NWS Little Rock, AR - Little Rock Climate Summary (Oct 2021)

...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
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             98   10/15/2015
 LOW              27   10/30/1917
HIGHEST           88   10/08         75      13       85  10/21
LOWEST            42   10/31         52     -10       37  10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    78.0               74.2     3.8     70.6
AVG. MINIMUM    56.6               50.9     5.7     50.8
MEAN            67.3               62.6     4.7     60.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.8    -0.8        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       16.56   2009
 MINIMUM        0.01   1944
TOTALS          3.89               4.47   -0.58     3.89
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.14   -0.01     0.13
DAYS >= .01        9                8.1     0.9       10
DAYS >= .10        6                                   4
DAYS >= .50        3                                   3
DAYS >= 1.00       2                1.4     0.6        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.57   10/01 TO 10/02
 STORM TOTAL    1.56
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2017
 24 HR TOTAL       T   10/27/2017 TO 10/27/2017
                       10/29/1993 TO 10/30/1993
                       10/29/1993 TO 10/30/1925
 SNOW DEPTH        T   10/30/1993
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                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0                                 0.0  10/31 TO 10/31

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     66                145     -79      182
 SINCE 7/1        66                156     -90      188
COOLING TOTAL    145                 69      76       56
 SINCE 1/1      2167               1982     185     1925

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        MM
LATEST                          03/03
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/300    DATE  10/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/290    DATE  10/28

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.52
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      1

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

&&

...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR OCTOBER 2021...

.SUMMARY...
MOST OF OCTOBER WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES AND
SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE IN TERMS OF RAINFALL. IN FACT, THERE WERE
ONLY FOUR DAYS IN THE THIRD WEEK AND TWO DAYS IN THE LAST WEEK WITH
DAILY TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE. ON MOST DAYS DURING THE MONTH,
READINGS RANGED FROM 5-10 DEGREES ABOVE. WHILE THE MONTH WAS WARM,
THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 FOR THE SECOND OCTOBER IN
A ROW. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, THOUGH, NO TEMPERATURE WAS
COLDER THAN 40 DEGREES. ON THE 13TH, WE BROKE A DAILY WARMEST LOW
TEMPERATURE RECORD THAT HAD BEEN STANDING SINCE 1886!

RAINFALL WAS A LITTLE BELOW HALF AN INCH LESS THAN THE 30-YEAR MEAN.
THOUGH THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL, WHICH IS ABOVE
THE AVERAGE OF EIGHT, OVER HALF OF IT FELL WITHIN THE FIRST TWO
DAYS.

NO SNOW FELL FOR THE FOURTH OCTOBER IN A ROW.

.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2004. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 25 DAYS, AND BELOW AVERAGE
ON SIX DAYS.

.DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE  RECORD TYPE               NEW RECORD       PREVIOUS RECORD
13TH  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   71 IN 2021          69 IN 1886

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE DRIEST (OR WETTEST) OCTOBER SINCE LAST YEAR, AS EXACTLY
THE SAME AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL IN OCTOBER 2020.

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

.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
NONE.

...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 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             96   10/15/2015
 LOW              27   10/31/1993
HIGHEST           86   10/08         75      11       85  10/07
LOWEST            47   10/26         54      -7       38  10/30
                       10/29
AVG. MAXIMUM    75.8               72.9     2.9     69.4
AVG. MINIMUM    57.6               52.9     4.7     52.0
MEAN            66.7               62.9     3.8     60.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.7    -0.7        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       15.81   2009
 MINIMUM        0.80   2000
TOTALS          9.79               4.62    5.17     4.03
DAILY AVG.      0.32               0.15    0.17     0.13
DAYS >= .01       13                8.0     5.0       11
DAYS >= .10        9                                   6
DAYS >= .50        4                                   4
DAYS >= 1.00       2                1.5     0.5        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   5.78   10/02 TO 10/03
 STORM TOTAL    5.27
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.2   1993
 24 HR TOTAL     0.2   10/29/1993 TO 10/29/1993
 SNOW DEPTH        T   10/30/1993
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                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0                                 0.0  10/31 TO 10/31

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     73                142     -69      183
 SINCE 7/1        73                155     -82      196
COOLING TOTAL    133                 77      56       58
 SINCE 1/1      2026               2000      26     1859

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/20/1989
 LATEST       04/19/1983
EARLIEST                        MM
LATEST                          04/21
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/340    DATE  10/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    37/150    DATE  10/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.43
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               16     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       5     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.

