Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 020829 CLSLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 229 AM CST THU DEC 02 2021 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021... 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 106 09/01/1947 LOW 10 11/18/1880 HIGHEST 100 09/01 MM MM 91 09/12 09/09 09/10 LOWEST 29 11/26 MM MM 31 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.2 73.7 2.5 73.3 AVG. MINIMUM 53.1 51.4 1.7 52.5 MEAN 64.7 62.5 2.2 62.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 11 11.5 -0.5 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 5.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 7.01 12.20 -5.19 9.36 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.13 -0.05 0.10 DAYS >= .01 21 23.2 -2.2 24 DAYS >= .10 13 15.9 -2.9 15 DAYS >= .50 5 7.5 -2.5 6 DAYS >= 1.00 2 3.7 -1.7 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.57 1MM01 TO 10/02 2.36 STORM TOTAL 1.56 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.4 1880 24 HR TOTAL 9.4 11/17/1880 TO 11/17/1880 SNOW DEPTH 3 11/23/1971 11/09/1892 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 T 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 0.0 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 500 581 -81 500 SINCE 7/1 504 582 -78 500 COOLING TOTAL 495 356 139 332 SINCE 1/1 2145 1989 156 1455 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/05 LATEST 03/03 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/300 DATE 10/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/290 DATE 10/28 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 34 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 39 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 18 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 13 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 32 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 44 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR FALL 2021... .SUMMARY... THE SEASON FINISHED WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THE THIRD FALL IN A ROW. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEASON, WHEN LITTLE ROCK HIT 100 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS. THIS WAS ALSO THE WARMEST FALL TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT LITTLE ROCK IN SEVEN YEARS (SINCE 2014). THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS OF NOVEMBER. THE LAST 90 DEGREE DAY WAS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, WHICH WAS THE LATEST SINCE 2019. THERE WERE 66 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90, WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2019. THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2019, AND RIGHT AT AVERAGE FOR THE SEASON. PRELIMINARILY, THE LAST 80 DEGREE DAY WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 24TH, WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST SINCE 2019. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST SINCE 2019. .SEASONAL AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH, LOW, AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WERE ALL THE WARMEST IN FOUR YEARS (SINCE 2017). .SEASONAL RAINFALL... IT WAS THE DRIEST FALL IN FOUR YEARS (SINCE 2017), BUT FAILED TO RANK EVEN IN THE TOP 20 DRIEST FALLS. .SEASONAL SNOWFALL... FOR THE SECOND FALL IN A ROW, THERE WAS NO SNOWFALL RECORDED. .MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA... NONE NOTABLE. $$ 57