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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED FORMATTING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1122 AM CST SAT JAN 02 2021

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...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            114   08/03/2011
 LOW             -12   02/12/1899
HIGHEST           97   08/11         73      24       99  09/06
                       08/10
                                                          08/13
                                                          08/07
LOWEST            22   02/14         52     -30       17  11/13
                       01/20
AVG. MAXIMUM    72.2               72.9    -0.7     72.5
AVG. MINIMUM    52.4               52.5    -0.1     52.3
MEAN            62.3               62.7    -0.4     62.4
DAYS MAX >= 90    62               69.2    -7.2       82
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                4.0    -3.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    35               50.6   -15.6       49
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       81.79   2009
 MINIMUM       28.26   1963
TOTALS         60.04              49.75   10.29    60.46
DAILY AVG.      0.16               0.14    0.02     0.17
DAYS >= .01      134              105.7    28.3      110
DAYS >= .10       88               71.1    16.9       70
DAYS >= .50       41               33.3     7.7       38
DAYS >= 1.00      13               14.4    -1.4       21
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.74   08/26 TO 08/27               5.44  04/18 TO 04/18


SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          32.6   1960
 24 HR TOTAL    13.0   01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893
 SNOW DEPTH       15   01/21/1918
TOTALS             T                3.5    -3.5        T
 LIQUID EQUIV      T               0.40   -0.40        T
SINCE 7/1          T                0.2    -0.2       MM
 LIQUID 7/1    -0.10                 MM      MM       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      5                1.7     3.3        6
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.9    -0.9        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL       T   12/14 TO 12/15                  T  12/10 TO 12/10
                       02/20 TO 02/20
                       02/06 TO 02/06

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   2805               3053    -248     3086
 SINCE 7/1      1151               1196     -45     1275
COOLING TOTAL   1935               2206    -271     2248
 SINCE 1/1      1455               2206    -751     2248

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        11/30
LATEST                          02/27
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/230    DATE  04/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/250    DATE  11/15

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           80
NUMBER OF DAYS PC            186
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY        100


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             66     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               50     RAIN                      71
LIGHT RAIN              163     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      3
FOG                     169     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     16
HAZE                     16

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

A REVIEW OF 2020 WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD

SUMMARY
======================================================================
2020 AT LITTLE ROCK TURNED OUT TO BE THE COOLEST YEAR IN TWO YEARS. THIS
WAS LARGELY DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES. WHILE LOWS WERE THE WARMEST IN
THREE YEARS, HIGHS WERE THE COLDEST IN SIX YEARS. LITTLE ROCK SAW THE
FEWEST FREEZING DAYS IN 22 YEARS (SINCE 1998). HOWEVER, FOR THE FIFTH
YEAR IN A ROW, THERE WERE NO 100-DEGREE DAYS. AS OF DECEMBER 31, THIS
MARKS 900 DAYS. THIS IS THE LONGEST STREAK WITHOUT A 100-DEGREE DAY
SINCE THE PERIOD JULY 20, 1966 TO JULY 3, 1969 (1,080 DAYS). THE LONGEST
RECORDED STREAK OF DAYS WITHOUT A 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURE AT LITTLE ROCK
IS 2,524 DAYS FROM AUGUST 1, 1887 TO JUNE 28, 1894.

IN TERMS OF DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL (OR COMPARISON WITH THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE), MARCH WAS WARMEST, WITH A DEPARTURE OF +3.8, WHILE OCTOBER
WAS COOLEST WITH A -3.0 DEPARTURE. IN TERMS OF ACTUAL TEMPERATURES,
THOUGH, THE WARMEST MONTH WAS JULY, AND THE COLDEST MONTH WAS JANUARY.

THOUGH THE ANNUAL RAINFALL AMOUNT WAS THE LEAST THAT HAS FALLEN IN THREE
YEARS, 2020 WAS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. PRELIMINARILY, IT WAS
THE 27TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD AT LITTLE ROCK. THERE WERE 134 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL, WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 1957, AND THE THIRD HIGHEST
AMOUNT ON RECORD DURING A CALENDAR YEAR. ONLY 1882 (137 DAYS) AND 1957
(140 DAYS) SAW MORE. THE WETTEST MONTH WAS JANUARY, AND THE DRIEST MONTH
WAS NOVEMBER.

