159 CXUS54 KLZK 012124 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 419 PM CDT TUE OCT 1 2013 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 09/01/1947 LOW 37 09/27/1942 HIGHEST 101 09/08 85 16 100 09/05 LOWEST 54 09/15 64 -10 51 09/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.9 85.6 4.3 84.7 AVG. MINIMUM 66.4 64.5 1.9 65.2 MEAN 78.1 75.0 3.1 75.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 17 9.1 7.9 7 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 10.23 1898 MINIMUM 0.27 1917 TOTALS 3.21 3.18 0.03 5.41 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.11 0.00 0.18 DAYS >= .01 6 7.3 -1.3 9 DAYS >= .10 3 7 DAYS >= .50 2 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.06 09/20 TO 09/20 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 0.0 LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 11 -11 1 SINCE 7/1 0 11 -11 1 COOLING TOTAL 404 312 92 306 SINCE 1/1 2110 2113 -3 2570 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/010 DATE 09/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 28/110 DATE 09/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR SEPTEMBER 2013... .SUMMARY... REVERSING THE TREND OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS...SEPTEMBER IN LITTLE ROCK TURNED OUT TO BE THE WARMEST IN EIGHT YEARS. THOUGH THERE WERE BRIEF COOL SPELLS DURING THE MONTH...TEMPERATURES LARGELY REMAINED AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT. FOR THE SECOND SEPTEMBER IN A ROW... HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE CENTURY MARK. FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...RAINFALL WAS SCARCE...WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS UP TO THE 18TH. MOST OF THE RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS ON THE 20TH...WITH A LITTLE OVER TWO INCHES RECORDED. .MONTHLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 1998...AND THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2007. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE SINCE 2005. .DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... BELOW NORMAL ON SEVEN DAYS...AT NORMAL ON ONE DAY...AND ABOVE NORMAL ON 22 DAYS. .NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES... AT OR ABOVE 100...TWO...MOST SINCE 2005 AT OR ABOVE 90...17...MOST SINCE 2005 AT OR BELOW 70...21...FEWEST SINCE 2007 AT OR BELOW 60...FIVE...FEWEST SINCE 2005 THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES ON THE 1ST TIED SEVERAL OTHER DATES...MOST RECENTLY SEPTEMBER 5TH 2012...FOR THE 4TH WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. .RAINFALL... THOUGH RAINFALL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH...IT WAS STILL THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2011. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NONE. $$ 57