...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 83 01/25/1950
LOW -8 01/12/1918
HIGHEST 72 01/13 50 22 75 01/25
LOWEST 17 01/22 31 -14 22 01/12
AVG. MAXIMUM 54.7 50.5 4.2 51.9
AVG. MINIMUM 29.7 30.9 -1.2 33.9
MEAN 42.2 40.7 1.5 42.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.0 -2.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 22 16.5 5.5 14
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 18.04 1937
MINIMUM 0.25 2003
TOTALS 4.31 3.50 0.81 2.49
DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.08
DAYS >= .01 8 9.2 -1.2 10
DAYS >= .10 4 6
DAYS >= .50 4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7 1.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.38 01/08 TO 01/09
STORM TOTAL 1.75
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 20.0 1918
24 HR TOTAL 13.0 01/17/1893 TO 01/18/1893
SNOW DEPTH 15 01/21/1918
TOTALS 0.6 1.1 -0.5 T
LIQUID EQUIV 0.10 0.20 -0.10 T
SINCE 7/1 0.6 1.7 -1.1 MM
LIQUID 7/1 0.06 0.10 -0.04 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.0 3.0 1
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 01/15
01/16
24 HR TOTAL 0.6 01/15 TO 01/15 T 01/11 TO 01/11
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 699 754 -55 678
SINCE 7/1 1527 2020 -493 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0
SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 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 8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/360 DATE 01/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/300 DATE 01/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 3
FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
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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.ADDITIONAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR JANUARY 2022...
ON THE WHOLE, JANUARY WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES. IN
THIS CASE, HIGHS MADE THE DIFFERENCE, AS THEY WERE THE WARMEST IN
FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, BY CONTRAST, LOWS WERE THE COLDEST IN FOUR
YEARS. THE MONTH FINISHED ABOUT 1.5 ABOVE THE 30-YEAR MEAN.
THERE WERE 22 DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH
WAS THE MOST IN FOUR YEARS.
RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, THOUGH IT WAS ONLY THE WETTEST JANUARY
IN TWO YEARS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, SNOWFALL WAS
MEASURABLE, THOUGH IT WAS BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH.
.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2017. THE AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2018. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2019.
.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 11 DAYS, AVERAGE ON THREE
DAYS, AND ABOVE AVERAGE ON 17 DAYS.
.DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2020.
.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
.MONTHLY SNOWFALL...
FOR THE FIRST JANUARY IN FOUR YEARS, MEASURABLE SNOW FELL. THOUGH IT
WAS BELOW AVERAGE, IT WAS STILL THE SNOWIEST JANUARY SINCE 2018.
.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
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...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 81 01/30/2002
LOW -6 01/20/1985
HIGHEST 68 01/01 49 19 73 01/25
LOWEST 13 01/21 31 -18 24 01/12
AVG. MAXIMUM 50.2 48.9 1.3 49.8
AVG. MINIMUM 28.7 32.2 -3.5 34.3
MEAN 39.4 40.6 -1.2 42.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 2.1 0.9 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 20 14.4 5.6 13
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.55 1999
MINIMUM 0.31 2003
TOTALS 5.09 3.54 1.55 2.74
DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.09
DAYS >= .01 7 9.4 -2.4 10
DAYS >= .10 7 6
DAYS >= .50 4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 01/09 TO 01/09
STORM TOTAL 1.51
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 12.4 1988
24 HR TOTAL 12.0 01/06/1988 TO 01/07/1988
SNOW DEPTH 12 01/07/1988
TOTALS 1.6 1.0 0.6 T
LIQUID EQUIV 0.20 0.30 -0.10 T
SINCE 7/1 1.6 1.7 -0.1 MM
LIQUID 7/1 0.16 0.00 0.16 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 5 0.7 4.3 4
DAYS >= 1.0 1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 01/15
01/16
24 HR TOTAL 1.6 01/15 TO 01/16 T 01/15 TO 01/15
01/11 TO 01/11
01/07 TO 01/07
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 785 758 27 703
SINCE 7/1 1626 2007 -381 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 10/20/1989
LATEST 04/19/1983
EARLIEST 11/13
LATEST 04/21
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 01/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 2
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 1 SLEET 3
FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
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 JANUARY 2022...
AFTER MANY MONTHS OF MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, READINGS
TOOK A NOSEDIVE IN JANUARY. THE MONTH ENDED 1.2 DEGREES BELOW THE
1991-2020 MEAN. IN TERMS OF DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL, THIS WAS THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT COOL ANOMALY SINCE LAST JULY (IN OTHER WORDS
THE COOLEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY VERSUS 30-YEAR
MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE). WHILE AVERAGE LOWS AND HIGHS WERE
BOTH COOL, THE LOWS ARE WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
THERE WERE 20 DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING AND
THREE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH WAS
THE MOST IN EIGHT YEARS (SINCE 2014).
BOTH RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. THIS
WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY IN TWO YEARS, AND THE FIRST JANUARY IN FOUR
YEARS WITH MEASURABLE SNOWFALL.
.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BELOW THE 30-YEAR
MEAN, WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2020. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS
THE COLDEST SINCE 2018, AND THE 10TH COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO THE COLDEST SINCE 2018.
.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 16 DAYS AND ABOVE AVERAGE
ON 15 DAYS.
.DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
22ND LOW TEMPERATURE 16 IN 2022 17 IN 1984
.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
THIS WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2020.
.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
08TH 1.36 IN 2022 0.75 IN 1997
09TH 1.51 IN 2022 1.36 IN 2013
15TH 0.63 IN 2022 0.60 IN 2007
.MONTHLY SNOWFALL...
MEASURABLE SNOW FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS (SINCE 2018).
HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE SNOWIEST JANUARY SINCE 2016.
.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
15TH 1.3 IN 2022 1.0 IN 2018
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