NO MEASURABLE SNOW FELL FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THIS ALSO MARKS 777
DAYS SINCE THE LAST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL. SINCE RECORDS BEGAN, THIS IS THE
3RD LONGEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL DROUGHT AT LITTLE ROCK. THE ONLY TWO
PERIODS RECORDED THAT WERE LONGER WERE FEBRUARY 14, 1997 TO JANUARY 26,
2000 (1,077 DAYS), AND MARCH 6, 1989 TO JANUARY 6, 1994 (1,768 DAYS).
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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)

2020 TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AND EXTREMES  LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
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          AVERAGE TEMPERATURES              TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
MONTH   HIGH      LOW      MONTHLY   DFN  MAX DATE(S)            MIN DATE(S)
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JAN     52.8      36.0    44.4    +3.6     68 11, 10           22 20
FEB     55.1      35.9    45.5    +0.7     74  2               22 14
MAR     66.2      48.2    57.2    +3.8     88 26               33  7
APR     70.2      49.0    59.6    -2.5     84  8               33 15
MAY     78.8      58.0    68.4    -2.7     88 25               43  9
JUN     87.5      67.5    77.5    -1.6     94  5               59 11
JUL     91.3      73.5    82.4    -0.4     96 16               70  3
AUG     90.5      70.0    80.3    -2.2     97 11,10            65 17,6
SEP     82.5      64.3    73.4    -1.6     91 12,10            49 29
OCT     70.6      50.8    60.7    -3.0     85 21               37 30
NOV     66.9      42.4    54.7    +2.1     80 10, 9            31 30
DEC     54.5      33.1    43.8    +0.8     75 10               23 25
ANNUAL  72.24     52.39   62.3    -0.4     97 AUG 10,11        22 JAN 20, 
                                                                  FEB 14

2020 RAINFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES  LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
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MONTH    RAINFALL   DFN MAX (CALENDAR DAY)  MAX (24 HOURS)
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JAN       6.84    +3.29  2.77 (11TH)       3.51 (10TH-11TH)
FEB       6.02    +2.36  1.51 (18TH)       1.51 (18TH, 11TH-12TH)
MAR       5.42    +0.74  1.34 (30TH)       1.76 (30TH-31ST)
APR       6.41    +1.27  2.07 (12TH)       2.26 (11TH-12TH)
MAY       6.04    +1.17  1.30 (17TH)       1.95 (16TH-17TH)
JUN       6.73    +3.08  2.15 ( 8TH)       2.16 (8TH-9TH)
JUL       2.43    -0.84  1.16 ( 9TH)       1.16 (9TH)
AUG       6.02    +3.43  2.94 (27TH)       3.74 (26TH-27TH)
SEP       3.37    +0.19  0.99 (22ND)       1.46 (22ND-23RD)
OCT       3.89    -1.02  2.36 (28TH)       2.36 (28TH)
NOV       2.10    -3.18  0.62 (25TH)       1.00 (24TH-25TH)
DEC       4.77    -0.20  1.94 (31ST)       1.94 (31ST)
ANNUAL   60.04   +10.20  2.94 (AUG. 27TH)  3.74 (AUG. 26TH-27TH)

2020 SNOWFALL, DEPARTURES, AND EXTREMES  LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
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MONTH SNOWDFNMAX (CALENDAR DAY)MAX (24 HOURS)HIGHEST DEPTH
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JAN    T    -1.6    T (22ND)        T (22ND)              0
FEB    T    -1.3    T (20TH, 6TH)   T (20TH, 6TH)         0
MAR   0.0   -0.4
APR   0.0    0.0
OCT   0.0    0.0
NOV   0.0    0.0
DEC    T    -0.2    T (14TH, 15TH)  T (14TH, 15TH)        0
ANNUAL T    -3.5    T (DEC. 15TH,   T (DEC. 15TH,         0
                       DEC. 14TH,      DEC. 14TH,
                       FEB. 20TH,      FEB. 20TH,
                       FEB.  6TH,      FEB.  6TH,
                       JAN. 22ND)      JAN. 22ND)


