Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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000 CXUS54 KLZK 011635 CLSLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1035 AM CST TUE MAR 01 2022 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2021 TO 2/28/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 02/20/1986 LOW -6 01/20/1985 HIGHEST 76 12/25 52 24 74 12/09 12/10 12/02 12/10 LOWEST 13 01/21 34 -21 -1 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.6 51.3 4.3 48.5 AVG. MINIMUM 35.5 34.4 1.1 32.3 MEAN 45.6 42.8 2.8 40.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 8 4.1 3.9 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 41 34.3 6.7 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 14.20 12.54 1.66 12.19 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.14 0.02 0.15 DAYS >= .01 18 29.2 -11.2 MM DAYS >= .10 12 18.5 -6.5 MM DAYS >= .50 7 8.5 -1.5 MM DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.5 1.5 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.52 12/29 TO 12/29 1.81 02/28 TO 02/28 STORM TOTAL 1.52 1.81 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.2 1979 24 HR TOTAL 10.9 02/14/2021 TO 02/15/2021 SNOW DEPTH 14 02/18/2021 TOTALS 5.2 3.3 1.9 18.8 LIQUID EQUIV 0.52 0.00 0.52 1.88 SINCE 7/1 5.2 3.4 1.8 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.52 0.00 0.52 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 11 2.2 8.8 MM DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.1 0.9 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/04 14 02/18 24 HR TOTAL 1.6 10.9 02/14 TO 02/15 STORM TOTAL 3.2 10.9 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1728 2003 -275 2173 SINCE 7/1 2237 2572 -335 MM COOLING TOTAL 11 2 9 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 04/21 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/270 DATE 12/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/270 DATE 12/10 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.48 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 34 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 23 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SLEET 7 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 HAZE 1 - 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 FOR WINTER 2021-2022... THE WINTER BEGAN WITH RECORD WARMTH IN DECEMBER. HOWEVER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ATTEMPTED TO DO AWAY WITH THIS, THOUGH THE SEASON STILL MANAGED TO BE ONE OF THE WARMEST IN TERMS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. RAIN AND SNOWFALL WERE BOTH ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE SEASON, THOUGH THE SNOWFALL WAS NOT NEARLY AS EXCESSIVE AS LAST WINTER. .SEASONAL TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016-2017 AND THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2019-2020. THE AVERAGE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016-2017, AND THE 10TH WARMEST ON RECORD. .SEASONAL PRECIPITATION... THIS WINTER WAS THE WETTEST SINCE 2018-2019. IT WAS THE FIRST WINTER IN TWO YEARS WITH ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. .SEASONAL SNOWFALL... THIS WINTER SAW THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN TWO YEARS. HOWEVER, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE THE 30-YEAR MEAN, THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS EXCESSIVE AS LAST WINTER. $$ 57