000
NOUS44 KLZK 020118 CCA
PNSLZK
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-030000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 2 CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
705 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015
...A REVIEW OF 2014 WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
SUMMARY
===========================================================================
BY AVERAGE HIGH...LOW...AND MONTLY TEMPERATURE...2014 AT NORTH
LITTLE ROCK WAS THE COLDEST YEAR IN OVER 25 YEARS...AND ONE OF THE
COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 1979...AND TIED 1983
AND 1989 FOR THE 2ND COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE
COLDEST SINCE 1983...AND 4TH COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
THE COLDEST SINCE 1989...AND THE 6TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW...THERE WERE NO TRIPLE-DIGIT
TEMPERATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST READING PEAKING AT 97 ON AUGUST
24TH. AT SEVERAL POINTS DURING THE YEAR...RECORD COLD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SEEN...PARTICULARLY DURING MARCH AND JULY...WHEN
ALL-TIME RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE
MONTHS.
THERE WERE 35 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
THE LEAST IN A YEAR SINCE 1989...AND TIED 1989 FOR THE LEAST ON RECORD.
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST SEEN IN MANY YEARS. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE YEAR WAS 9 DEGREES ON JANUARY 7TH.
THIS MARKED THE FIRST SINGLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK
SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH 1996...AND THE COLDEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE SINCE
1988.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2012...RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE...THOUGH
NOT BY MUCH. RAINFALL VARIED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR...AND WAS CLOSE TO
OR ABOVE AVERAGE FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY. THE DRIEST MONTH WAS
SEPTEMBER. NOVEMBER...WHICH IS NORMALLY THE WETTEST MONTH...SAW THE
GREATEST DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...AT 3.35 INCHES BELOW THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. JUNE WAS THE WETTEST MONTH...AND WAS THE
WETTEST ON RECORD. SEVERAL DAYS DURING THE MONTH SAW RAINFALL ABOVE
TWO INCHES. HOWEVER...NO EXCESSIVE DAILY AMOUNTS WERE SEEN.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2012...SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. SNOW
FELL IN JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH...NOVEMBER...AND DECEMBER...AND
IT WAS MEASURABLE IN FEBRUARY...MARCH AND NOVEMBER. FOR MARCH...IT
WAS THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN SIX YEARS. MID MARCH EVEN SAW
THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN 27 YEARS...AND THE 2ND LATEST
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD. NOVEMBER SAW THE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL IN THAT MONTH SINCE 1991...AND THE 3RD EARLIEST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED. THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL DURING THE YEAR
WAS 2.2 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 7TH.
HAIL FELL ON APRIL 27TH AND OCTOBER 6TH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED A 54 MPH WIND GUST ON OCTOBER 6TH.
BELOW ARE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES OBSERVED DURING THE YEAR.
REMEMBER...MOST OF THE DATA BELOW IS PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED
CORRECT BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH
CAROLINA.
