020 -338 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 7 SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 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 29/290 DATE 01/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/320 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 8 - 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 JANUARY 2023... .MONTHLY AVERAGE... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48.3 (-2.2) WAS THE 45TH COLDEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 29.7 (-1.2) TIED 1895 FOR THE 34TH COLDEST AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 39.0 (-1.7) TIED 1991 FOR THE 36TH COLDEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE FOR 0 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 16 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 15 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/15 COLDEST HIGH TEMP 20 IN 2024 26 IN 1927 1917 01/17 LOW TEMPERATURE 1 IN 2024 5 IN 1982 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 9.13 INCHES WAS THE 10TH WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2007. RAINFALL WAS 5.63 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/23 DAILY RAINFALL 2.59 IN 2024 1.31 IN 1939 .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 3.7 INCHES WAS THE 31ST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND SNOWIEST SINCE 2016. MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS 2.6 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/14 DAILY SNOWFALL 2.4 IN 2024 1.3 IN 1918 .ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE MONTH... A SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION OF ARCTIC AIR DURING THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY LED TO A THREE DAY PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, FROM JANUARY 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH. THE COLDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 1 ON THE MORNING OF THE 17TH TIES 1894 AS THE 8TH COLDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY. $$ 69/70