...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2021...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 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 93 02/27/1918
LOW -5 02/12/1899
HIGHEST 75 02/28 56 19 76 02/02
LOWEST 0 02/16 36 -36 25 02/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 44.0 55.9 -11.9 56.2
AVG. MINIMUM 27.6 36.4 -8.8 38.0
MEAN 35.8 46.1 -10.3 47.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 9 0.8 8.2 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 17 9.0 8.0 8
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 0.0 1.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 16.69 1939
MINIMUM 0.64 1999
TOTALS 6.33 4.06 2.27 7.33
DAILY AVG. 0.23 0.15 0.08 0.25
DAYS >= .01 13 9.4 3.6 13
DAYS >= .10 10 7
DAYS >= .50 4 4
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.31 02/25 TO 02/26
STORM TOTAL 2.06
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 9.2 1960
24 HR TOTAL 7.2 02/24/1960 TO 02/24/1960
SNOW DEPTH 5 02/26/2015
02/10/1980
TOTALS 18.5R 0.6 17.9 T
LIQUID EQUIV 1.90 0.00 1.90 T
SINCE 7/1 18.5 3.1 15.4 MM
LIQUID 7/1 1.85 0.30 1.55 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2
DAYS >= TRACE 7 0.5 6.5 1
DAYS >= 1.0 3 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 18R 02/18
24 HR TOTAL 12.5R 02/17 TO 02/17 T 02/06 TO 02/06
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 810 530 280 514
SINCE 7/1 2589 2386 203 2303
COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0
SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 1
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 10/10/2000
LATEST 04/25/1910
EARLIEST 11/30
LATEST 03/07
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/360 DATE 02/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/360 DATE 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 2 SLEET 1
FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...DATA FOR PINE BLUFF FOR FEBRUARY 2021...
.SUMMARY...
FEBRUARY 2021 AT PINE BLUFF WAS CERTAINLY A MONTH TO REMEMBER. AFTER
THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, READINGS TOOK
A NOSEDIVE, WITH FEBRUARY ENDING ABOUT TEN DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE, AND AS ONE OF THE COLDEST FEBRUARYS ON RECORD. THERE WERE
17 DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH WAS THE MOST
IN SIX YEARS. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
FREEZING, WHICH WAS THE MOST DURING THE MONTH SINCE 1989, AND THE MOST
ON RECORD FOR FEBRUARY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HAD BEEN SIX DAYS IN 1989
AND 1899.
FEBRUARY 2021 WAS ALSO A MONTH THAT SAW THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE SINCE
JANUARY OF 1966, AND ONE OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED DURING
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, IT WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY IN TWO
YEARS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2018, AND FOR THE FIRST FEBRUARY IN
SIX YEARS, MEASURABLE SNOW FELL. IN FACT, EXCESSIVE AND RECORD AMOUNTS
OF SNOW FELL.
.MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH, LOW AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE ALL THE COLDEST SINCE
1978. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD. THE
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD, AND THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS THE 4TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ALSO MOST RECENTLY TIED JANUARY 1948 FOR THE
10TH COLDEST ALL-TIME MONTHLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD.
.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 20 DAYS, ABOVE AVERAGE ON
SIX DAYS, AND RIGHT AT AVERAGE ON TWO DAYS.
.DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NUMEROUS TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY. THIS INCLUDED SEVERAL LONG-STANDING RECORDS SET IN 1899,
1905, AND 1910.
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
13TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 29 IN 2021 30 IN 1899
14TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 24 IN 2021 35 IN 1968, 1958
15TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 17 IN 2021 29 IN 1905
LOW TEMPERATURE 0 IN 2021 7 IN 1905
16TH COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 17 IN 2021 26 IN 1958
19TH LOW TEMPERATURE 6 IN 2021 10 IN 1910
20TH LOW TEMPERATURE 4 IN 2021 18 IN 1978
21ST LOW TEMPERATURE 16 IN 2021 17 IN 1968
ON THE 15TH AND 16TH, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 17 SET A NEW
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 18 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 2, 1985. BETWEEN FEBRUARY
15-20TH, THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 10
DEGREES. THIS IS THE MOST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY SINCE 1905.
ON THE 16TH, THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 0 WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
AT PINE BLUFF SINCE JANUARY 30, 1966. OVER ALL, IT MOST RECENTLY TIED
JANUARY 12, 1962 FOR THE 6TH COLDEST ON RECORD. FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,
IT MOST RECENTLY TIED FEBRUARY 7, 1895 FOR THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD. SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN PINE BLUFF IN 1883, THIS IS ONLY THE 4TH TIME THE
TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN TO ZERO OR COLDER DURING THE MONTH.
ON THE 20TH, THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 4 MOST RECENTLY TIED FEBRUARY 13,
1905 FOR THE 7TH COLDEST ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
ON THE 19TH, THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 6 MOST RECENTLY TIED FEBRUARY 18,
1910 FOR THE 8TH COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
ON THE 16TH, THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 8.5 RANKED AS THE 2ND
COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH AND THE COLDEST FOR THE MONTH SINCE
FEBRUARY 12, 1899.
ON THE 15TH, THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 13.0 ENDED UP BEING THE
3RD COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
THOUGH RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH, IT WAS THE DRIEST
FEBRUARY SINCE 2019.
.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
26TH 2.06 IN 2021 1.70 IN 1923
.MONTHLY SNOWFALL...
THIS WAS THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1985 AND THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY
ON RECORD, EASILY EDGING OUT THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 12.5 INCHES IN
1985.
FEBRUARY 2021 WAS ALSO THE SNOWIEST MONTH SINCE JANUARY OF 1966 AND
THE 2ND SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD.
THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE SNOWFALL, AND SEVEN DAYS WITH
ANY SNOWFALL (MEASURABLE OR TRACE).
.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
14TH 1.0 IN 2021 1.0 IN 2004, 1958
15TH 5.0 IN 2021 1.0 IN 1899
17TH 12.5 IN 2021 2.0 IN 1960
ON THE 17TH, THE 12.5 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED WAS THE HIGHEST DAILY
SNOWFALL AT PINE BLUFF SINCE MARCH OF 1892 AND THE 2ND HIGHEST DAILY
SNOWFALL ON RECORD. FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, IT BROKE THE PREVIOUS
RECORD CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL OF 7.2 INCHES, WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY
24, 1960.
AS FAR AS 24-HOUR SNOWFALLS GO, THIS MARKED THE HIGHEST 24-HOUR
SNOWFALL AT PINE BLUFF SINCE 12.5 INCHES FELL ON JANUARY 28-29, 1966
AND TIED THIS PERIOD FOR THE 2ND HIGHEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL ON RECORD
AT PINE BLUFF. THIS ALSO BEAT THE PREVIOUS FEBRUARY RECORD 24-HOUR
SNOWFALL OF 7.2 INCHES, WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 24, 1960.
ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 18TH, A SNOW DEPTH OF 18 INCHES WAS MEASURED.
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN PINE BLUFF, THIS IS THE GREATEST RECORDED SNOW
DEPTH IN THE CITY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 14 INCHES, WHICH WAS RECORDED
ON MARCH 17, 1892.
.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
WITH ALL THE SNOWFALL IN FEBRUARY, 2021 IS NOW THE 2ND SNOWIEST YEAR ON
RECORD AT PINE BLUFF. 1966 REMAINS THE SNOWIEST YEAR, WITH 25.1 INCHES.
ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS 6.6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH DECEMBER
31ST TO TIE WITH 1966.
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