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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
705 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015
...A REVIEW OF 2014 WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR HARRISON...
SUMMARY
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BY AVERAGE HIGH...LOW...AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...2014 AT HARRISON
WAS THE COLDEST IN TWO TO THREE DECADES...AND ONE OF THE COLDEST
EVER RECORDED.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 1993...AND THE 9TH
COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE
1912...AND THE 8TH COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS THE
COLDEST SINCE 1989...AND THE 9TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS...THERE WERE NO TRIPLE-DIGIT
TEMPERATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST READING TOPPING OUT AT 96 ON AUGUST
23RD. AT SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE YEAR...NEAR-RECORD COLD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SEEN...MAINLY IN JANUARY...MARCH...AND JULY.
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST SEEN IN DECADES...
PARTICULARLY IN JANUARY AND MARCH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE YEAR WAS -2 ON JANUARY 6TH. THIS MARKED THE FIRST TEMPERATURE AT
OR BELOW ZERO AT HARRISON SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2011...AND THE COLDEST
JANUARY TEMPERATURE RECORDED SINCE 1985. THE HIGH OF 10 DEGREES ON
JANUARY 6TH WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THAT MONTH SINCE
1962...AND ONE OF THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH.
FEBRUARY SAW THE MOST TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 10 DEGREES IN THAT
MONTH IN 25 YEARS. IN EARLY MARCH...THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 3
DEGREES...WHICH WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH SINCE
1948...AND ONE OF THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2012...RAINFALL WAS BELOW THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN SIX MONTHS DURING THE
YEAR...AND BELOW AVERAGE IN THE OTHER SIX MONTHS. THE GREATEST
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL WAS IN JULY...WITH +2.20 INCHES. AT THE
OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM...AUGUST RAINFALL WAS NEARLY TWO AND A
HALF INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. JULY WAS THE WETTEST MONTH...AND FEBRUARY
WAS THE DRIEST MONTH. THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS ON JULY
23RD...WITH 2.90 INCHES.
FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW...SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. SNOW FELL IN
JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH...NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER...AND WAS
MEASURABLE IN FOUR OF THOSE MONTHS. SNOW WAS THE HEAVIEST IN MARCH.
THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL WAS IN 5.0 INCHES...WHICH FELL ON MARCH
16TH.
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
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--------| AVERAGE TEMPERATURES |---------------EXTREMES---------------
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| MONTH | HIGH LOW AVG DFN | HIGHEST/DATES | LOWEST/DATES |
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| JAN | 44.2 | 21.2 | 32.7 | -3.7 | 68 26TH | -2 6TH |
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| FEB | 45.7 | 23.0 | 34.4 | -6.1 | 75 20TH | 5 7TH...6TH |
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| MAR | 57.4 | 32.2 | 44.8 | -4.0 | 78 11TH | 3 3RD |
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| APR | 70.3 | 46.1 | 58.2 | +0.2 | 85 10TH | 28 15TH |
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| MAY | 77.5 | 56.4 | 67.0 | +1.2 | 92 4TH | 37 16TH |
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| JUN | 82.7 | 65.1 | 73.9 | +0.2 | 90 30TH | 54 14TH |
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| JUL | 83.7 | 63.1 | 73.4 | -5.0 | 95 23RD | 52 16TH |
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| AUG | 88.7 | 66.5 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 96 23RD | 55 13TH |
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| SEP | 79.7 | 58.6 | 69.2 | 0.0 | 92 5TH...4TH | 45 24TH |
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| OCT | 72.4 | 50.4 | 61.4 | +2.5 | 85 26TH...25TH | 31 31ST |
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| NOV | 53.8 | 31.8 | 42.8 | -5.7 | 75 30TH | 13 18TH |
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| DEC | 46.3 | 33.1 | 39.7 | +1.6 | 66 14TH | 20 29TH |
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= YEAR 66.9 45.6 56.3 -1.6 96 AUG 23RD -2 JAN 6TH =
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DFN - DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL
PRECIPITATION - RAINFALL
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|MONTH| TOTAL | DFN | HIGHEST/CALENDAR DAY | HIGHEST/24-HOUR PERIOD |
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| JAN | 1.03 | -1.53 | 0.63/10TH | 0.63/10TH |
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| FEB | 0.92 | -1.72 | 0.35/2ND | 0.35/2ND |
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| MAR | 4.44 | +0.65 | 2.28/16TH | 2.28/16TH |
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| APR | 4.55 | +0.23 | 1.97/27TH | 1.98/27TH-28TH |
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| MAY | 4.37 | -0.32 | 1.51/12TH | 1.63/12TH-13TH |
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| JUN | 4.88 | +0.64 | 1.27/5TH | 1.29/5TH-6TH |
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| JUL | 5.34 | +2.20 | 2.90/23RD | 2.90/23RD |
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| AUG | 1.15 | -2.43 | 0.57/9TH | 0.57/9TH |
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| SEP | 5.15 | +0.95 | 1.79/10TH | 2.20/10TH-11TH |
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| OCT | 5.04 | +1.49 | 2.46/10TH | 2.50/10TH-11TH |
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| NOV | 2.08 | -2.15 | 1.24/4TH | 1.24/4TH |
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| DEC | 2.25 | -0.95 | 0.65/5TH | 0.65/5TH |
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= YEAR 41.20 -2.94 2.90 JUL 23RD 2.90 JUL 23RD =
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PRECIPITATION - SNOWFALL/SLEET/HAIL
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|MONTH| TOTAL | DFN | AVG DEPTH| CALENDAR DAY MAX | 24-HOUR MAX |
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| JAN | 1.0 | -3.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 5TH | 1.0 5TH |
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| FEB | 5.8 | +2.6 | 0.9 | 4.3 2ND | 4.3 2ND |
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| MAR | 10.0 | +8.0 | 0.6 | 5.0 16TH | 5.0 16TH |
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| APR | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | | |
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| MAY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
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| OCT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
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| NOV | 0.6 | +0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 16TH | 0.6 16TH-17TH |
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| DEC | T | -1.3 | 0.0 | T 27TH...17TH | T 27TH...17TH |
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=YEAR | 17.4 +5.9 0.1 5.0 MAR 16TH 5.0 MAR 16TH =
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SUMMARY BY MONTH