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MISCELLANEOUS DATA (FIRST/LAST DATES, ETC.)
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DAYS WITH MINIMUMS AT OR BELOW FREEZING     35  FEWEST SINCE 1998
DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES   62  FEWEST SINCE 2017
DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES   0  FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW

LAST FREEZE                      FEBRUARY 27TH  EARLIEST SINCE 2012
FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY                 MARCH 26TH  EARLIEST SINCE 2018
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY                   JUNE 5TH  LATEST SINCE 2017
LAST 90-DEGREE DAY              SEPTEMBER 12TH  EARLIEST SINCE 2012
LAST 80-DEGREE DAY               NOVEMBER 10TH  LATEST SINCE 2017
FIRST FREEZE                     NOVEMBER 30TH  LATEST SINCE 2011

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. 10TH   WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE     60 IN 2020  60 IN 1890
MAR. 26TH   HIGH TEMPERATURE            88 IN 2020  85 IN 1907
APR. 15TH   LOW TEMPERATURE             33 IN 2020  33 IN 1983
MAY  10TH   LOW TEMPERATURE             45 IN 2020  45 IN 1961, 1924, 1923
MAY  12TH   COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE    55 IN 2020  61 IN 1919
SEP. 23RD   COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE    63 IN 2020  67 IN 2018
OCT. 24TH   COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE    51 IN 2020  53 IN 1981
OCT. 27TH   COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE    50 IN 2020  51 IN 1957

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND HONORABLE MENTION (TEMPERATURE DATA)
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DATE         PARAMETER AND DATE(S)           INFORMATION
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MAR. 26TH    HIGH TEMPERATURE 88 DEGREES     MOST RECENTLY TIED MARCH
                                             31, 1963 FOR THE 4TH
                                             WARMEST HIGH ON RECORD
                                             FOR MARCH

MAY  12TH    HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES  3RD COLDEST HIGH
                                             TEMPERATURE ON RECORD
                                             FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AT
                                             LITTLE ROCK

DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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DATE     NEW RECORD   PREVIOUS RECORD
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JAN. 11TH   2.77 IN 2020    1.94 IN 1913
OCT. 28TH   2.36 IN 2020    1.93 IN 1974


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND HONORABLE MENTION (RAINFALL DATA)
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DATE          PARAMETER                        INFORMATION
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AUG. 27TH   2.94 CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL        10TH HIGHEST ON RECORD
                                               IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST

DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR
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(NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE YEAR)


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND HONORABLE MENTION (SNOWFALL DATA)
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DATE              PARAMETER AND DATE(S)   INFORMATION
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NOV. 15TH 2018-   NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL   3RD LONGEST MEASURABLE
DEC. 31ST 2020                             SNOWFALL DROUGHT AT LITTLE
                                           ROCK. THE ONLY LONGER
                                           PERIODS WERE...
                                           1. 03/06/1989-01/06/1994
                                              (1,768 DAYS)
                                           2. 02/14/1997-01/26/2000
                                              (1,077 DAYS)


OTHER NOTEWORTHY PHENOMENA DURING THE YEAR
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JANUARY     -   16 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL
                TIED 1950 FOR THE MOST IN JANUARY. ONLY 1882 (17
                DAYS) AND 1937 (19 DAYS) HAD MORE.

MARCH       -   11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL MARCH 9-
                19TH. MOST IN MARCH SINCE 1914 AND MOST ON RECORD
                FOR MARCH (BEATING 7 DAYS 3/25-31/1914).

APR. 28TH   -   WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH DURING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG
                THUNDERSTORM

JUN. 23RD   -   WINDS GUSTED TO 48 MPH DURING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG
                THUNDERSTORM

AUGUST      -   PRESSURE OF 29.46 INCHES SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW
                PRESSURE FOR AUGUST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 29.47
                INCHES ON AUGUST 2, 1915. THIS WAS AS THE REMNANTS OF
                HURRICANE LAURA PASSED THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

NOV. 15TH   -   WINDS GUSTED TO 52 MPH AS A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH
                LITTLE ROCK.

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