161 CXUS54 KLZK 012124 CLMPBF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 419 PM CDT TUE OCT 1 2013 ................................... ...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 110 09/06/1925 09/05/1925 LOW 38 09/29/1967 HIGHEST 101 09/01 85 16 97 09/06 09/05 LOWEST 50 09/15 64 -14 52 09/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 90.2 85.6 4.6 84.3 AVG. MINIMUM 65.3 62.7 2.6 64.8 MEAN 77.7 74.1 3.6 74.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 18 8.7 9.3 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 15.44 1913 MINIMUM 0.11 2001 TOTALS 4.48 2.69 1.79 5.59 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.19 DAYS >= .01 4 7.4 -3.4 9 DAYS >= .10 2 7 DAYS >= .50 1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.26 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 2 SINCE 7/1 0 11 -11 2 COOLING TOTAL 388 286 102 296 SINCE 1/1 2052 2044 8 2322 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/10/2000 LATEST 04/25/1910 EARLIEST 11/12 LATEST 03/16 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/020 DATE 09/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/010 DATE 09/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 12 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR PINE BLUFF FOR SEPTEMBER 2013... .SUMMARY... REVERSING THE TREND OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS...SEPTEMBER IN PINE BLUFF TURNED OUT TO BE THE WARMEST IN THREE YEARS. THOUGH THERE WERE BRIEF COOL SPELLS DURING THE MONTH...DAILY TEMPERATURES LARGELY REMAINED AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT. NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WHICH FELL DURING THE MONTH FELL ON THE 20TH. OTHERWISE...RAIN WAS SCARCE AND SPOTTY THROUGHOUT. .MONTHLY TEMPERATURES... THE AVERAGE HIGH AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST SINCE 2010. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2009. .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 100...3...MOST SINCE 2000 AT OR ABOVE 90...18...MOST SINCE 2010 AT OR BELOW 70...24...MOST SINCE 2011 AT OR BELOW 60...7...FEWEST SINCE 2009 .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NONE. .RAINFALL... EVEN THOUGH MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE...IT WAS STILL THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2011. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... DATE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 20TH 4.26 IN 2013 2.13 IN 1990 THIS WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY AND 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT PINE BLUFF SINCE 1886. THE ALL-TIME CALENDAR DAY AND 24-HOUR RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH 1886...WHEN 5.02 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. $$ 57