&&

...DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR OCTOBER 2021...

.SUMMARY...
TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO RUN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR OCTOBER. IN FACT,
ONLY A FEW DAYS DURING THE THIRD AND ALSO THE FINAL WEEK SAW READINGS
AVERAGE OR BELOW. THOUGH READINGS WERE WARM, THERE WERE NO 90-DEGREE DAYS
FOR THE SECOND OCTOBER IN A ROW. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, THOUGH,
NO TEMPERATURE WAS COLDER THAN 40 DEGREES.

THANKS TO A SLOW-MOVING STORM SYSTEM ON THE 2ND, RAINFALL WAS IN RECORD
TERRITORY DURING THE MONTH, WITH A TOTAL OVER FIVE INCHES ABOVE THE 30-
YEAR MEAN. THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL, WHICH IS WELL
ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF EIGHT FOR OCTOBER. NEARLY 75 PERCENT OF THE RAIN
FOR THIS MONTH, THOUGH, FELL IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS.

NO SNOW FELL FOR THE FOURTH OCTOBER IN A ROW.

.MONTHLY AVERAGES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2017 AND THE 9TH
WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE
2016 AND THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2016 AND THE 6TH WARMEST ON RECORD.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 24 DAYS, AVERAGE ON ONE DAY,
AND BELOW AVERAGE ON SIX DAYS.

.DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE  RECORD TYPE               NEW RECORD       PREVIOUS RECORD
12TH  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   70 IN 2021       66 IN 2016, 1997
13TH  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   69 IN 2021       69 IN 1985
14TH  WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE   68 IN 2021       67 IN 2017

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 2018, AND THE 5TH WETTEST OCTOBER
ON RECORD.

.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE    NEW RECORD        PREVIOUS RECORD
 1ST   1.71 IN 2021        0.86 IN 2007
 2ND   5.27 IN 2021        1.49 IN 1995

ON THE 2ND, THE 5.27 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL MARKED THE WETTEST DAY
IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SINCE 2009, AND SET AN ALL-TIME CALENDAR DAY
RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 5.23 INCHES,
WHICH FELL ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2009. THIS WAS ALSO THE WETTEST CALENDAR
DAY AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE NOVEMBER 18, 1988, AND THE 2ND WETTEST
CALENDAR DAY ON RECORD. ONLY NOVEMBER 18, 1988 WAS WETTER, WITH 7.01
INCHES.

ALSO, THE 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION OF 5.78 INCHES ON THE 2ND-3RD WAS THE
HIGHEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL IN OCTOBER SINCE 2009, AND SET A RECORD FOR
THE HIGHEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 5.43 INCHES OCTOBER 29-30, 2009. THIS WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST
24-HOUR RAINFALL OVERALL SINCE 6.92 INCHES FELL ON APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2011,
AND THE 5TH HIGHEST ON RECORD.

.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
28TH - THE PRESSURE FELL TO 29.33 INCHES. THIS WAS THE LOWEST RECORDED
PRESSURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE JANUARY 2017. IT ALSO BROKE THE RECORD
FOR LOWEST PRESSURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD LOWEST PRESSURE FOR OCTOBER WAS 29.35 INCHES, WHICH WAS SET
ON OCTOBER 16, 2006. LOOKING AT ALL PRESSURE DATA SINCE THE NWS OFFICE MOVED
TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK IN LATE 1975, THIS MOST RECENTLY TIED JANUARY 22, 2017
FOR THE 11TH LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD.