293 CXUS54 KLZK 012124 CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 419 PM CDT TUE OCT 1 2013 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 105 09/03/2000 LOW 41 09/24/1989 HIGHEST 99 09/08 85 14 99 09/05 09/03 LOWEST 56 09/23 65 -9 55 09/19 09/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.8 84.4 4.4 83.8 AVG. MINIMUM 66.9 64.5 2.4 66.6 MEAN 77.9 74.5 3.4 75.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 16 7.4 8.6 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 8.57 2008 MINIMUM 0.33 2004 TOTALS 2.26 3.31 -1.05 4.75 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.11 -0.03 0.16 DAYS >= .01 6 7.5 -1.5 8 DAYS >= .10 2 7 DAYS >= .50 1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.00 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 13 -13 1 SINCE 7/1 0 13 -13 1 COOLING TOTAL 393 297 96 314 SINCE 1/1 2029 2074 -45 2656 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/030 DATE 09/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 24/060 DATE 09/21 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 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 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 SEPTEMBER 2013... .SUMMARY... REVERSING THE TREND OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS...SEPTEMBER IN NORTH 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 FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...RAINFALL WAS SCARCE...WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS UP TO THE 19TH. MOST OF THE RAIN THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS ON THE 20TH...WITH TWO INCHES RECORDED. .MONTHLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2005...AND THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2007...AND THE 9TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2005...AND THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD. .DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... BELOW NORMAL ON SIX DAYS...AT NORMAL ON ONE DAY...AND ABOVE NORMAL ON 23 DAYS. .NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES... AT OR ABOVE 90...16...MOST SINCE 2005 AT OR BELOW 70...20...FEWEST SINCE 2010 AT OR BELOW 60...FIVE...SAME AS 2012 THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES ON THE 1ST MOST RECENTLY TIED SEPTEMBER 2ND 2011 FOR THE 2ND WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 1ST HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 78 IN 2013 77 IN 2012...1980 8TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 99 IN 2013 97 IN 1980 9TH HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 78 IN 2013 75 IN 1991 10TH HIGH TEMPERATURE 98 IN 2013 96 IN 2002...1983 .RAINFALL... IT WAS THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2011. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NONE. $$ 57