CXUS54 KLZK 152146 CLALZK CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 0345 PM CST MON JAN 15 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 08/03/2011 08/30/2000 LOW -6 01/20/1985 HIGHEST 103 08/25 73 30 103 08/15 08/26 LOWEST 24 01/31 53 -29 1 12/23 01/14 02/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.7 71.1 2.6 72.3 AVG. MINIMUM 54.9 52.5 2.4 52.3 MEAN 64.3 61.8 2.5 62.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 74 69.7 4.3 76 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 4.2 -2.2 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 40.6 -13.6 63 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 79.61 2009 MINIMUM 37.02 1995 TOTALS 55.02 51.85 3.17 45.47 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.14 0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 105 109.0 -4.0 102 DAYS >= .10 72 73.2 -1.2 70 DAYS >= .50 39 34.4 4.6 31 DAYS >= 1.00 18 15.5 2.5 15 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL MM MM 3.22 STORM TOTAL 3.43 2.32 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.1 1979 24 HR TOTAL 12.0 01/06/1988 TO 01/07/1988 SNOW DEPTH 14 02/18/2021 TOTALS 0.4 3.8 -3.4 9.7 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.60 -0.60 1.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1 DAYS >= TRACE 10 2.7 7.3 19 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.3 -1.3 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 3 02/04 03/12 24 HR TOTAL 0.4 0MM31 TO 01/31 4.3 STORM TOTAL 0.4 4.3 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2475 3145 -670 3166 SINCE 7/1 1015 1248 -233 MM COOLING TOTAL 2347 2008 339 2305 SINCE 1/1 2347 2009 338 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 10/31 LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/315 DATE 06/25 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 57 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 30 RAIN 63 LIGHT RAIN 129 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 4 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 5 FOG 41 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10 HAZE 0 - 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 73.7 (+2.6) WAS TIED FOR THE 5TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2012. THE YEARLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 54.9 (+2.4) WAS TIED FOR THE 6TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2017. THE YEARLY AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 64.3 (+2.5) WAS TIED FOR THE 5TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE HIGHEST YEARLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES OCCURRED ON AUG 25TH AND AUG 26TH, WHICH WAS THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE 2022 AND TIED FOR 12TH HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 8 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 12TH MOST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE MOST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2022. THERE WERE 7 CONSECUTIVE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES - AUG 20TH THROUGH AUG 26TH. THERE WERE 74 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 15TH MOST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE MOST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2022. THE LOWEST YEARLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES OCCURRED ON JAN 14TH, JAN 31ST, FEB 1ST WHICH WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1975 OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, THE 1ST HOTTEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THE NEW LOW OF 24 DEGREES SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 22 DEGREES SET IN 1987. THERE WERE 27 DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 4TH FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2017. THERE WERE 2 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 9TH FEWEST DAYS OF ANY YEAR AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE 2020. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEARLY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 79 DEGREES. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON OCT 31ST AND THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON MAR 20TH. **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 29.07 INCHES ON MARCH 3RD. WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH/235 DEGREES ON JUNE 18TH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM. WINDS GUSTED TO 48 MPH/235 DEGREES ON JUNE 25TH WITHIN A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .YEARLY RAINFALL... THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 55.02 INCHES (+3.17) WAS THE 14TH WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2020. .YEARLY SNOWFALL... THE YEARLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 0.4 INCHES (-3.4) WAS TIED FOR THE 8TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND LEAST SNOWIEST SINCE 2019. (DFN = DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL) 2023 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES MONTH HIGH LOW MONTHLY DFN MAX DATE(S) MIN DATE(S) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 54.9 39.1 47.0 +6.4 72 11 24 31/14 FEB 59.2 41.1 50.2 +5.5 79 28 24 01 MAR 62.3 45.1 53.7 +0.7 80 23 26 19 APR 71.7 51.7 61.7 0.0 86 04 40 24 MAY 81.3 62.4 71.8 +1.8 89 31 47 02 