000 CXUS54 KLZK 011622 CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1122 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 06/29/1988 06/20/1936 LOW 46 06/03/1969 HIGHEST 93 06/24 89 4 94 06/29 06/16 06/14 LOWEST 65 06/30 68 -3 63 06/05 06/19 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.4 89.0 0.4 90.0 AVG. MINIMUM 70.2 67.8 2.4 70.3 MEAN 79.8 78.4 1.4 80.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 18 15.8 2.2 22 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 9.28 1886 MINIMUM 0.00 1952 TOTALS 4.21 3.95 0.26 1.97 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.07 DAYS >= .01 4 9.2 -5.2 8 DAYS >= .10 4 7 DAYS >= .50 2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.23 06/14 TO 06/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 2.6 4.3 -1.7 1.3 LIQUID 7/1 0.26 0.40 -0.14 0.13 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 2892 3084 -192 2764 COOLING TOTAL 450 408 42 464 SINCE 1/1 716 662 54 858 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 04/08 11/13 LATEST 03/09 03/19 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/320 DATE 06/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/280 DATE 06/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 23 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 7 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 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR JUNE 2008... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 79.8...WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 89.4...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 70.2 DEGREES. THERE WERE 18 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2004...NO JUNE TEMPERATURES WERE GREATER THAN 93 DEGREES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES SINCE 1955. THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER...AND FIVE DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 16 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON NINE DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON FIVE DAYS. THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 14 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH /HIGH OF 83...LOW OF 69/. THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 24 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 2ND /HIGH OF 90...LOW OF 66/...THE 9TH /HIGH OF 90....LOW OF 66/...AND THE 24TH /HIGH OF 93...LOW OF 69/. 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 76 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 74...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1899...AND TIED IN 1911 AND 1925. ON JUNE 5TH...THE LOW WAS 76 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 74...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1880...AND TIED IN 1899 AND 1911. ON JUNE 6TH...THE LOW WAS 77 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 74...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1911...AND TIED IN 1947. ON JUNE 7TH...THE LOW WAS 75 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1881...AND FIRST TIED IN 1908. 4.21 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST JUNE SINCE 2004...AND THE 13TH JUNE SINCE 1980 WITH RAINFALL AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL...WHICH IS ONLY THE 16TH JUNE SINCE 1880 WHICH HAS HAD FOUR DAYS OR LESS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE WAS TWO DAYS WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN ONE INCH...AND ONE DAY WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN TWO INCHES. THERE WAS ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. ON THE 14TH...2.23 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.64 INCHES...WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1932. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR THE SNOWFALL SEASON JULY 1ST 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2008... 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THIS WAS 1.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE SNOWIEST SEASON SINCE 2004-2005. && ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1976 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 06/29/1988 06/30/1980 LOW 52 06/01/1993 HIGHEST 93 06/24 89 4 95 06/22 LOWEST 64 06/19 69 -5 65 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.4 87.6 0.8 89.5 AVG. MINIMUM 70.1 68.6 1.5 70.1 MEAN 79.3 78.8 0.5 79.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 16 13.4 2.6 16 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 6.51 2000 MINIMUM 0.64 1980 TOTALS 2.08 3.51 -1.43 1.40 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.12 -0.05 0.05 DAYS >= .01 5 9.3 -4.3 8 DAYS >= .10 4 6 DAYS >= .50 3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.69 06/14 TO 06/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 3.7 6.0 -2.3 1.8 LIQUID 7/1 0.37 0.50 -0.13 0.18 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 2964 2980 -16 2810 COOLING TOTAL 434 412 22 450 SINCE 1/1 668 700 -32 839 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 89 AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 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. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR JUNE 2008... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 79.3...WHICH WAS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE COOLEST JUNE SINCE 2003. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 88.4...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 70.1. IN TERMS OF AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE...IT WAS THE NINTH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2000...NO JUNE TEMPERATURES WERE GREATER THAN 93 DEGREES. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 15 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON 12 DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON THREE DAYS. THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 13 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 6TH /HIGH OF 90...LOW OF 77/. THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 9TH /HIGH OF 90...LOW OF 65/. THERE WERE FIVE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. THESE RECORDS WERE ALL HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS. ON JUNE 4TH...THE LOW WAS 75 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 2002. ON JUNE 5TH...THE LOW WAS 76 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 74...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1985...AND TIED IN 1999. ON JUNE 6TH...THE LOW WAS 77 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 73...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1985...AND TIED IN 1999. ON JUNE 7TH...THE LOW WAS 76 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A HIGH MINIMUM OF 74...WHICH WAS WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1980. ON JUNE 8TH...THE LOW WAS 76 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1993. 2.08 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 1.43 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...AND WAS THE 6TH JUNE SINCE 2000 WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. IT WAS THE TENTH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THIS WAS ONLY THE FOURTH JUNE SINCE 1977 WITH FIVE DAYS OR LESS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE IS AROUND NINE. THERE WAS NO DAILY RAINFALL OF ONE INCH OR GREATER DURING THE MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING JUNE. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR THE SNOWFALL SEASON JULY 1ST 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2008... 3.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THIS WAS 2.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE SNOWIEST SEASON SINCE 2003-2004. THIS SEASON WAS THE 6TH OUT OF THE LAST 7 WITH BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL. $$ 57