Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS54 KLZK 102248 AAA CLAHRO CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 430 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2023 ................................... ...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 112 08/03/2011 07/18/1936 08/09/1934 LOW -24 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 102 07/26 68 34 96 07/31 07/20 07/24 08/12 LOWEST -6 12/22 48 -54 -9 02/16 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.7 69.0 0.7 69.4 AVG. MINIMUM 47.2 47.6 -0.4 48.4 MEAN 58.5 58.3 0.2 58.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 57 41.1 15.9 35 DAYS MAX <= 32 12 9.8 2.2 14 DAYS MIN <= 32 87 75.9 11.1 73 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 0.3 1.7 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 71.03 1945 MINIMUM 23.26 1901 TOTALS 43.23 44.50 -1.27 46.85 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.12 -0.00 0.13 DAYS >= .01 93 108.2 -15.2 110 DAYS >= .10 65 73 DAYS >= .50 29 30 DAYS >= 1.00 14 12.2 1.8 17 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.10 10/24 TO 10/25 STORM TOTAL 3.08 (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 29.4 11.5 17.9 12.0 LIQUID EQUIV 2.90 1.20 1.70 1.20 SINCE 7/1 4.1 1.8 2.3 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.41 0.00 0.41 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 27 MM MM 19 DAYS >= 1.0 7 MM MM 4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 01/16 8 02/17 24 HR TOTAL 12.0 01/15 TO 01/15 7.0 02/14 TO 02/15 STORM TOTAL 12.0 6.0 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3966 3883 83 3587 SINCE 7/1 1521 1534 -13 MM COOLING TOTAL 1719 1475 244 1516 SINCE 1/1 1719 1473 246 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1902 LATEST 05/17/1912 EARLIEST 10/18 LATEST 04/14 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/170 DATE 04/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/290 DATE 04/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 242 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 61 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 60 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 47 RAIN 57 LIGHT RAIN 102 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SLEET 3 FOG 128 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 33 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A REVIEW OF 2022 WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA FOR HARRISON... SUMMARY ===================================================================== .YEARLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69.7 WAS TIED FOR THE 60TH COLDEST YEAR AND COOLEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47.2 WAS TIED FOR THE 49TH HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 58.5 WAS THE 53RD HOTTEST YEAR AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES OCCURRED ON JUL 20TH, JUL 24TH, JUL 26TH, WHICH WAS THE HOTTEST READING SINCE 2012 AND TIED FOR 42TH HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 9 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 26TH MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2012. THERE WERE 57 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 41ST MOST 90 DEGREE DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2018. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF -6 DEGREE OCCURRED ON DEC 22ND AND DEC 23RD, WHICH WAS THE COLDEST READING SINCE 2021 AND THE 24TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY YEAR. THERE WERE 87 DAYS WITH LOWS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 58TH MOST AND THE MOST SINCE 2014. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH IS TIED FOR THE 27TH MOST DAYS AND THE MOST SINCE 2021. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEARLY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 108 DEGREES. