Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 CXUS54 KLZK 060348 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT... UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 708 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 2023 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/31/1998 05/26/1964 LOW 38 05/04/2013 05/03/2013 01/01/2000 HIGHEST 91 05/06 81 10 97 05/13 05/15 05/31 LOWEST 46 05/01 59 -13 53 05/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.4 80.5 3.9 83.7 AVG. MINIMUM 63.4 59.3 4.1 63.6 MEAN 73.9 69.9 4.0 73.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 3.5 3.5 12 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.91 1882 MINIMUM 0.64 1918 TOTALS 1.72 5.08 -3.36 4.91 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.16 -0.10 0.16 DAYS >= .01 7 10.9 -3.9 10 DAYS >= .10 2 8 DAYS >= .50 1 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.48 05/10 TO 05/11 STORM TOTAL 1.13 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.1 3.8 -3.7 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.01 0.30 -0.29 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9 30 -21 2 SINCE 7/1 2355 3162 -807 MM COOLING TOTAL 293 182 111 277 SINCE 1/1 378 243 135 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/12 LATEST 03/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/140 DATE 05/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/130 DATE 05/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && .MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84.4 (+3.9) WAS TIED FOR THE 10TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2018. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 63.4 (+4.1) WAS THE 19TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2022. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.9 (+4.0) WAS THE 15TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2018. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT 4 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 4 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 21 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 6 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 05/09 HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 2023 90 IN 2007 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.72 WAS THE 19TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2012. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS -3.36 BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... NO DAILY SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED. .DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. $$ 70