Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
674 CXUS54 KLZK 030121 AAB CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT...UDPATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 815 PM CDT MON SEP 02 2024 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 114 08/03/2011 LOW 52 08/29/1986 08/29/1967 08/28/1967 HIGHEST 105 08/18 92 13 107 08/26 LOWEST 63 08/22 71 -8 65 08/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 95.2 91.5 3.7 95.7 AVG. MINIMUM 72.7 70.1 2.6 75.3 MEAN 84.0 80.8 3.2 85.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 26 22.0 4.0 26 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 14.46 1966 MINIMUM 0.00 1995 TOTALS 1.71 3.16 -1.45 1.81 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04 0.06 DAYS >= .01 4 7.2 -3.2 7 DAYS >= .10 2 4 DAYS >= .50 1 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.41 08/18 TO 08/18 STORM TOTAL 1.41 (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 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 594 490 104 645 SINCE 1/1 2143 1632 511 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/19 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/340 DATE 08/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/350 DATE 08/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD AUGUST 2024... MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95.2 (+3.7) WAS TIED FOR THE 17TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2023. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 72.7 (+2.6) WAS TIED FOR THE 29TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2023. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 84.0 (+3.2) WAS TIED FOR THE 18TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2023. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT 2-4 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 1 DAY. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 23 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 7 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 08/18 HIGH TEMPERATURE 105 IN 2024 103 IN 1995 .MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.71 (-1.45) WAS THE 39TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2012. .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. .ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 36 MPH/340 DEGREES AND GUSTED TO 54 MPH/350 DEGREES ON AUG 17TH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS - AUGUST 2024 - LITTLE ROCK WARMEST WARMEST WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW AVERAGE MONTHLY (MAX TEMP - MEAN) (MIN TEMP - MEAN) (AVG TEMP - MEAN) 95.2 F - 17TH (TIED) 72.7 F - 29TH (TIED) 84.0 F - 18TH (TIED) COOLEST COOLEST COOLEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW AVERAGE MONTHLY (MAX TEMP - MEAN) (MIN TEMP - MEAN) (AVG TEMP - MEAN) 95.2 F - 128TH (TIED) 72.7 F - 117TH (TIED) 84.0 F - 128TH (TIED) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS - AUGUST 2024 - LITTLE ROCK WETTEST DRIEST SNOWIEST (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) 1.71 - 112TH 1.71 - 39TH 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL-TIME DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS - AUGUST 2024 - LITTLE ROCK HOTTEST HOTTEST HOTTEST DAILY HIGH DAILY LOW DAILY AVERAGE (MAX TEMP - MAXIMUM) (MIN TEMP - MAXIMUM) (AVG TEMP - MAXIMUM) 105 F - 16TH (TIED) 78 F - 35TH (TIED) 90.5 F -25TH (TIED) COLDEST COLDEST COLDEST DAILY HIGH DAILY LOW DAILY AVERAGE (MAX TEMP - MINIMUM) (MIN TEMP - MINIMUM) (AVG TEMP - MINIMUM) 82 F - 98TH (TIED) 63 F - 72ND (TIED) 75.5 F - 109TH (TIED) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL-TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS - AUGUST 2024 - LITTLE ROCK DAILY RAINFALL 24 HOUR RAINFALL DAILY SNOWIEST (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - MAXIMUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) 1.41 - 50TH 1.41 - NOT TOP 5 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $$ 70