Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 020225 CLSLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 819 PM CST SUN MAR 1 2020 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 02/25/1918 LOW -12 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 74 02/02 MM MM 77 02/04 LOWEST 22 02/14 MM MM 19 01/31 01/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.8 52.6 2.2 53.1 AVG. MINIMUM 35.9 33.1 2.8 35.9 MEAN 45.4 42.8 2.6 44.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.9 -3.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 42.7 -12.7 33 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 14.48 12.18 2.30 20.51 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.14 0.02 0.23 DAYS >= .01 36 27.7 8.3 36 DAYS >= .10 20 17.7 2.3 25 DAYS >= .50 11 8.5 2.5 15 DAYS >= 1.00 3 3.3 -0.3 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.51 01/10 TO 01/11 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 T 3.1 -3.1 T LIQUID EQUIV T 0.30 -0.30 T SINCE 7/1 T 3.1 -3.1 0.2 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM MM 0.02 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 T 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.4 2.6 3 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 02/20 TO 02/20 02/06 TO 02/06 01/22 TO 01/22 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1759 1999 -240 1836 SINCE 7/1 2461 2529 -68 2525 COOLING TOTAL 0 3 -3 6 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 6 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/290 DATE 12/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/300 DATE 12/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 21 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 49 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...Data for Little Rock for the Winter Season 2019-2020... .Summary... Going by the averages, winter was warm...a little over two and a half degrees above the 30-year mean. Rainfall initially was lacking in December, but January and February made up for it. For snow lovers, this was the second disappointing winter in a row, with no measurable snowfall. .Seasonal Temperatures... The average high temperature was the warmest since 2016-2017. The average low temperature was the warmest (or coolest) since last winter, as they were exactly the same. The average seasonal temperature was the warmest since 2016-2017. There were 30 days with low temperatures at or below freezing, which was the fewest since the winter of 2016-2017. There were three days with high temperature at or above 70 degrees, which was the fewest since 2014-2015. .Seasonal Precipitation... This was the third consecutive winter with above average rainfall. Even so, though, it was the driest winter since 2016-2017, as the previous two winters have been considerably wetter than this one. In fact, this winter was the first one in three years where the seasonal rainfall did not exceed 15 inches. There were 36 days with measurable rainfall, which is exactly the same amount as last winter (2018-2019), and above the seasonal average of 28 days. .Seasonal Snowfall... This was the second consecutive winter with no measurable snow, which amounts to 3.1 inches below the 30-year average. That being said, though, trace amounts of sleet and snow fell during December, January, and February. There were four days on which sleet or snow fell, which is still a little below the seasonal average (six). $$ 57