TEMPERATURES
===========================================================================
--------| AVERAGE TEMPERATURES |---------------EXTREMES---------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MONTH | HIGH LOW AVG DFN | HIGHEST/DATES | LOWEST/DATES |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JAN | 49.0 | 26.8 | 37.9 | -3.2 | 69 20TH | 9 7TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| FEB | 49.0 | 31.5 | 40.3 | -5.0 | 76 20TH | 17 6TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MAR | 59.1 | 38.8 | 48.9 | -5.0 | 74 11TH | 14 3RD |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| APR | 71.1 | 52.2 | 67.1 | -1.1 | 83 10TH | 35 15TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MAY | 78.3 | 60.4 | 69.3 | -1.6 | 90 4TH | 43 15TH...1ST |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JUN | 85.8 | 70.0 | 77.9 | -0.8 | 92 22ND | 62 14TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JUL | 84.7 | 68.1 | 76.4 | -6.0 | 94 27TH | 61 18TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| AUG | 89.7 | 71.9 | 80.8 | -1.2 | 97 24TH | 65 14TH...13TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| SEP | 85.1 | 65.0 | 75.1 | +0.6 | 95 4TH | 53 23RD |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| OCT | 75.3 | 55.7 | 65.5 | +1.7 | 89 2ND | 39 31ST |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| NOV | 55.9 | 38.1 | 47.0 | -5.8 | 73 30TH...29TH | 20 18TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| DEC | 50.3 | 37.3 | 43.8 | +0.7 | 68 15TH | 26 31ST |
===========================================================================
= YEAR 69.4 51.3 60.4 -2.3 97 AUG 24TH 9 JAN 7TH =
===========================================================================
DFN - DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL
PRECIPITATION - RAINFALL
=========================================================================
|MONTH| TOTAL | DFN | HIGHEST/CALENDAR DAY | HIGHEST/24-HOUR PERIOD |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JAN | 2.31 | -1.11 | 0.99/10TH | 0.99/10TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| FEB | 3.01 | -0.65 | 1.44/2ND | 1.92/1ST-2ND |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MAR | 5.17 | +0.40 | 2.30/2ND | 2.30/2ND |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| APR | 4.59 | -0.20 | 2.85/13TH | 3.25/13TH-14TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MAY | 7.40 | +2.44 | 2.06/8TH | 2.28/28TH-29TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JUN | 7.58 | +4.27 | 1.76/8TH | 2.00/28TH-29TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| JUL | 3.48 | -0.33 | 0.90/8TH | 1.04/8TH-9TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| AUG | 2.26 | -0.54 | 0.74/17TH | 1.29/8TH-9TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| SEP | 1.07 | -2.24 | 0.85/11TH | 0.85/11TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| OCT | 5.25 | +0.45 | 1.30/13TH | 1.42/12TH-13TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| NOV | 2.04 | -3.35 | 0.74/4TH | 1.00/4TH-5TH |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| DEC | 2.99 | -2.02 | 1.17/5TH | X.XX/XXXXXXXXX |
=========================================================================
= YEAR 47.15 -2.88 2.85 APR 13TH 3.25 APR 13TH-14TH =
=========================================================================
PRECIPITATION - SNOWFALL/SLEET/HAIL
=====================================================================
|MONTH| TOTAL | DFN | AVG DEPTH| CALENDAR DAY MAX | 24-HOUR MAX |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| JAN | T | -1.7 | 0.0 | T/28TH...8TH | T/28TH...8TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| FEB | 2.5 | +2.5 | 0.1 | 2.2/7TH | 2.4/7TH-8TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| MAR | 1.6 | +1.2 | 0.2 | 1.5/2ND | 1.5/2ND |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| APR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| OCT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| NOV | 0.6 | +0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4/13TH | 0.4/12TH-13TH |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| DEC | T | -0.5 | 0.0 | T/18TH...17TH | T/18TH...17TH |
=====================================================================
=YEAR | 4.7 +0.3 0.0 2.2 FEB 7TH 2.4 FEB 7TH-8TH =
=====================================================================
SUMMARY BY MONTH
=====================================================================
MONTH | WARMEST | COOLEST | MOST | LEAST | MONTHLY/YEARLY
AVG TEMPS/RAIN| SINCE | SINCE | SINCE | SINCE | RANK ON RECORD
---------------------------------------------------------------------
JAN | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2011 | | |
AVG LOW | | 1985 | | | 7TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 1994 | | | 9TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2011 | 10TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | | 2012 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
FEB | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2010 | | | 9TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 2010 | | | 7TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 2010 | | | 8TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
