488 CXUS54 KLZK 020128 CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 721 PM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 02/20/1986 LOW 4 02/04/1996 HIGHEST 69 02/10 55 14 80 02/23 LOWEST 22 02/01 36 -14 21 02/12 02/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.9 54.3 -2.4 57.8 AVG. MINIMUM 36.8 36.3 0.5 42.1 MEAN 44.3 45.3 -1.0 50.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.1 -1.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 8 9.3 -1.3 4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.02 1989 MINIMUM 0.89 1980 TOTALS 5.08 3.66 1.42 3.28 DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.13 0.05 0.11 DAYS >= .01 13 9.1 3.9 9 DAYS >= .10 7 8 DAYS >= .50 4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 02/21 TO 02/21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 15.6 1979 24 HR TOTAL 6.7 02/06/1979 TO 02/06/1979 SNOW DEPTH 9 02/08/1979 TOTALS 0.2 1.8 -1.6 0.3 LIQUID EQUIV 0.02 0.20 -0.18 0.03 SINCE 7/1 10.9 4.0 6.9 2.5 LIQUID 7/1 1.09 0.50 0.59 0.25 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.2 2.8 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 02/21 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 02/20 TO 02/20 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 572 553 19 437 SINCE 7/1 2269 2486 -217 2034 COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 6 SINCE 1/1 2 2 0 6 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 .................................................... WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/080 DATE 02/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 28/080 DATE 02/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM 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 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 3 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 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 FEBRUARY 2013... .SUMMARY... EVEN THROUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL PERIODS DURING THE MONTH WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL...THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE NEVER MANAGED TO GET HIGHER THAN 69 DEGREES...WHICH IS RELATIVELY RARE FOR FEBRUARY. IN FACT...IT IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010 THIS HAS HAPPENED...AND ONLY THE 6TH SUCH TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THIS WAS DURING THE WARMEST PERIOD OF THE MONTH...FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH...WHERE DAILY TEMPERATURES MOSTLY AVERAGED FIVE TO TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE COLDEST PERIOD OF THE MONTH CAME DURING WHAT IS...BY AVERAGE...THE WARMEST PERIOD OF THE MONTH...THE LAST TEN DAYS. THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES...WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2011. LAST YEAR...THERE WERE ONLY FOUR SUCH DAYS. .MONTHLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2010. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2011. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2010. .DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... BELOW AVERAGE ON 15 DAYS...AVERAGE ON ONE DAY...AND ABOVE AVERAGE ON 12 DAYS. .NUMBER OF DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 70 DEGREES...0...WHICH WAS THE FEWEST SINCE 2010. HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 40 DEGREES...2...SAME AS 2012. LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...8...WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2011. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 21ST LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 34 IN 2013 34 IN 2008...1978 .RAINFALL... IT WAS THE WETTEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2003...AND THE 7TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 21ST 1.67 IN 2013 0.94 IN 1976 25TH 1.01 IN 2013 0.82 IN 1993 .SNOWFALL... 0.2 INCHES OF SLEET FELL...WHICH IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY SINCE 2008. .DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 12TH TRACE IN 2013 TRACE IN 1997...1982 20TH 0.2 IN 2013 0.1 IN 1978 21ST TRACE IN 2013 TRACE IN 1978 $$ 57