JUN 89.0 69.1 79.1 +1.1 97 30/29/25 65 13 JUL 90.5 73.1 81.8 +0.4 97 30/29 65 10 AUG 94.0 73.0 83.5 +2.7 103 26/25 63 31 SEP 88.6 66.2 77.4 +3.5 98 06 61 19/18 OCT 74.6 56.1 65.3 +2.4 92 01 31 31 NOV 62.0 44.1 53.0 +1.8 79 07 29 01 DEC 56.1 38.4 47.2 +4.0 66 01 28 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 73.7 54.9 64.3 +2.5 103 AUG 26/25 24 JAN 31/14 FEB 01 2023 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH RAINFALL DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOURS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 7.50 +3.96 1.31/29TH 1.96/24TH-25TH FEB 6.09 +2.19 2.32/08TH 2.32/08TH MAR 9.28 +4.15 2.30/16TH 2.30/16TH APR 8.11 +2.57 2.38/20TH 2.38/20TH MAY 2.63 -2.76 2.09/11TH 2.09/11TH JUN 4.72 +1.32 1.68/25TH 1.68/25TH JUL 3.19 -0.73 0.82/14TH 0.82/14TH AUG 1.57 -2.00 0.69/07TH 0.69/07TH SEP 0.40 -2.65 0.15/24TH 0.15/24TH OCT 6.70 +2.08 3.43/28TH 3.43/28TH NOV 3.38 -1.31 1.93/30TH 1.93/30TH DEC 1.45 -3.65 0.90/24TH 0.90/24TH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 55.02 +3.17 3.43 OCT 28 3.43 OCT 28 2023 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH SNOW DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOUR GREATEST DEPTH/DATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 0.4 -0.6 0.4/31ST 0.4/31ST 0 FEB T -1.7 T/16TH/11TH/1ST T/16TH/11TH/1ST 0 MAR T -0.4 T/31ST T/31ST 0 APR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 OCT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 NOV 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0 DEC 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANN. 0.4 -3.4 0.4 JAN 31 0.4 JAN 31 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING..........................27 DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW ZERO..............................00 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING..........................02 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES........................74 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.......................08 LAST FREEZE......................................................MARCH 20TH FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY..............................................MARCH 23RD FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY..............................................JUNE 1ST FIRST 100-DEGREE DAY.............................................AUGUST 3RD LAST 100-DEGREE DAY..............................................AUGUST 26TH LAST 90-DEGREE DAY...............................................OCTOBER 2ND LAST 80-DEGREE DAY...............................................OCTOBER 25TH FIRST FREEZE.....................................................OCTOBER 31ST RECORD HIGHS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 03/06 HIGH TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2023 78 IN 2022, 2009 03/19 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 44 IN 2023 44 IN 1996, 1989 04/04 HIGH TEMPERATURE 86 IN 2023 85 IN 1988 04/23 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2023 57 IN 1995 06/12 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 76 IN 2023 78 IN 2019, 1995 07/09 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 75 IN 2023 82 IN 2007 08/24 HIGH TEMPERATURE 101 IN 2023 100 IN 2003, 1983, 1978 09/26 HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 2023 91 IN 2005, 1998 10/01 HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 2023 92 IN 2019, 1979 RECORD LOWS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/18 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2023 46 IN 1986 03/01 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2023 58 IN 2006 03/18 LOW TEMPERATURE 31 IN 2023 31 IN 1993 03/19 LOW TEMPERATURE 26 IN 2023 32 IN 1988 03/20 LOW TEMPERATURE 29 IN 2023 30 IN 1996 03/23 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2023 63 IN 2007, 1995 04/04 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2023 66 IN 1978 04/23 LOW TEMPERATURE 44 IN 2023 45 IN 2012, 1995, 1986 04/24 LOW TEMPERATURE 40 IN 2023 40 IN 2013, 2005 07/01 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 80 IN 2023 80 IN 2012 07/09 LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2023 67 IN 1979 07/10 LOW TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2023 66 IN 2016 07/11 LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2023 66 IN 2021, 1999 08/25 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2023 78 IN 2014 10/26 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 69 IN 2023 69 IN 2004 11/01 LOW TEMPERATURE 29 IN 2023 30 IN 1993 11/08 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2023 65 IN 2005 RECORD RAINFALL DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/02 1.05 IN 2023 0.76 IN 1999 01/28 1.05 IN 2023 0.93 IN 1990 01/29 1.31 IN 2023 1.09 IN 2001 02/08 2.32 IN 2023 1.89 IN 2010 02/24 1.62 IN 2023 1.47 IN 2007 03/16 2.30 IN 2023 1.32 IN 1980 03/24 1.98 IN 2023 1.25 IN 2009 04/20 2.38 IN 2023 1.20 IN 1977 06/10 0.69 IN 2023 0.67 IN 2022 06/25 1.68 IN 2023 1.03 IN 1996 10/05 1.32 IN 2023 1.22 IN 2013 10/28 3.43 IN 2023 1.80 IN 2020 11/30 1.93 IN 2023 1.48 IN 1991 RECORD SNOWFALL DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 01/24 T IN 2023 T IN 2000, 1979, 1977 03/31 T IN 2023 T IN 2021 06/14 T IN 2023 0.0 06/25 T IN 2023 0.0 $$ 70