SNOWFALL | | | 2011 | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
MAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | | 6TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1996 | | | 3RD COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 2013 | | | 4TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | 2012 | | 13TH WETTEST
SNOWFALL | | | 2008 | | 3RD SNOWIEST
---------------------------------------------------------------------
APR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | | 7TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | | 6TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | | 6TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | 2011 | |
SNOWFALL | | | | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
MAY | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | | 8TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | | 13TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | | 9TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | 2011 | | 8TH WETTEST
---------------------------------------------------------------------
JUN | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2003 | | | 8TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 2006 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2003 | | |
RAINFALL | | | 1976 | | ***WETTEST***
---------------------------------------------------------------------
JUL | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 1989 | | | ***COLDEST***
AVG LOW | | 2013 | | | ***COLDEST***
AVG MONTHLY | | 1989 | | | ***COLDEST***
RAINFALL | | | 2010 | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
AUG | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2009 | 19TH DRIEST
---------------------------------------------------------------------
SEP | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2012 | | |
AVG LOW | | 2011 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2012 | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2004 | 4TH DRIEST
---------------------------------------------------------------------
OCT | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2010 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2007 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2010 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2009 | |
SNOWFALL | | | | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
NOV | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 1996 | | | 4TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1976 | | | 2ND COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 1976 | | | 2ND COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2009 | 8TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | 1991 | | 4TH SNOWIEST
---------------------------------------------------------------------
DEC | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2013 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2010 | 10TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | | 2010 |
=====================================================================
YEAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 1979 | | | 2ND COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1983 | | | 4TH COLDEST
AVG YEARLY | | 1989 | | | 6TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 | 16TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | 2012 | | 20TH SNOWIEST
=====================================================================
FIRST/LAST DATES DATE NOTES
====================================================
LAST FREEZE | MAR 26TH | LATEST SINCE 2013
FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY | APR 3RD | EARLIEST SINCE 2012
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY | MAY 4TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2012
LAST 90-DEGREE DAY | SEP 10TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2012
LAST 80-DEGREE DAY | OCT 27TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2011
FIRST FREEZE | NOV 12TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2013
====================================================
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES NOTES
=======================================================
AT OR BELOW FREEZING | 64 | MOST SINCE 1985
AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES | 35 | FEWEST SINCE 1989
AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES | 0 | FEWEST SINCE 2013
=======================================================
DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
============================================================================
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
============================================================================
JAN 6TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 2014 22 IN 1988
LOW TEMPERATURE 10 IN 2014 15 IN 1988
JAN 7TH LOW TEMPERATURE 9 IN 2014 11 IN 1996
JAN 24TH LOW TEMPERATURE 10 IN 2014 10 IN 2003
FEB 6TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 21 IN 2014 22 IN 1989
FEB 7TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 24 IN 2014 24 IN 1978
FEB 8TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 30 IN 2014 30 IN 1978
MAR 3RD LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 24 IN 2014 30 IN 2002
