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Climate Summary (Apr 2022)
 
Little Rock Climate Summary
...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             95   04/20/1987
 LOW              28   04/08/2018
                       04/08/2007
                       04/07/1971
HIGHEST           85   04/24         73      12       84  04/12
                       04/29
LOWEST            33   04/01         50     -17       33  04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    74.0               72.8     1.2     71.3
AVG. MINIMUM    52.2               50.1     2.1     48.1
MEAN            63.1               61.4     1.7     59.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       14.81   1927
 MINIMUM        0.17   1930
TOTALS          5.24               5.59   -0.35     4.02
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.19   -0.02     0.13
DAYS >= .01       11                9.4     1.6       10
DAYS >= .10        7                                   5
DAYS >= .50        3                                   4
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.6     1.4        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.59   04/12 TO 04/13
 STORM TOTAL    1.49
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2018
 24 HR TOTAL       T   04/07/2018 TO 04/07/2018
                       04/09/2003 TO 04/09/2003
                       04/19/1983 TO 04/19/1983
                       04/13/1980 TO 04/13/1980
 SNOW DEPTH        T   04/02/1908
                       04/05/1886
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
 LIQUID EQUIV   0.00               0.00    0.00     0.00
SINCE 7/1        6.0                3.8     2.2       MM
 LIQUID 7/1     0.60               0.30    0.30       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0    MM                           0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    127                154     -27      180
 SINCE 7/1      2525               3132    -607       MM
COOLING TOTAL     80                 48      32       29
 SINCE 1/1        95                 61      34       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        11/05
LATEST                          03/03
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/170    DATE  04/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/170    DATE  04/12
                                41/170          04/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             10     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      6

-  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 FOR APRIL 2022...

APRIL CONTINUED THE TREND OF LARGELY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT
LITTLE ROCK, WITH THE MONTHLY AVERAGE BEING NEARLY TWO DEGREES ABOVE
THE 30-YEAR MEAN. THIS MADE FOR THE WARMEST APRIL IN FIVE YEARS.

FOR THE FOURTH APRIL IN A ROW, THERE WERE NO FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 80, WHICH WAS
THE MOST IN FIVE YEARS (SINCE 2017).

RAINFALL WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE, BUT IT WAS STILL THE WETTEST
APRIL IN TWO YEARS. NO SNOW FELL FOR THE 4TH APRIL IN A ROW.

.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH, LOW AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WERE THE WARMEST SINCE
2017.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 18 DAYS AND BELOW AVERAGE
ON 12 DAYS.

.DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE  RECORD TYPE               NEW RECORD    PREVIOUS RECORD
22ND  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   69 IN 2022    69 IN 1925, 2001

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE, IT WAS STILL THE WETTEST
APRIL IN TWO YEARS.

.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

.MONTHLY SNOWFALL...
FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW, NO SNOW FELL IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.

.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH
 
North Little Rock Climate Summary
...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             94   04/20/1987
 LOW              29   04/07/2018
HIGHEST           83   04/24         73      10       84  04/12
                       04/22
                       04/29
LOWEST            34   04/09         53     -19       32  04/21
                       04/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    71.6               71.6    -0.0     69.7
AVG. MINIMUM    51.2               51.9    -0.7     49.1
MEAN            61.4               61.7    -0.3     59.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.2    -0.2        1
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       11.01   1991
 MINIMUM        0.66   1987
TOTALS          5.15               5.54   -0.39     4.16
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.18   -0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01       11                9.6     1.4       11
DAYS >= .10        8                                   6
DAYS >= .50        3                                   3
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.8     1.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.37   04/13 TO 04/13
 STORM TOTAL    1.37
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2018
 24 HR TOTAL       T   04/07/2018 TO 04/07/2018
                       04/09/2003 TO 04/09/2003
                       04/19/1983 TO 04/19/1983
                       04/14/1980 TO 04/14/1980
                       04/13/1980 TO 04/13/1980
 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        9.5                3.8     5.7       MM
 LIQUID 7/1     0.95               0.00    0.95       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0    MM                           0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    162                153       9      195
 SINCE 7/1      2756               3111    -355       MM
COOLING TOTAL     60                 55       5       35
 SINCE 1/1        69                 69       0       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        11/13
LATEST                          04/21
................................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/280    DATE  04/07
                                25/200          04/10
                                25/210          04/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/200    DATE  04/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.53
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              8     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

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

&&

...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR APRIL 2022...
IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES, APRIL WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 30-YEAR MEAN,
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES MAKING THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION. EVEN SO, IT
WAS STILL THE WARMEST APRIL SINCE 2019.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020, THERE WERE NO FREEZING TEMPERATURES
RECORDED IN APRIL. HOWEVER, THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR
ABOVE 80, WHICH WAS THE MOST RECORDED IN APRIL SINCE 2019.

RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE, THOUGH ONLY BY LESS THAN HALF AN INCH.
EVEN SO, IT WAS THE WETTEST APRIL IN TWO YEARS.

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, NO SNOW FELL.

.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2017. THE AVERAGE
LOW AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST SINCE 2019.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 15 DAYS, BELOW AVERAGE ON
14 DAYS, AND RIGHT AT AVERAGE ON ONE DAY.

.DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE  RECORD TYPE               NEW RECORD    PREVIOUS RECORD
 1ST  LOW TEMPERATURE           34 IN 2022     35 IN 2019
 9TH  LOW TEPMERATURE           34 IN 2022     36 IN 1982
12TH  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   65 IN 2022     64 IN 1981
17TH  COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE  56 IN 2022     58 IN 1999

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2020, THOUGH STILL BELOW AVERAGE IN
TERMS OF RAINFALL.

.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

.MONTHLY SNOWFALL...
FOR THE 4TH APRIL IN A ROW, NO SNOW FELL.

.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.