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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1240 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2024

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...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            112   08/03/2011
                       07/18/1936
                       08/09/1934
 LOW             -24   02/12/1899
HIGHEST           99   06/29         68      31      102  07/26
                       08/21
                                                          07/20
                                                          07/24
LOWEST            18   03/19         48     -30       -6  12/22
                       01/31
                       01/14
                                                          12/23
AVG. MAXIMUM    70.9               69.0     1.9     69.7
AVG. MINIMUM    49.1               47.6     1.5     47.2
MEAN            60.0               58.3     1.7     58.5
DAYS MAX >= 90    39               41.1    -2.1       57
DAYS MAX <= 32     4                9.8    -5.8       12
DAYS MIN <= 32    63               75.9   -12.9       87
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.3    -0.3        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       71.03   1945
 MINIMUM       23.26   1901
TOTALS         44.59              44.50    0.09    41.78
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.12   -0.00     0.12
DAYS >= .01      103              108.2    -5.2       93
DAYS >= .10       76                                  65
DAYS >= .50       26                                  29
DAYS >= 1.00      15               12.2     2.8       14
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.00   06/08 TO 06/09
 STORM TOTAL    2.61
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          33.5   1966
 24 HR TOTAL    14.3   02/15/1993 TO 02/15/1993
 SNOW DEPTH       24   01/21/1918
TOTALS          11.0                 MM      MM     29.4
 LIQUID EQUIV   1.10               1.20   -0.10     2.90
SINCE 7/1          T                 MM      MM       MM
 LIQUID 7/1    -0.10               0.00   -0.10       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE     11                 MM      MM       27
DAYS >= 1.0        2                 MM      MM        7
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       10   01/25                          10  01/16
 24 HR TOTAL    10.0   01/24 TO 01/25               12.0  01/15 TO 01/15
 STORM TOTAL    10.0                                12.0
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   3289               3883    -594     3966
 SINCE 7/1      1264               1534    -270       MM
COOLING TOTAL   1589               1475     114     1719
 SINCE 1/1      1589               1473     116       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/13/1902
 LATEST       05/17/1912
EARLIEST                        10/30
LATEST                          04/24
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/170    DATE  02/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/330    DATE  07/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.29
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          190
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             52
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         28


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             60     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               47     RAIN                      57
LIGHT RAIN              116     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      4
FOG                     102     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     10
HAZE                      7

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

.YEARLY TEMPERATURES...
THE YEARLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70.9 (+1.9) WAS THE 15TH HOTTEST YEAR
AND WARMEST SINCE 2017.

THE YEARLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 49.1 (+1.5) WAS TIED FOR THE 7TH HOTTEST
YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2017.

THE YEARLY AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 60.0 (+1.7) WAS TIED FOR THE 7TH HOTTEST
YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2017.

THE HIGHEST YEARLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES OCCURRED ON JUN 29TH AND
AUG 21ST, WHICH WAS THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE 2021 AND TIED FOR 33RD
COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR.

THERE WERE 0 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR
THE 1ST FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2021.

THERE WERE 39 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR
THE 31ST FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2021.

THE LOWEST YEARLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 18 DEGREES OCCURRED ON JAN 14TH, 31ST,
AND MAR 19TH, WHICH WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN
IN 1892 OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, THE 1ST HOTTEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR.
THE NEW LOW OF 18 DEGREES SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 16 DEGREES SET IN
1987.

THERE WERE 63 DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS THE 5TH
FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2017.

THERE WERE 4 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR
THE 7TH FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS
SINCE 2020.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEARLY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 81 DEGREES.

THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON OCT 30TH AND THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON APR 24TH.

**FOR RANKING PURPOSES SHOWN ABOVE, A YEAR WAS OMITTED IF IT WAS MISSING MORE
THAN 7 DAYS WORTH OF DATA**


.ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE YEAR...
MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 29.23 INCHES ON MARCH 3RD.

MAXIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS MEASURED AT 30.65 INCHES ON DECEMBER 14TH.

WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH/170 DEGREES AND GUSTED TO 53 MPH/170 DEGREES
ON FEBRUARY 27TH.

WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH/190 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 26TH.

WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH/240 DEGREES ON MARCH 31ST.

WINDS GUSTED TO 54 MPH/330 DEGREES ON JULY 30TH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A
THUNDERSTORM.


.YEARLY RAINFALL...
THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 44.59 INCHES (+0.09) WAS THE 37TH WETTEST ON
RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2021.


.YEARLY SNOWFALL...
THE YEARLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 11.0 INCHES (-0.5) WAS THE 28TH SNOWIEST ON
RECORD AND SNOWIEST SINCE 2021.