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON OCT 18TH AND THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON APR 14TH. .SEASONAL RAINFALL… THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 43.23 INCHES WAS THE 59TH WETTEST ON RECORD AND WETTEST SINCE 2021. .SEASONAL SNOWFALL… THE YEARLY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 29.4 INCHES WAS THE 3RD SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND SNOWIEST SINCE 1978 OR SNOWIEST IN 44 YEARS. ====================================================================== PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL DATA LISTED BELOW IS PRELIMINARY UNTIL FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. (DFN = DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL) 2022 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES HARRISON, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES MONTH HIGH LOW MONTHLY DFN MAX DATE(S) MIN DATE(S) —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 46.6 23.0 34.8 -2.2 66 31 3 21 FEB 51.0 26.3 38.7 -2.2 71 21 13 18/05 MAR 61.0 38.9 49.9 +0.7 80 03 15 12 APR 68.7 46.4 57.6 -0.7 82 22 26 01 MAY 76.7 57.7 67.2 +1.0 91 12 45 04 JUN 87.2 64.0 75.6 +1.2 96 25/12 51 04 JUL 95.0 71.0 83.0 +4.5 102 26/24/20 65 13 AUG 88.5 66.5 77.5 -0.1 97 15 60 24/18/12 SEP 82.9 58.7 70.8 +0.9 95 21 42 30 OCT 72.0 47.1 59.5 +0.1 85 05 27 19 NOV 57.9 36.5 47.2 -1.3 81 09 17 20 DEC 48.8 30.6 39.7 0.0 73 29 -6 23/22 —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 69.7 47.2 58.5 +0.2 102 JUL 26/24/20 -6 DEC 23/22 2022 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES HARRISON, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH RAINFALL DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOURS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 1.68 -0.99 1.16/01ST 1.50/31ST-01ST FEB 3.10 +0.68 1.08/22ND 1.13/21ST-22ND MAR 4.30 +0.39 1.67/30TH 1.67/30TH APR 6.61 +1.63 3.08/13TH 3.08/13TH MAY 6.64 +1.83 2.30/05TH 2.30/05TH JUN 1.68 -2.17 0.86/23RD 0.86/23RD JUL 3.11 -0.56 1.01/29TH 1.01/29TH AUG 2.86 -0.56 0.80/21ST 1.36/16TH-17TH SEP 1.16 -2.90 1.15/02ND 1.15/02ND OCT 4.31 +0.50 1.80/24TH 3.10/24TH-25TH NOV 4.63 +0.67 2.07/04TH 2.07/04TH DEC 3.15 +0.21 0.95/08TH 1.48/07TH-08TH —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 43.23 -1.27 3.08 APR 13 3.10 OCT 25/24 2022 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES HARRISON, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH SNOW DFN MAX/CALENDAR DAY MAX/24 HOUR GREATEST DEPTH/DATE —------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 13.3 +9.1 12.0/15TH 12.0/15TH 10/16TH FEB 9.0 +5.8 7.0/03RD 7.0/03RD 8/04TH MAR 3.0 +1.0 3.0/11TH 3.0/11TH 2/12TH APR T -0.3 T/08TH T/08TH 0 OCT 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0 NOV 2.6 +2.2 1.5/14TH 1.5/14TH 1/18TH/12TH DEC 1.5 +0.2 1.5/22ND 1.5/22ND 1/22ND/23RD/24TH —------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANN. 29.4 +17.9 12.0 JAN 15 12.0 JAN 15 10 JAN 16 —------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.) HARRISON, ARKANSAS —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 87 DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW ZERO 02 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING 12 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES 57 DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES 09 LAST FREEZE APRIL 14TH FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY MARCH 03RD FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY MAY 11TH LAST 90-DEGREE DAY SEPTEMBER 21ST LAST 80-DEGREE DAY NOVEMBER 09TH FIRST FREEZE OCTOBER 18TH DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/12 HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2022 91 IN 1911 05/22 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 59 IN 2022 60 IN 1979 05/23 COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2022 62 IN 1973 07/08 HIGH TEMPERATURE 100 IN 2022 100 IN 1941 DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/10 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 2022 71 IN 1918 05/20 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 73 IN 2022 69 IN 1970 06/13 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 75 IN 2022 75 IN 1958 06/14 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 76 IN 2022 75 IN 1981 07/26 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2022 78 IN 1923 DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/05 2.30 IN 2022 2.10 IN 1961 DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR —------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECOLD —------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15 12.0 IN 2022 1.0 IN 1930 02/03 7.0 IN 2022 7.0 IN 1905 04/08 T IN 2022 T IN 1899 11/12 0.6 IN 2022 0.4 IN 2018 11/14 1.5 IN 2022 1.0 IN 1976 11/15 T IN 2022 T IN 1995 $$ 70