...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 81 01/24/1943
LOW -18 01/18/1930
HIGHEST 72 01/28 44 28 69 01/16
LOWEST 12 01/14 25 -13 13 01/18
AVG. MAXIMUM 50.1 46.5 3.6 52.3
AVG. MINIMUM 28.6 26.3 2.3 32.0
MEAN 39.3 36.4 2.9 42.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 3.8 -0.8 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 23 22.4 0.6 17
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.42 1916
MINIMUM T 1931
TOTALS 3.37 2.56 0.81 3.26
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.08 0.03 0.11
DAYS >= .01 7 8.6 -1.6 5
DAYS >= .10 3 2
DAYS >= .50 2 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.7 0.3 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.08 01/29 TO 01/30
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 29.0 1918
24 HR TOTAL 11.0 01/29/2010 TO 01/29/2010
01/06/1970 TO 01/06/1970
SNOW DEPTH 24 01/21/1918
TOTALS T 4.2 -4.2 0.2
LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.40 -0.40 0.02
SINCE 7/1 0.3 6.0 -5.7 1.1
LIQUID 7/1 0.03 0.50 -0.47 0.11
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 5 5.0 0.0 2
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T 01/31
24 HR TOTAL T 01/30 TO 01/30
01/15 TO 01/15
01/14 TO 01/14
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 788 887 -99 701
SINCE 7/1 2196 2486 -290 2113
COOLING TOTAL 1 0 1 0
SINCE 1/1 1 0 1 0
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/13/1902
LATEST 05/17/1912
EARLIEST 10/29
LATEST 04/04
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/170 DATE 01/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/320 DATE 01/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 2
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...DATA FOR HARRISON FOR JANUARY 2013...
.SUMMARY...
EVEN THOUGH JANUARY WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL...IT WAS STILL THE
COOLEST IN TWO YEARS. THE MONTH ALTERNATED PERIODICALLY BETWEEN WARM
AND COLD EPISODES...WITH THE COLDEST PERIOD BEING THE 13TH-16TH AND
THE WARMEST PERIOD BEING THE 27TH-29TH. SEVERAL COLD PERIODS DURING
THE MONTH FAILED TO LINE UP WITH ANY MOISTURE...SO WHAT SNOW THAT
DID FALL DID NOT ACCUMULATE. FOR THE FIRST MONTH SINCE MARCH OF
2012...RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL.
.MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH...LOW AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE THE COOLEST
SINCE 2011.
.DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
BELOW AVERAGE ON 11 DAYS...AVERAGE ON FOUR DAYS...AND ABOVE AVERAGE
ON 16 DAYS.
.NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 70 DEGREES...1...WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE
2011.
HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 40 DEGREES...6...WHICH WAS THE SAME AS
2012.
LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...23...WHICH WAS THE MOST
SINCE 2011.
LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 20 DEGREES...7...WHICH WAS THE MOST
SINCE 2011.
.DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NONE.
.RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2009.
THE 2.08 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ON JANUARY
29TH-30TH WAS THE HIGHEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MARCH
20TH-21ST 2012...WHEN 2.23 INCHES FELL. IT WAS ALSO THE WETTEST
JANUARY DAY SINCE JANUARY 25TH 2012...WHEN 2.62 INCHES FELL.
.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
29TH 2.07 IN 2013 1.73 IN 1939
.SNOWFALL...
FOR THE FIRST JANUARY SINCE 2006...THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL.
THIS WAS ONLY THE 20TH JANUARY SINCE 1930 WITH NO MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL.
.DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
NONE.
.ADDITIONAL RECORDS/DATA...
ON JANUARY 28TH...THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 65.5 DEGREES.
THIS WAS THE WARMEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SINCE JANUARY 7TH
2008...AND TIED SEVERAL OTHER DAYS FOR THE 6TH HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE ON RECORD AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES ON JANUARY 28TH WAS THE WARMEST
SINCE JANUARY 7TH 2008...AND THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH
OF JANUARY.
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