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MONTH | WARMEST | COOLEST | MOST | LEAST | MONTHLY/YEARLY
AVG TEMPS/RAIN| SINCE | SINCE | SINCE | SINCE | RANK ON RECORD
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JAN | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2010 | | |
AVG LOW | | 1985 | | | 17TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 1994 | | | 15TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2011 | 24TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | 2012 | |
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FEB | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2010 | | | 18TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1989 | | | 14TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 2010 | | | 15TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2006 | 12TH DRIEST
SNOWFALL | | | 2011 | |
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MAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | | 1996 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2012 | |
SNOWFALL | | | 1994 | | 6TH SNOWIEST
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APR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2011 | |
SNOWFALL | | | | 2012 |
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MAY | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
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JUN | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2003 | | |
AVG LOW | 2011 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2003 | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2010 | |
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JUL | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 1950 | | | 3RD COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1959 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 1950 | | | 9TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2010 |
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AUG | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2011 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2010 | 16TH DRIEST
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SEP | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2011 | | |
AVG LOW | | 2011 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2011 | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2010 | |
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OCT | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2010 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2007 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2007 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
SNOWFALL | | | | |
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NOV | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2000 | | |
AVG LOW | | 1976 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2000 | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
SNOWFALL | | | 2006 | |
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DEC | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2010 | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2010 | |
SNOWFALL | | | 2010 | |
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YEAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 1993 | | | 9TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1912 | | | 8TH COLDEST
AVG YEARLY | | 1989 | | | 9TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
SNOWFALL | | | 2011 | |
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FIRST/LAST DATES DATE NOTES
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LAST FREEZE | APR 15TH |
FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY | APR 10TH | LATEST SINCE 2004
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY | MAY 4TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2012
LAST 90-DEGREE DAY | SEP 10TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2009
LAST 80-DEGREE DAY | OCT 26TH | LATEST SINCE 2009
FIRST FREEZE | OCT 31ST | LATEST SINCE 2011
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NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES NOTES
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AT OR BELOW ZERO | 3 | MOST SINCE 1996
AT OR BELOW FREEZING | 95 | LEAST SINCE 2012
AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES | 26 | FEWEST SINCE 2009
AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES | 0 | LEAST SINCE 2009
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DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
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JAN 6TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 10 IN 2014 19 IN 1988
FEB 7TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 2014 20 IN 1899
MAY 4TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 2014 91 IN 1955
MAY 5TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2014 91 IN 1952
MAY 14TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 51 IN 2014 54 IN 2011
JUL 17TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 73 IN 2014 73 IN 1989
JUL 18TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 2014 77 IN 1910
JUL 19TH LOW TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2014 55 IN 2009
JUL 26TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 71 IN 2014 74 IN 1977
JUL 30TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2014 73 IN 1981
SEP 10TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2014 61 IN 1892
NOV 17TH LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 30 IN 2014 31 IN 1959
NOV 29TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 2014 74 IN 1970
MONTHLY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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NO ALL-TIME MONTHLY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER...THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED.
ON JANUARY 6TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES WAS THE COLDEST RECORDED
IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY SINCE 1962...AND TIED JANUARY 10TH 1962 FOR THE 3RD
COLDEST ON RECORD. THE COLDEST WAS 3 DEGREES ON JANUARY 12TH 1912...AND THE
2ND COLDEST WAS 5 DEGREES ON JANUARY 12TH 1918.
ON MARCH 3RD...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 26 WAS THE COLDEST MARCH HIGH
TEMPERATURE SINCE 2002...AND MOST RECENTLY TIED MARCH 2ND 1995 FOR THE 6TH
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
ON MARCH 3RD...THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 3 WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
IN MARCH SINCE 1948 AND 4TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH.
THE ONLY COLDER TEMPERATURES RECORDED IN MARCH AT HARRISON WERE 0 /MARCH 11TH
1948 AND MARCH 13TH 1948/...-1 /MARCH 3RD 1943/...AND -10 /MARCH 12TH 1948/.
ON MARCH 3RD...THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 14.5 DEGREES WAS THE COLDEST
SINCE 2002...AND 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
ON JULY 30TH...THE HIGH OF 70 DEGREES WAS THE COLDEST JULY HIGH TEMPERATURE
SINCE 2004...AND MOST RECENTLY TIED JULY 25TH 2004 FOR THE 5TH COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
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MAR 16TH 2.28 IN 2014 1.56 IN 1920
APR 27TH 1.97 IN 2014 1.12 IN 1911
JUL 23RD 2.90 IN 2014 1.37 IN 1969
SEP 10TH 1.79 IN 2014 1.34 IN 1958
OCT 10TH 2.46 IN 2014 1.83 IN 2001
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
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MAR 2ND 2.5 IN 2014 2.0 IN 1971...1963...1960...
1912...1903
MAR 3RD 2.5 IN 2014 2.0 IN 2002
NOV 12TH TRACE IN 2014 TRACE IN 2000...1997...1904
NOV 15TH TRACE IN 2014 TRACE IN 2008...1995...1969...1932
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