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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
319 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2018

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...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2017 TO 2/28/2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 TO 2018

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              93   02/27/1918
 LOW               -6   01/13/1918
                        01/12/1918
HIGHEST            81   02/20        53      28       81  02/28
                                                          02/07
                                                          02/11
LOWEST              5   01/17        34     -29       14  01/07
AVG. MAXIMUM     52.8              53.6    -0.8     58.7
AVG. MINIMUM     34.0              34.7    -0.7     40.2
MEAN             43.4              44.1    -0.7     49.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      8               3.3     4.7        3
DAYS MIN <= 32     48              36.8    11.2       23
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        30.21   1939
 MINIMUM         4.17   1936
TOTALS          26.10             13.26   12.84    10.88
DAILY AVG.       0.30              0.15    0.15     0.12
DAYS >= .01        36              28.1     7.9       33
DAYS >= .10        26                                 20
DAYS >= .50        15                                  9
DAYS >= 1.00       10               4.2     5.8        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    4.65   02/21 TO 02/22
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           25.1   1966
 24 HR TOTAL     12.0   01/28/1966 TO 01/28/1966
                        12/22/1963 TO 12/22/1963
 SNOW DEPTH        12   01/28/1966
                        12/23/1963
TOTALS            4.1               3.1     1.0      1.5
 LIQUID EQUIV    0.41              0.20    0.21     0.15
SINCE 7/1         4.1               3.1     1.0      1.5
 LIQUID 7/1      0.41              0.30    0.11     0.15
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0        0
DAYS >= TRACE       4               0.9     3.1        1
DAYS >= 1.0         1               0.8     0.2        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         4   01/16                          1  01/07
                                                          01/06
 24 HR TOTAL      4.0   01/15 TO 01/16

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1951              1883      68     1414
 SINCE 7/1         MM              2388      MM       MM
COOLING TOTAL      16                 4      12       26
 SINCE 1/1         16                 3      13       21

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/10/2000
 LATEST       04/25/1910
EARLIEST                        11/12
LATEST                          03/16
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/280    DATE  02/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    45/280    DATE  02/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           36
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             29
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         25

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               17     RAIN                      24
LIGHT RAIN               40     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      1
FOG                      43     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      2

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

&&

...Data for Pine Bluff for Winter 2017-2018...

.Summary...
Thanks largely to very cold weather in late December and January,
this was the coldest winter in several years. Also, due largely to
heavy rainfall during the fourth week of December and during much of the
latter half of February, this was the wettest winter in nearly 80 years,
and one of the wettest winters ever recorded. For the first winter in two
years, snowfall was above average.

.Seasonal Temperatures...
The average high, low and seasonal temperatures were the coldest since 2014-
2015.

There were 48 days with low temperatures at or below freezing, which was
the most since the winter of 2013-2014.

There were eight days with high temperatures at or below freezing, which was
the most since winter of 2010-2011.

There were nine days with low temperatures at or below 20 degrees, which was
the most since the winter of 2000-2001

There were two days with lows at or below ten degrees, which was the most
since the winter of 2000-2001.

The coldest temperature during the winter was five above zero, and this was
the coldest winter temperature at Pine Bluff since the winter of 1989-1990.

.Seasonal Rainfall...
There were 36 days with measurable rainfall, which was the most since the
winter of 2012-2013. It was the wettest winter since 1938-1939, and the 3rd
wettest on record at Pine Bluff.

.Seasonal Snowfall...
There were four days with snowfall. This was the most since the winter of
2014-2015. The snow was measurable on three days (January 12, 15, and 16).
This was the snowiest winter since 2014-2015.

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