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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
355 PM CST THU JAN 1 2016
...A REVIEW OF 2015 WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR HARRISON...
SUMMARY
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IT WAS THE WARMEST YEAR SINCE 2012...BUT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE
30-YEAR AVERAGE. IN TERMS OF RAINFALL...IT WAS THE WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1990...
AND THE 4TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. ONLY 1990 /62.91 INCHES/...1927 /68.42
INCHES/...AND 1945 /71.03 INCHES/ WERE WETTER. SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE...
BUT NOT AS EXCESSIVE AS THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY...DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE AS MUCH AS
10 TO NEAR 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ALL THAT CHANGED THE SECOND HALF OF THE
MONTH...AS WARMER CONDITIONS SET IN...AND TEMPERATURES REGULARLY HIT THE 50S
AND 60S.
WARMER TEMPERATURES LASTED INTO THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY. BY THE LATTER
HALF OF THE MONTH...THE TREND REVERSED...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES SET IN.
PRECIPITATION HAD BEEN SPARSE UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY...WHEN A COLDER AND WETTER
PATTERN PREVAILED. THE COLD WEATHER CONTINUED INTO EARLY MARCH...AND WITH THE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE PRESENT...THERE WERE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER FROM
MID FEBRUARY UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
RAINFALL IN APRIL WAS BELOW AVERAGE...BUT BY MAY...WETTER CONDITIONS SET IN.
MUCH OF THE SUMMER MONTHS SAW TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO AVERAGE...WITH RAINFALL
ABOVE AVERAGE.
THROUGH THE FALL MONTHS...TEMPERATURES WERE FAIRLY WARM. FROM MID SEPTEMBER
THROUGH MID OCTOBER...RAINFALL WAS FAIRLY SPARSE. NEAR-RECORD WARMTH
WAS SEEN DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. OVERALL...WARM WEATHER CONTINUED
THROUGH NOVEMBER. WET WEATHER RETURNED...WITH RAINFALL EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUED WELL INTO DECEMBER...WITH NEAR
RECORD RAINFALL IN THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH.
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 | 47.7 27.5 37.6 +1.2 | 70/19TH | 2/8TH |
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| FEB | 42.5 21.3 31.9 -8.6 | 75/07TH | 7/19TH |
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| MAR | 59.2 38.0 48.6 -0.2 | 82/31ST | 14/06TH |
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| APR | 69.3 48.4 58.8 +0.8 | 82/08TH...07TH | 31/04TH |
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| MAY | 75.5 56.6 66.0 +0.2 | 84/29TH | 43/22ND |
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| JUN | 85.1 66.5 75.8 +2.1 | 92/24TH | 57/01ST |
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| JUL | 88.7 70.8 79.8 +1.4 | 94/27TH...15TH | 62/31ST |
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| AUG | 85.6 63.4 74.5 -3.1 | 97/09TH | 52/20TH |
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| SEP | 82.6 60.2 71.4 +2.2 | 91/06TH | 47/13TH |
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| OCT | 71.7 49.0 60.4 +1.5 | 91/15TH | 37/30TH |
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| NOV | 61.7 40.7 51.2 +2.7 | 72/04TH | 20/22ND |
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| DEC | 57.2 36.2 46.7 +8.6 | 74/10TH | 25/30TH |
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= YEAR | 68.9 48.2 58.6 +0.7 | 97 AUG 9TH | 2 JAN 8TH =
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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 | 1.82 | -0.74 | 0.86/02ND | 1.16/02ND-03RD |
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| FEB | 1.72 | -0.92 | 0.53/16TH | 0.77/15TH-16TH |
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| MAR | 5.94 | +2.15 | 1.16/25TH | 1.16/25TH |
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| APR | 2.76 | -1.56 | 0.66/01ST | 0.66/01ST |
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| MAY | 10.27 | +6.02 | 1.85/10TH | 2.06/10TH-11TH |
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| JUN | 5.52 | +1.28 | 1.06/18TH | 1.47/17TH-18TH |
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| JUL | 6.62 | +3.48 | 2.26/02ND | 2.26/02ND |
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| AUG | 5.13 | +1.55 | 2.51/30TH | 2.51/30TH |
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| SEP | 5.05 | +0.85 | 3.98/08TH | 4.53/08TH-09TH |
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| OCT | 2.03 | -1.52 | 0.41/23RD | 0.67/15TH-16TH |
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| NOV | 6.90 | +2.67 | 1.70/05TH | 2.20/16TH-17TH |
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| DEC | 8.44 | +5.24 | 4.38/27TH | 4.63/26TH-27TH |
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= YEAR 62.64 +18.50 3.98 SEP 08TH 4.53 SEP 08TH-09TH =
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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 | TRACE | -4.2 | 0.0 | TRACE/15TH...07TH...04TH | TRACE/15TH...07TH...04TH |
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| FEB | 8.7 | +5.5 | 0.7 | 5.0/16TH | 5.5/16TH-17TH |
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| MAR | 4.3 | +2.3 | 0.3 | 4.0/04TH | 4.3/04TH-05TH |
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| APR | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | | |
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| OCT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
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| NOV | TRACE | -0.4 | 0.0 | TRACE/21ST | TRACE/21ST |
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| DEC | TRACE | -1.3 | 0.0 | TRACE/17TH | TRACE/17TH |
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=YEAR | 13.0 +1.5 0.1 5.0 FEB 16TH 5.5 FEB 16TH-17TH |
