...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2010...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1877 TO 2010
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 98 05/31/1998
05/26/1964
LOW 39 05/01/1903
HIGHEST 94 05/22 81 13 91 05/31
05/30
LOWEST 51 05/08 59 -8 49 05/18
AVG. MAXIMUM 84.9 81.0 3.9 78.7
AVG. MINIMUM 64.0 59.2 4.8 60.7
MEAN 74.4 70.1 4.3 69.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 12 3.0 9.0 2
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 15.91 1882
MINIMUM 0.64 1918
TOTALS 4.83 5.05 -0.22 13.06
DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.42
DAYS >= .01 8 10.6 -2.6 14
DAYS >= .10 7 12
DAYS >= .50 3 8
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 5
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 4.01 04/30 TO 05/01
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SINCE 7/1 8.7 4.3 4.4 0.2
LIQUID 7/1 0.87 0.40 0.47 0.02
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 12 24 -12 25
SINCE 7/1 3169 3084 85 2939
COOLING TOTAL 312 188 124 178
SINCE 1/1 402 254 148 275
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 10/20/1989
LATEST 04/19/1983
EARLIEST 11/13
LATEST 03/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/130 DATE 05/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/130 DATE 05/16
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 13 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 15
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR MAY 2010...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 1998 AND THE 6TH
WARMEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE
1998. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 1998 AND THE 8TH
WARMEST ON RECORD.
THERE WERE SIX DAYS WHICH HAD A DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW
NORMAL...AND ONE DAY WITH A NORMAL DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. THE
REMAINING 24 DAYS SAW AN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE.
THE FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY WAS ON MAY 5TH...WHICH WAS LATER THAN IN
2009...BUT A BIT EARLIER THAN NORMAL. NORMALLY...THE FIRST 90-DEGREE
DAY OCCURS AROUND MAY 19TH.
THE HIGH OF 94 DEGREES ON THE 22ND WAS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN
MAY SINCE MAY 20TH 2005...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT 95 DEGREES.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED DURING THE MONTH...
ON THE 22ND...THE HIGH OF 94 TIED THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORD...WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1970...AND TIED IN
1972.
IT WAS MUCH DRIER THAN THE NEAR-RECORD MAY OF 2009...BUT THE MONTHLY
RAINFALL TOTAL WAS CLOSE TO AVERAGE FOR MAY...AND COMPARABLE TO THE
2000-2009 AVERAGE OF 4.99 FOR THE MONTH.
NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
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