Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
269 CXUS54 KLZK 230142 AAB CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 740 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 10/15/2015 LOW 27 10/31/1993 HIGHEST 91 10/06 75 16 92 10/01 10/23 LOWEST 42 10/16 54 -12 31 10/31 10/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.6 72.9 7.7 74.6 AVG. MINIMUM 56.1 52.9 3.2 56.1 MEAN 68.4 62.9 5.5 65.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 0.7 2.3 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.81 2009 MINIMUM 0.80 2000 TOTALS 1.46 4.62 -3.16 6.70 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.15 -0.10 0.22 DAYS >= .01 3 8.0 -5.0 8 DAYS >= .10 3 7 DAYS >= .50 1 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.5 -0.5 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.22 10/31 TO 10/31 STORM TOTAL 1.22 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.2 1993 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 10/29/1993 TO 10/29/1993 SNOW DEPTH T 10/30/1993 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 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 42 142 -100 109 SINCE 7/1 42 155 -113 MM COOLING TOTAL 154 77 77 127 SINCE 1/1 2248 2000 248 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/19 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK OCTOBER 2024... .MONTHLY AVERAGES.. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80.6 (+7.7) WAS THE HOTTEST WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS WARMEST OF 79.4 BACK IN 2016. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 56.1 (+3.2) WAS THE 10TH HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2021. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.4 (+5.5) WAS TIED FOR THE 2ND HOTTEST AND WARMEST SINCE 2016. THE MONTHLY HIGH, LOW, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT 3-7 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGE ON 3 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE ON 23 DAYS. DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 5 DAYS. .DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... RECORDS DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD 10/06 HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2024 89 IN 1997 10/13 HIGH TEMPERATURE 89 IN 2024 88 IN 1999 10/25 HIGH TEMPERATURE 86 IN 2024 85 IN 2000 10/28 HIGH TEMPERATURE 86 IN 2024 83 IN 1999 10/29 HIGH TEMPERATURE 84 IN 2024 82 IN 2004 10/30 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2024 67 IN 1998 MONTHLY RAINFALL... THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.46 (-3.16) WAS THE 9TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND DRIEST SINCE 2017. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .MONTHLY SNOWFALL... A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED. .DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN. .ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... THERE WERE 25 DAYS IN A ROW OF NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION DURING THE MONTH. IN TOTAL, THERE WERE 28 DAYS IN A ROW OF NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION SPANNING FROM SEPT 28TH THROUGH OCT 25TH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS - OCTOBER 2024 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK WARMEST WARMEST WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW AVERAGE MONTHLY (MAX TEMP - MEAN) (MIN TEMP - MEAN) (AVG TEMP - MEAN) 80.6 F - 1ST 56.1 F - 10TH 68.4 F - 2ND (TIED) COOLEST COOLEST COOLEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW AVERAGE MONTHLY (MAX TEMP - MEAN) (MIN TEMP - MEAN) (AVG TEMP - MEAN) 80.6 F - 49TH 56.1 F - 40TH 68.4 F - 47TH (TIED) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS - OCTOBER 2024 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK WETTEST DRIEST SNOWIEST (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) 1.46 - 41ST 1.46 - 9TH 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL-TIME DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS - OCTOBER 2024 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK HOTTEST HOTTEST HOTTEST DAILY HIGH DAILY LOW DAILY AVERAGE (MAX TEMP - MAXIMUM) (MIN TEMP - MAXIMUM) (AVG TEMP - MAXIMUM) 91 F - 6TH (TIED) 67 F - 27TH (TIED) 78.5 F - 12TH (TIED) COLDEST COLDEST COLDEST DAILY HIGH DAILY LOW DAILY AVERAGE (MAX TEMP - MINIMUM) (MIN TEMP - MINIMUM) (AVG TEMP - MINIMUM) 63 F - 45TH (TIED) 42 F - 33RD (TIED) 52.5 F - 40TH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL-TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS - OCTOBER 2024 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK DAILY RAINFALL 24 HOUR RAINFALL DAILY SNOWIEST (PRECIPITATION - SUM) (PRECIPITATION - MAXIMUM) (PRECIPITATION - SUM) 1.22 - 31ST (TIED) 1.22 - NOT TOP 5 (10/31/10/31) 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $$ 70