NWS Little Rock, AR - Pine Bluff Climate Summary (Jul 2021)

...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
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            110   07/24/1924
                       07/23/1924
 LOW              56   07/07/1972
                       07/15/1967
                       07/23/1947
HIGHEST          101   07/30         92       9       95  07/16
LOWEST            62   07/03         72     -10       70  07/27
AVG. MAXIMUM    92.5               91.7     0.8     90.9
AVG. MINIMUM    73.2               72.1     1.1     73.5
MEAN            82.8               81.9     0.9     82.2
DAYS MAX >= 90    21               22.7    -1.7       27
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       14.16   1936
 MINIMUM        0.00   1886
TOTALS          1.71               3.69   -1.98     3.30
DAILY AVG.      0.06               0.12   -0.06     0.11
DAYS >= .01       11                8.9     2.1        8
DAYS >= .10        4                                   6
DAYS >= .50        1                                   2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.1    -1.1        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.84   07/10 TO 07/11
 STORM TOTAL    0.82
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
 LIQUID EQUIV   0.00               0.00    0.00     0.00
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0       MM
 LIQUID 7/1     0.00               0.00    0.00       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                 MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 7/1         0                  0       0        0
COOLING TOTAL    561                524      37      542
 SINCE 1/1      1316               1263      53     1172

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              5.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/330    DATE  07/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    35/320    DATE  07/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           25
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      12     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                     12

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

&&

...DATA FOR PINE BLUFF FOR JULY 2021...
JULY 2021 AT PINE BLUFF WAS WARMER THAN AVERAGE, THOUGH ONLY BY JUST UNDER
ONE DEGREE. THE COOLEST PERIOD WAS DURING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH,
THE LAST TEN DAYS BEING THE WARMEST. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON THE 30TH
AND 31ST, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
SIX YEARS.

AND, SPEAKING OF THAT, IT CONCLUDES THE ALL-TIME RECORD STREAK OF NO 100-
DEGREE DAYS AT PINE BLUFF. THERE WERE NO TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURES FROM
AUGUST 8, 2015 THROUGH JULY 29, 2021, WHICH IS A RECORD OF 2,183 DAYS, OR
5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS, AND 23 DAYS. THIS PRETTY WELL SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 1,132 DAYS, OR 3 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 5 DAYS FROM JULY 9, 1948 TO
AUGUST 14, 1951.

RAINFALL WAS NEARLY TWO INCHES BELOW AVERAGE, MAKING IT THE DRIEST JULY
AT PINE BLUFF IN NEARLY A DECADE, BUT NOWHERE NEAR RECORD TERRITORY.

.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE AVERAGE LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2019. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 19 DAYS, AVERAGE ON ONE DAY, AND
BELOW AVERAGE ON 11 DAYS.

.DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE DRIEST JULY SINCE 2013.

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

.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
NONE.