Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
885 CXUS54 KLZK 151929 CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 0125 PM CST MON JAN 15 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 12/26/2015 12/05/1998 12/02/1982 LOW -2 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 66 12/01 52 14 69 12/06 12/29 LOWEST 28 12/30 35 -7 1 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.1 51.2 4.9 50.5 AVG. MINIMUM 38.4 35.2 3.2 35.1 MEAN 47.2 43.2 4.0 42.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.1 -1.1 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 10.6 -4.6 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.74 1987 MINIMUM 0.74 1981 TOTALS 1.45 5.10 -3.65 5.36 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.16 -0.11 0.17 DAYS >= .01 6 10.3 -4.3 13 DAYS >= .10 3 8 DAYS >= .50 1 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.7 -1.7 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.90 12/24 TO 12/24 STORM TOTAL 0.90 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.3 2012 24 HR TOTAL 10.3 12/25/2012 TO 12/26/2012 SNOW DEPTH 9 12/26/2012 TOTALS 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.2 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.4 -0.4 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 542 676 -134 682 SINCE 7/1 1015 1248 -233 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 2347 2009 338 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 10/31 LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK DECEMBER 2023... .MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 56.1 (+4.9) WAS THE 6TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38.4 (+3.2) WAS TIED FOR THE 10TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.2 (+4.0) WAS THE 6TH 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 3 TO 4 DEGREES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 4 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 24 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 1.45 WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2005. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS -3.65 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