000 CXUS54 KLZK 011617 CLMHRO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1118 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ................................... ...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 06/20/1936 LOW 40 06/12/1903 HIGHEST 88 06/15 84 4 89 06/21 06/08 06/03 LOWEST 54 06/10 64 -10 54 06/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.4 83.5 -0.1 83.9 AVG. MINIMUM 65.5 64.3 1.2 64.9 MEAN 74.4 73.9 0.5 74.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 4.9 -4.9 0 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 15.22 1935 MINIMUM 0.20 1952 TOTALS 8.73 4.34 4.39 3.30 DAILY AVG. 0.29 0.15 0.14 0.11 DAYS >= .01 9 10.2 -1.2 13 DAYS >= .10 5 6 DAYS >= .50 5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.9 2.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.95 06/23 TO 06/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 SINCE 7/1 15.0 LIQUID 7/1 1.50 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 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 5 -5 0 SINCE 7/1 3870 4063 -193 3675 COOLING TOTAL 291 272 19 289 SINCE 1/1 387 411 -24 479 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1902 LATEST 05/17/1912 EARLIEST 12/02 10/29 LATEST 04/15 04/04 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/040 DATE 06/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/010 DATE 06/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR HARRISON FOR JUNE 2008... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 74.4...WHICH WAS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AS JUNE 2007. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 83.4...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 65.5. NO 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OCURRED AT HARRISON THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 60 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 16 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON 12 DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON TWO DAYS. THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SIX DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 6TH /HIGH OF 81...LOW OF 75/. THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 10TH /HIGH OF 83...LOW OF 54/. THERE WERE FOUR DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. THESE RECORDS WERE ALL HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS. ON JUNE 4TH...THE LOW WAS 71 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 2005. ON JUNE 5TH...THE LOW WAS 76 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 72...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1977. ON JUNE 6TH...THE LOW WAS 75 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 73...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1999. ON JUNE 7TH...THE LOW WAS 75 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 73...WHICH WAS WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1993. 8.73 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 4.62 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...AND WAS THE WETTEST JUNE SINCE 2000. IT WAS THE 6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD...AND WAS THE 3RD JUNE SINCE 2000 WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE WAS THREE DAYS WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN ONE INCH...ONE DAY WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN TWO INCHES...AND ONE DAY WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN THREE INCHES. THERE WAS ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. 1.66 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 13TH. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.32 INCHES...WHICH FELL ON JUNE 13TH 1957. ON JUNE 23RD...3.95 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THIS RANKS AS THE 5TH WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AT HARRISON. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASSED THROUGH HARRISON DURING THE MONTH. ON JUNE 23RD...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A 53 MPH WIND GUST...WHICH RANKS AS THE 14TH HIGHEST MAGNITUDE WIND GUST ON RECORD AT HARRISON. ON JUNE 29TH...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A 56 MPH WIND GUST...WHICH RANKS AS THE 12TH HIGHEST MAGNITUDE WIND GUST ON RECORD AT HARRISON. WIND RECORDS FOR HARRISON BEGAN ON AUGUST 15TH 1944. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR HARRISON FOR THE SNOWFALL SEASON JULY 1ST 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2008... 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THIS WAS 2.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE SNOWIEST SEASON SINCE 1995-1996. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST SEASON WITH ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1998-1999. $$ 57