Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS54 KLZK 102316 AAA CLAPBF CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 510 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2023 ................................... ...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 112 08/15/1943 LOW -6 01/13/1918 01/12/1918 HIGHEST 101 08/15 73 28 101 07/30 07/26 07/25 09/01 LOWEST 5 12/23 52 -47 0 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.4 73.2 2.2 74.7 AVG. MINIMUM 53.3 52.9 0.4 54.0 MEAN 64.3 63.0 1.3 64.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 98 74.8 23.2 80 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 3.1 -2.1 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 60 43.5 16.5 35 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 82.89 1905 MINIMUM 31.97 2010 TOTALS 46.87 50.81 -3.94 44.94 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.14 -0.01 0.12 DAYS >= .01 97 110.5 -13.5 116 DAYS >= .10 69 69.3 -0.3 74 DAYS >= .50 27 33.0 -6.0 37 DAYS >= 1.00 16 15.6 0.4 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.14 05/05 TO 05/05 2.56 01/24 TO 01/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 25.1 1966 24 HR TOTAL 14.0 03/17/1892 TO 03/17/1892 SNOW DEPTH 18 02/18/2021 TOTALS 4.2 2.5 1.7 18.5 LIQUID EQUIV 0.40 0.20 0.20 1.90 SINCE 7/1 T 0.2 -0.2 MM LIQUID 7/1 T 0.00 T MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= TRACE 11 MM MM 8 DAYS >= 1.0 2 MM MM 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 02/04 18 02/18 02/05 03/12 24 HR TOTAL 2.2 12.5 02/17 TO 02/17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2679 2833 -154 2536 SINCE 7/1 1044 1139 -95 MM COOLING TOTAL 2573 2150 423 2479 SINCE 1/1 2573 2151 422 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/10/2000 LATEST 04/25/1910 EARLIEST 10/19 LATEST 03/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/010 DATE 05/21 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/320 DATE 05/21 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 214 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 63 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 44 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 61 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 34 RAIN 48 LIGHT RAIN 119 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SLEET 3 FOG 132 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 39 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A REVIEW OF 2022 WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA FOR PINE BLUFF... SUMMARY ===================================================================== .YEARLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 75.4 WAS TIED FOR THE 38TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2012. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 53.3 WAS TIED FOR THE 41ST HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.3 WAS TIED FOR THE 31ST HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMESTEST SINCE 2021. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES OCCURRED ON JUL 25TH, JUL 26TH, AUG 15TH, WHICH WAS THE COOLEST READING SINCE 2020 AND TIED FOR 56TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 6 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 55TH MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2012. THERE WERE 98 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 29TH MOST 90 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2010. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF 5 DEGREES OCCURRED ON DEC 23TH, WHICH WAS THE COLDEST READING SINCE 2021 AND THE 21ST COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 60 DAYS WITH LOWS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 26TH MOST AND THE MOST SINCE 2014. THERE WAS 1 DAY WITH HIGHS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 82ND MOST DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2021. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEARLY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 96 DEGREES. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON OCT 9TH AND THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON MAR 13TH. .YEARLY RAINFALL… THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 46.87 INCHES WAS THE 62ND DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2021. .YEARLY SNOWFALL… THE YEARLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 4.2 INCHES WAS THE 37TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND SNOWIEST SINCE 2021. ====================================================================== PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL DATA LISTED BELOW IS PRELIMINARY UNTIL FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. (DFN = DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL) 2022 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES MONTH HIGH LOW MONTHLY DFN MAX DATE(S) MIN DATE(S) —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 54.8 30.4 42.6 -0.2 80 01 18 22 FEB 56.6 34.1 45.4 -1.1 75 11 22 18/05 MAR 67.9 43.6 55.8 +1.2 82 06 26 12 APR 74.8 53.2 64.0 +0.9 85 29/24/22 36 01 MAY 85.1 65.1 75.1 +3.5 93 13/12/11 56 28 JUN 91.2 70.8 81.0 +1.9 99 25/18 62 04 JUL 95.8 75.3 85.5 +3.8 101 26/25 69 11 AUG 91.8 72.5 82.1 +1.2 101 15 65 13 SEP 89.9 63.5 76.7 +2.0 100 21 48 30 OCT 78.9 51.0 64.9 +1.2 92 12 31 19 NOV 62.4 41.9 52.2 -0.3 85 09 26 17 DEC 55.1 38.7 46.9 +1.9 74 06 5 23 —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 75.4 53.3 64.3 +1.3 101 JUL 25-26 5 DEC 23 2022 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH RAINFALL DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOURS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 2.12 -1.70 0.81/09TH 1.03/08TH-09TH FEB 3.91 -0.36 1.57/03RD 1.57/03RD MAR 6.72 +1.43 3.87/22ND 3.87/22ND APR 4.13 -1.22 1.23/13TH 1.23/13TH MAY 8.95 +4.15 4.14/05TH 4.14/05TH JUN 3.28 +0.01 1.18/08TH 1.18/08TH JUL 1.15 -2.54 0.38/18TH 0.39/30TH-31ST AUG 1.62 -1.76 0.26/23RD 0.34/21ST-22ND SEP 1.40 -1.69 1.23/09TH 1.25/09TH-10TH OCT 2.02 -2.56 1.07/29TH 1.07/29TH NOV 5.37 +1.40 1.74/04TH 2.32/04TH-05TH DEC 6.20 +0.90 1.63/13TH 2.15/29TH-30TH —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 46.87 -3.94 4.14 MAY 05 4.14 MAY 05 2022 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH SNOW DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOUR GREATEST DEPTH/DATE —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN T -1.1 T/16TH/15TH T/16TH/15TH 0 6TH/2ND 6TH/2ND FEB 2.0 +1.1 2.0/03RD 2.0/03RD 2/04TH-05TH MAR 2.2 +1.9 2.2/11TH 2.2/11TH 2/12TH APR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 OCT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 NOV 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 DEC T -0.2 T/22ND T/22ND 0 —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANN. 4.2 +1.7 2.2 MAR 11TH 2.2 MAR 11 2 FEB 04-05/MAR 12 —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.) PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 60 DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW ZERO 00 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 01 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES 98 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES 06 LAST FREEZE MARCH 13TH FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY JANUARY 1ST FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY MAY 09TH LAST 90-DEGREE DAY OCTOBER 15TH LAST 80-DEGREE DAY NOVEMBER 09TH FIRST FREEZE OCTOBER 19TH DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/01 HIGH TEMPERATURE 80 IN 2022 79 IN 1952 05/12 HIGH TEMPERATURE 93 IN 2022 92 IN 1998, 1962 11/09 HIGH TEMPERATURE 85 IN 2022 83 IN 1942 DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/06 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2022 64 IN 1956 05/19 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 72 IN 2022 72 IN 1897, 1896 05/20 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 74 IN 2022 74 IN 1938 06/15 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 78 IN 2022 76 IN 2016, 1994, 1993, 1990 07/09 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 80 IN 2022 79 IN 1933 07/20 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 82 IN 2022 79 IN 2012, 1943 07/25 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2022 79 IN 1997,1944 07/26 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2022 79 IN 1999,1997, 1925 10/19 LOW TEMPERATURE 31 IN 2022 31 IN 1948 DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/22 3.87 IN 2022 3.86 IN 1948 DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/03 2.0 IN 2022 T IN 1989 03/11 2.2 IN 2022 0.8 IN 1932 $$ 70