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...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2008
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 95 04/20/1987
LOW 28 04/08/2007
04/07/1971
04/05/1920
HIGHEST 85 04/22 73 12 87 04/30
LOWEST 37 04/14 50 -13 28 04/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.6 72.9 -1.3 70.8
AVG. MINIMUM 49.6 50.0 -0.4 48.3
MEAN 60.6 61.4 -0.8 59.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.5 -0.5 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 14.81 1927
MINIMUM 0.17 1930
TOTALS 9.67 5.47 4.20 4.50
DAILY AVG. 0.32 0.18 0.14 0.15
DAYS >= .01 11 9.7 1.3 7
DAYS >= .10 9 6
DAYS >= .50 6 6
DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.7 1.3 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.79 04/08 TO 04/09
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SINCE 7/1 2.6 4.3 -1.7 1.3
LIQUID 7/1 0.26 0.40 -0.14 0.13
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 161 150 11 201
SINCE 7/1 2873 3060 -187 2761
COOLING TOTAL 34 52 -18 46
SINCE 1/1 63 66 -3 117
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 10/20/1989
LATEST 04/19/1983
EARLIEST 04/08 11/13
LATEST 03/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/250 DATE 04/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/240 DATE 04/10
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 9
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 9
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD FOR APRIL 2008...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 60.6...WHICH WAS 0.8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE THIRD APRIL SINCE 2000 WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 71.6...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 49.6.
THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER.
THERE WERE FOUR DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER.
THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 40 DEGREES...
WHICH IS CLOSE TO AVERAGE FOR APRIL IN LITTLE ROCK. NO FREEZES WERE
RECORDED IN APRIL.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 13 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON 13
DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON FOUR DAYS.
THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS
NINE DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND /HIGH OF 57...LOW OF 48/.
THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 34
DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 19TH /HIGH OF 80...LOW OF 46/.
THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE
MONTH.
9.67 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 4.20 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL...AND WAS THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 1991. IT WAS THE 12TH
WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD...AND WAS ONLY THE THIRD APRIL SINCE 1980
WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN 9 INCHES. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH RAINFALL OVER ONE
INCH.
THOUGH THERE WERE NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING
THE MONTH...THE 3.38 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON APRIL 9TH WAS THE
10TH WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.
NO SNOW...SLEET...OR HAIL FELL DURING THE MONTH.
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...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1976 TO 2008
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 94 04/20/1987
LOW 30 04/08/2007
04/07/2007
04/06/1982
HIGHEST 84 04/23 73 11 87 04/30
LOWEST 35 04/14 53 -18 30 04/08
04/07
AVG. MAXIMUM 70.5 72.8 -2.3 69.5
AVG. MINIMUM 50.0 52.5 -2.5 49.4
MEAN 60.3 63.0 -2.7 59.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 2
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.01 1991
MINIMUM 0.66 1987
TOTALS 6.31 5.03 1.28 4.56
DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.17 0.04 0.15
DAYS >= .01 11 9.9 1.1 10
DAYS >= .10 8 6
DAYS >= .50 5 5
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.7 -0.7 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.42 04/03 TO 04/04
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTALS 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SINCE 7/1 3.7 6.0 -2.3 1.8
LIQUID 7/1 0.37 0.50 -0.13 0.18
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 167 128 39 208
SINCE 7/1 2945 2949 -4 2806
COOLING TOTAL 32 66 -34 49
SINCE 1/1 49 76 -27 119
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 MM
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/MM DATE 04/03
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 70
AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR APRIL 2008...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 60.3...WHICH WAS 2.7
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE 7TH COOLEST APRIL ON RECORD IN
TERMS OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 70.5...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 50.0.
THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER.
THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES OR
HIGHER. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 40
DEGREES...WHICH IS A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR APRIL IN NORTH LITTLE
ROCK. NO FREEZES WERE RECORDED.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 12 DAYS...AND BELOW NORMAL ON
18 DAYS. THERE WERE NO DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT NORMAL.
THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS
TEN DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 8TH /HIGH OF 69...LOW OF 59/.
THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 29
DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 19TH /HIGH OF 77...LOW OF 48/...AND ON
THE 28TH /HIGH OF 73...LOW OF 44/.
THERE WAS ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD SET DURING THE MONTH.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES ON APRIL 29TH SET A NEW RECORD LOW
FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 46...WHICH WAS SET BACK IN
1996.
6.31 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 1.28 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL...AND WAS THE 9TH APRIL SINCE 1990 WITH ABOVE NORMAL
RAINFALL. THE MONTH ALSO RANKED AS THE NINTH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD
FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL.
THERE WERE TWO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
THE 1.70 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON APRIL 3RD SET A NEW RECORD FOR
THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.61 INCHES...WHICH FELL IN 1999.
THE 0.94 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON APRIL 9TH SET A NEW RECORD FOR
THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.86 INCHES...WHICH FELL IN 1991.
NO SNOW...SLEET...OR HAIL FELL DURING THE MONTH.
ON APRIL 3RD...A TORNADO PASSED OVER THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT.
THE STORM PRODUCED A 64 MPH WIND GUST...WHICH RANKS AS THE SECOND
HIGHEST WIND GUST ON RECORD AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE RECORDS BEGAN
IN 1976.
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