(DFN = DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL)

2023 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES        HARRISON, ARKANSAS
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                 AVERAGE TEMPERATURES                    TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
MONTH     HIGH    LOW      MONTHLY     DFN       MAX     DATE(S)         MIN        DATE(S)
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JAN       51.2    32.2     41.7        +4.7      75      02              18         31/14
FEB       57.7    35.3     46.5        +5.6      79      28              19         01
MAR       58.6    37.6     48.1        -1.1      81      31              18         19
APR       69.4    45.8     57.6        -0.7      86      03              32         24/23
MAY       78.2    56.2     67.2        +1.0      87      08              43         01
JUN       86.2    63.0     74.6        +0.2      99      29              55         07
JUL       89.6    68.4     79.0        +0.5      96      18/13           58         10
AUG       89.1    68.0     78.5        +0.9      99      21              56         16
SEP       83.5    59.6     71.6        +1.7      93      03              50         18
OCT       70.9    49.4     60.2        +0.8      86      02/01           25         31
NOV       62.2    38.4     50.3        +1.8      84      08/07           20         01
DEC       54.5    35.6     45.1        +5.4      67      23/07           21         19
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ANNUAL    70.9    49.1     60.0        +1.7      99      JUN 29/AUG 21   18         JAN 31/14/MAR 19


2023 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES           HARRISON, ARKANSAS
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MONTH        RAINFALL       DFN                MAX/CALENDAR DAY      MAX/24 HOURS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JAN          2.74           +0.07              1.00/24TH             1.00/24TH
FEB          3.34           +0.92              1.90/08TH             2.04/07TH-08TH
MAR          7.39           +3.48              2.33/24TH             2.78/02ND-03RD
APR          1.35           -3.63              0.80/27TH             0.80/27TH
MAY          5.21           +0.40              1.44/11TH             2.31/10TH-11TH
JUN          4.39           +0.54              2.61/08TH             3.00/08TH-09TH
JUL          4.55           +0.88              1.47/14TH             1.48/14TH-15TH
AUG          3.78           +0.36              2.33/09TH             2.33/09TH
SEP          5.65           +1.59              1.64/06TH             1.92/05-06TH
OCT          3.00           -0.81              1.42/04TH             1.51/04TH-05TH
NOV          2.34           -1.62              1.06/19TH-20TH        1.01/30TH
DEC          0.85           -2.09              0.37/24TH             0.98/30TH-01ST
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ANNUAL       44.59          +0.09              2.61  JUN 08          3.00  JUN 08-09


2023 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES         HARRISON, ARKANSAS
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MONTH     SNOW        DFN        MAX/CALENDAR DAY       MAX/24 HOUR      GREATEST DEPTH/DATE
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JAN       11.0        +6.8       9.0/24TH              10.0/24TH-25TH    10/25TH
FEB       0.0         -3.2       0.0                    0.0              0
MAR       0.0         -2.0       0.0                    0.0              0
APR       0.0         -0.3       0.0                    0.0              0
OCT         T         -0.1         T                      T/29TH         0
NOV       0.0         -0.4       0.0                    0.0              0
DEC         T         -1.3       T/25TH/27TH/28TH/29TH    T              0
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ANN.      11.0        -0.5     9.0  JAN 24             10.0  JAN 24-25   10  JAN 25


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MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING....................63
DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW ZERO........................00
DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING....................04
DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES..................39
DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.................00
LAST FREEZE................................................APRIL 24TH
FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY........................................MARCH 31ST
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY........................................JUNE 24TH
FIRST 100-DEGREE DAY.......................................NONE
LAST 100-DEGREE DAY........................................NONE
LAST 90-DEGREE DAY.........................................SEPTEMBER 5TH
LAST 80-DEGREE DAY.........................................NOVEMBER 8TH
FIRST FREEZE...............................................OCTOBER 30TH


RECORD HIGHS
DATE    RECORD TYPE                       NEW RECORD          OLD RECORD
01/01   HIGH TEMPERATURE                  73 IN 2023          71 IN 1943
11/06   HIGH TEMPERATURE                  83 IN 2023          81 IN 1914
11/07   HIGH TEMPERATURE                  84 IN 2023          83 IN 2009
11/08   HIGH TEMPERATURE                  84 IN 2023          82 IN 2006, 1928


RECORD LOWS
DATE    RECORD TYPE                       NEW RECORD          OLD RECORD
04/04   WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE           68 IN 2023          64 IN 1929
07/19   WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE           79 IN 2023          79 IN 1998, 1986
10/24   WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE           65 IN 2023          65 IN 1991
11/01   LOW TEMPERATURE                   20 IN 2023          20 IN 1906


RECORD RAINFALL
DATE                NEW RECORD                OLD RECORD
03/02               1.52 IN 2023              1.07 IN 1988
06/08               2.61 IN 2023              1.79 IN 2020


RECORD SNOWFALL
DATE                NEW RECORD                OLD RECORD
01/24               9.0 IN 2023               1.5 IN 1948
06/08               T IN 2023                 T IN 1994

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