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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 | 2013 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2013 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2013 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2013 | |
SNOWFALL | | | | 2013 |
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FEB | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2010 | | | 9TH COLDEST
AVG LOW | | 1978 | | | 8TH COLDEST
AVG MONTHLY | | 1989 | | | 9TH COLDEST
RAINFALL | | | 2013 | |
SNOWFALL | | | 2011 | |
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MAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2008 | |
SNOWFALL | | | | 2013 |
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APR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2013 | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2012 |
SNOWFALL | | | | |
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MAY | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2013 | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2013 | | |
RAINFALL | | | 1990 | | 5TH WETTEST
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JUN | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2013 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2011 | | | | 6TH WARMEST
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2009 | |
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JUL | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | | 9TH WARMEST
AVG MONTHLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2010 | |
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AUG | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2013 | | |
AVG LOW | | 2004 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2009 | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2013 | |
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SEP | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2013 | | | | 7TH WARMEST
AVG LOW | 2010 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2013 | | | | 9TH WARMEST
RAINFALL | | | | 2013 |
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OCT | | | | |
AVG HIGH | | 2013 | | |
AVG LOW | | 2013 | | |
AVG MONTHLY | | 2013 | | |
RAINFALL | | | | 2010 |
SNOWFALL | | | | |
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NOV | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2011 | | | |
AVG MONTHLY | 2009 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 2006 | | 10TH WETTEST
SNOWFALL | | | | 2013 |
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DEC | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 1957 | | | | 2ND WARMEST
AVG LOW | 1984 | | | | 2ND WARMEST
AVG MONTHLY | 1984 | | | | 2ND WARMEST
RAINFALL | | | 1982 | | 2ND WETTEST
SNOWFALL | | | | 2014 |
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YEAR | | | | |
AVG HIGH | 2012 | | | |
AVG LOW | 2012 | | | |
AVG YEARLY | 2012 | | | |
RAINFALL | | | 1990 | | 4TH WETTEST
SNOWFALL | | | | 2012 |
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FIRST/LAST DATES DATE NOTES
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LAST FREEZE | APR 04TH | EARLIEST SINCE 2012
FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY | MAR 31ST | EARLIEST SINCE 2013
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY | JUN 10TH | LATEST SINCE 2013
LAST 90-DEGREE DAY | OCT 15TH | LATEST SINCE 1929
LAST 80-DEGREE DAY | OCT 21ST | EARLIEST SINCE 2013
FIRST FREEZE | NOV 09TH | LATEST SINCE 2011
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NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES NOTES
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AT OR BELOW FREEZING | 68 | FEWEST SINCE 2012
AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES | 32 | MOST SINCE 2013
AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES | 0 | FEWEST SINCE 2014
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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 19TH WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 51 IN 2015 51 IN 2006
FEB 07TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 75 IN 2015 74 IN 1926
FEB 23RD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 25 IN 2015 26 IN 1910
FEB 27TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 2015 27 IN 1934
JUL 27TH WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 76 IN 2015 76 IN 1976
OCT 15TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2015 89 IN 1950
DEC 10TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 2015 73 IN 1933
DEC 12TH WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2015 58 IN 1984
DEC 21ST HIGH TEMPERATURE 69 IN 2015 68 IN 1957...1949
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
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MAR 13TH 1.08 IN 2015 0.93 IN 1999
JUL 22ND 1.38 IN 2015 1.31 IN 1950
AUG 30TH 2.51 IN 2015 2.21 IN 1962
NOV 05TH 1.70 IN 2015 1.69 IN 1994
DEC 27TH 4.38 IN 2015 2.97 IN 2008
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
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MAR 04TH 4.0 IN 2015 2.5 IN 1965
MONTHLY RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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MONTH RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD/DATE PREVIOUS RECORD/DATE
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DEC HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 12/12/2015 63 12/29/1984...12/31/1951
OTHER RECORDS BROKEN DURING THE YEAR/MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA
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JAN 07TH - ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH PRESSURE SET AT 30.92 INCHES / 1047.11 MILLIBARS.
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 30.88 INCHES / 1045.75 MILLIBARS ON 01/07/1968.
JUL 25TH - 55 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED DURING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
HIGHEST WIND GUST SINCE JULY 20TH 2000.
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