Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
846 CXUS54 KLZK 151921 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1048 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... 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 81 12/26/2015 LOW -1 12/23/1989 12/24/1963 HIGHEST 69 12/01 53 16 74 12/29 LOWEST 29 12/19 34 -5 2 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.8 52.6 7.2 53.9 AVG. MINIMUM 37.9 33.3 4.6 36.5 MEAN 48.8 43.0 5.8 45.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 13.4 -6.4 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.92 1884 MINIMUM 0.14 1889 TOTALS 1.40 5.08 -3.68 6.15 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.16 -0.11 0.20 DAYS >= .01 5 9.5 -4.5 13 DAYS >= .10 3 8 DAYS >= .50 1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.5 -1.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.21 11/30 TO 12/01 STORM TOTAL 0.79 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.3 2012 24 HR TOTAL 10.3 12/25/2012 TO 12/26/2012 SNOW DEPTH 10 12/26/2012 TOTALS 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.1 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.02 -0.02 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.3 -0.3 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 496 684 -188 611 SINCE 7/1 886 1264 -378 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 3 SINCE 1/1 2695 1990 705 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/01 LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/020 DATE 12/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/010 DATE 12/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.48 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && .MONTHLY AVERAGE... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59.8 (+7.2) WAS THE 5TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37.9 (+4.6) WAS THE 33RD HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 48.8 (+5.8) WAS THE 15TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES BY AN AMOUNT OF 4 TO 7 DEGREES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE FOR 1 DAY. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 27 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 3 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.40 WAS TIED FOR THE 11TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2005.THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS -3.68 BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED. THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS -0.6 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