CXUS54 KLZK 091825 CLSLIT LITCLSLIT 000 TTAA00 LZK 020318 CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 916 PM CST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 02/25/1918 LOW -12 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 81 02/25 MM MM 81 02/28 LOWEST 1 01/17 MM MM 2 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.0 52.8 5.2 58.2 AVG. MINIMUM 37.1 32.8 4.3 39.2 MEAN 47.6 42.8 4.8 48.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 3.0 1.0 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 40.8 -13.8 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 13.63 12.55 1.08 21.84 DAILY AVG. 0.15 NAN NAN 0.24 DAYS >= .01 27 28.0 -1.0 MM DAYS >= .10 18 18.0 0.0 MM DAYS >= .50 10 9.1 0.9 MM DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.4 1.6 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.66 4.19 02/24 TO 02/24 STORM TOTAL 2.59 4.19 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 20.3 2021 24 HR TOTAL 13.0 01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893 SNOW DEPTH 15 02/18/2021 TOTALS 3.7 3.3 0.4 0.1 LIQUID EQUIV 0.40 0.30 0.10 0.01 SINCE 7/1 3.7 3.3 0.4 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.37 0.30 0.07 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1 DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.7 2.3 MM DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.9 0.1 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 01/16 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 3.0 01/14 TO 01/15 0.1 12/22 TO 12/22 STORM TOTAL 2.4 0.1 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1597 2008 -411 1472 SINCE 7/1 1987 2623 -636 MM COOLING TOTAL 17 3 14 17 SINCE 1/1 17 2 15 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/01 LATEST 03/20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/330 DATE 02/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/220 DATE 02/27 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.51 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 32 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 29 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 30 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 16 LIGHT RAIN 31 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 31 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 18 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && .SEASONAL TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58.0 (+5.2) RANKED AS THE 6TH HOTTEST SEASONAL AVERAGE HIGH ON RECORD ALONG WITH 2015-16. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37.1 (+4.3) RANKED AS THE 26TH HOTTEST SEASONAL AVERAGE LOW ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.5 (+2.7) WAS THE 12TH HOTTEST SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON RECORD. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 25TH, WHICH WAS THE 11TH HOTTEST ON RECORD FOR THE SEASON ALONG WITH 2017- 18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 1968-69, 1956-57, AND 1942-43. THERE WAS 1 DAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 80 DEGREES OR GREATER. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINED AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES. THIS IS THE 67TH HIGHEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 32 DEGREES OR BELOW. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF 1 DEGREE OCCURRED ON JANUARY 17TH, AND THIS RANKED AS THE 16TH COLDEST FOR THE SEASON ALONG WITH 1893-94. THERE WERE 27 DAYS WHEN LOW TEMPERATURES FELL TO OR BELOW 32 DEGREES. THIS IS THE 18TH LEAST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH LOWS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES ALONG WITH 1971-72, 1932-33, AND 1918-19. .SEASONAL RAINFALL... SEASONAL RAINFALL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE WITH A TOTAL OF 13.63 INCHES (+1.08). THIS WAS THE 58TH WETTEST SEASON ON RECORD. .SEASONAL SNOWFALL... SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.7 INCHES. $$ 69/70