000 CXUS54 KLZK 021027 CCA CLMLZK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 457 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 09/01/1947 LOW 37 09/27/1942 HIGHEST 92 09/11 85 7 95 09/02 LOWEST 54 09/16 64 -10 56 09/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.8 85.1 -2.3 86.5 AVG. MINIMUM 64.6 63.6 1.0 67.1 MEAN 73.7 74.4 -0.7 76.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 9.7 -6.7 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 10.23 1898 MINIMUM 0.27 1917 TOTALS 7.51 3.71 3.80 4.65 DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.12 0.13 0.16 DAYS >= .01 6 7.9 -1.9 10 DAYS >= .10 6 5 DAYS >= .50 3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.56 09/02 TO 09/03 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 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 13 -13 0 SINCE 7/1 0 13 -13 0 COOLING TOTAL 265 296 -31 365 SINCE 1/1 2042 2002 40 2395 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 LATEST 03/19 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/210 DATE 09/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/160 DATE 09/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 8 - 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 SEPTEMBER 2008... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE COOLEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2006. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 82.8...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 64.6 DEGREES. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 80 DEGREES...WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR SEPTEMBER. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 60 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 13 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON 15 DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON 2 DAYS. THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS FIVE DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 3RD /HIGH OF 77...LOW OF 72/. THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 28 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 28TH /HIGH OF 85...LOW OF 57/. THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. 7.51 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 3.80 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1978...AND THE 8TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE WAS ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD...4.38 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV SLOWLY MOVED ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS SET A NEW RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.39 INCHES...WHICH FELL IN 1985 AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ELENA PASSED ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. ALSO...THE 4.38 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD WAS THE THIRD WETTEST DAY EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT LITTLE ROCK. && ................................... ...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 09/03/2000 09/01/2000 LOW 41 09/24/1989 HIGHEST 91 09/11 85 6 96 09/02 09/01 LOWEST 54 09/16 65 -11 54 09/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.9 84.3 -2.4 85.3 AVG. MINIMUM 64.4 64.3 0.1 67.7 MEAN 73.2 75.0 -1.8 76.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 8.3 -5.3 5 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 8.43 1985 MINIMUM 0.33 2004 TOTALS 8.57R 3.53 5.04 5.48 DAILY AVG. 0.29 0.12 0.17 0.18 DAYS >= .01 7 7.7 -0.7 9 DAYS >= .10 5 5 DAYS >= .50 3 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 2 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 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2 8 -6 0 SINCE 7/1 2 8 -6 0 COOLING TOTAL 250 307 -57 351 SINCE 1/1 1964 2099 -135 2340 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST 11/13 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) 85 AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 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. && ...SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR SEPTEMBER 2008... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.2 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE COOLEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2006. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 81.9 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 64.4 DEGREES. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE TEN DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 80 DEGREES...WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR SEPTEMBER. THERE WAS ONE DAY WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 60 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 8 DAYS...BELOW NORMAL ON 17 DAYS...AND AT NORMAL ON 5 DAYS. THE SMALLEST RANGE BETWEEN THE DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS FIVE DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 3RD /HIGH OF 76...LOW OF 71/. THE LARGEST RANGE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 26 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ON THE 7TH /HIGH OF 88...LOW OF 62/. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 76 DEGREES. THIS SET A NEW LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 77...WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1985...AND TIED IN 1988. ON SEPTEMBER 4TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 74 DEGREES. THIS TIED A LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY SET BACK IN 1995. 8.57 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 5.04 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...AND WAS THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH. ON SEPTEMBER 2ND...2.45 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THIS SET A NEW RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.31...WHICH FELL IN 1989. THIS WAS ALSO THE EIGHTH WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD...4.83 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THIS SET A NEW RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.43...WHICH WAS FELL IN 1985. THIS WAS ALSO THE SECOND WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK...AND THE FOURTH WETTEST DAY OF ALL TIME AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THE RAINFALL ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AND 3RD WAS THE RESULT OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVING ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. A TOTAL OF 4.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD FROM THE 2ND TO THE 3RD. THIS WAS THE 5TH HIGHEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL RECORDED AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1976. $$