Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
793 CXUS54 KLZK 011010 CLSLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 510 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/31/1998 05/26/1964 LOW -89 04/07/2021 HIGHEST 89 05/27 MM MM 88 05/25 03/26 LOWEST 32 03/03 MM MM 33 04/15 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.4 72.3 0.1 71.7 AVG. MINIMUM 50.4 50.4 0.0 51.7 MEAN 61.4 61.4 0.0 61.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 3.6 -3.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 4.0 -3.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 13.08 15.63 -2.55 17.87 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.17 -0.03 0.19 DAYS >= .01 28 30.8 -2.8 43 DAYS >= .10 21 21.7 -0.7 30 DAYS >= .50 12 10.7 1.3 12 DAYS >= 1.00 4 4.7 -0.7 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.93 04/23 TO 04/24 2.26 04/11 TO 04/12 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 20.3 3.8 16.5 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.03 0.30 1.73 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 491 576 -85 468 SINCE 7/1 3122 3162 -40 2929 COOLING TOTAL 189 241 -52 195 SINCE 1/1 189 243 -54 195 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/30 LATEST 02/27 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/350 DATE 05/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/320 DATE 04/18 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 25 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 44 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 22 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 15 RAIN 21 LIGHT RAIN 35 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 36 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR SPRING 2021... .SUMMARY... ON THE WHOLE, SPRING TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE TO AVERAGE. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THERE WERE NO 90-DEGREE READINGS. THERE WAS ONE DAY WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH, THOUGH BELOW THE MEAN FOR THE SEASON, WAS STILL THE FIRST SUCH OCCURRENCE IN TWO YEARS. RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE, AND IT WAS THE DRIEST SPRING IN THREE YEARS. NO SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED FOR THE FIRST SPRING IN FOUR YEARS (SINCE 2017). .SEASONAL AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2018. HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE LOW AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WERE THE COLDEST SINCE 2019. .SEASONAL RAINFALL... IT WAS THE DRIEST SPRING SINCE 2018. .SEASONAL SNOWFALL... FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017, ABSOLUTELY NO SNOW FELL DURING THE SEASON. $$ 57