LOW TEMPERATURE 14 IN 2014 17 IN 2002
MAR 4TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 33 IN 2014 34 IN 1978
LOW TEMPERATURE 16 IN 2014 16 IN 2002...1978
MAR 5TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 33 IN 2014 34 IN 1989
MAR 17TH LOW TEMPERATURE 31 IN 2014 32 IN 1978
APR 3RD HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2014 68 IN 2001
APR 15TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2014 56 IN 1999
APR 16TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 59 IN 2014 60 IN 1999
MAY 1ST LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 2014 44 IN 2005...1978
MAY 4TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 2014 90 IN 2012
MAY 14TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 54 IN 2014 63 IN 2011
LOW TEMPERATURE 46 IN 2014 51 IN 2000
MAY 15TH LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 2014 48 IN 2011...1981
MAY 16TH LOW TEMPERATURE 46 IN 2014 50 IN 2008
MAY 17TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 61 IN 2014 64 IN 1976
LOW TEMPERATURE 49 IN 2014 49 IN 1983
MAY 18TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2014 67 IN 1986
JUN 8TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 73 IN 2014 75 IN 1996
JUN 9TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 72 IN 2014 72 IN 1997
JUL 3RD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 82 IN 2014 84 IN 1985
JUL 4TH LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2014 64 IN 2013...1995
JUL 16TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2014 83 IN 1989
LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2014 65 IN 1990
JUL 17TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2014 82 IN 1989
LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2014 65 IN 1976
JUL 18TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 71 IN 2014 82 IN 1989...1979
LOW TEMPERATURE 61 IN 2014 61 IN 2009
JUL 19TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 76 IN 2014 84 IN 1989
LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2014 64 IN 2009...1984
JUL 24TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 83 IN 2014 85 IN 1989
JUL 25TH LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2014 65 IN 2000
JUL 31ST COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 2014 82 IN 1984
AUG 25TH HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 78 IN 2014 77 IN 2004...1998...1978
SEP 10TH HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 76 IN 2014 75 IN 2000
SEP 12TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2014 73 IN 1998...1995
LOW TEMPERATURE 57 IN 2014 58 IN 1992
SEP 13TH LOWEST HIGH TEEMPERATURE 68 IN 2014 72 IN 2009
LOW TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2014 61 IN 1996
SEP 14TH LOW TEMPERATURE 54 IN 2014 55 IN 1993
NOV 15TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 41 IN 2014 44 IN 1997
LOW TEMPERATURE 25 IN 2014 25 IN 1982
NOV 16TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 38 IN 2014 42 IN 1997
NOV 17TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 37 IN 2014 41 IN 1980
LOW TEMPERATURE 24 IN 2014 26 IN 1989
NOV 18TH LOW TEMPERATURE 20 IN 2014 29 IN 2005
NOV 23RD HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2014 56 IN 1987
MONTHLY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
==========================================================================
MONTH RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD/DATE PREVIOUS RECORD/DATE
==========================================================================
MAR COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 24 MAR 03RD 2014 30 MAR 03RD 2002
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 14 MAR 03RD 2014 14 MAR 02ND 1980
COLDEST DAILY AVG TEMP 19.0 MAR 03RD 2014 23.0 MAR 08TH 1996
JUL COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 JUL 17TH 2014 73 JUL 05TH 1995...
JUL 27TH 1977
COLDEST DAILY AVG TEMP 66.0 JUL 18TH 2014 68.5 JUL 05TH 1995
JUL 17TH 2014
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
====================================================
DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
====================================================
JAN 10TH 0.99 IN 2014 0.72 IN 2012
FEB 2ND 1.44 IN 2014 1.05 IN 1989
FEB 4TH 0.91 IN 2014 0.87 IN 2012
MAR 2ND 2.30 IN 2014 1.65 IN 1997
APR 13TH 2.85 IN 2014 1.68 IN 1991
MAY 8TH 2.06 IN 2014 0.96 IN 1989
MAY 28TH 1.83 IN 2014 1.28 IN 1978
MAY 29TH 1.11 IN 2014 0.68 IN 1985
JUN 23RD 1.07 IN 2014 0.70 IN 1983
JUN 29TH 1.32 IN 2014 1.31 IN 1983
JUL 8TH 0.90 IN 2014 0.31 IN 1997
JUL 23RD 0.67 IN 2014 0.57 IN 2011
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
====================================================
DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
====================================================
FEB 12TH TRACE IN 2014 TRACE IN 2013...1997...1982
MAR 2ND 1.5 IN 2014 TRACE IN 2013...2002...1995
MAR 16TH TRACE IN 2014 TRACE IN 1979
MAR 17TH 0.1 IN 2014 TRACE IN 1988
NOV 12TH TRACE IN 2014 NONE ESTABLISHED
NOV 13TH 0.4 IN 2014 NONE ESTABLISHED
NOV 16TH 0.1 IN 2014 TRACE IN 1982
NOV 17TH 0.1 IN 2014 NONE ESTABLISHED
DEC 18TH TRACE IN 2014 TRACE IN 1996...1989...1985
$$
57
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on YouTube
LZK RSS Feed