NWS Little Rock, AR - Pine Bluff Climate Summary (Aug 2019)

...THE PINE BLUFF CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            112   08/15/1943
 LOW              52   08/14/2004
                       08/29/1906
HIGHEST           94   08/10         92       2       97  08/21
                       08/08
                       08/26
                                                          08/19
                                                          08/13
LOWEST            63   08/06         71      -8       63  08/29
AVG. MAXIMUM    89.3               91.8    -2.5     91.8
AVG. MINIMUM    69.1               70.5    -1.4     71.2
MEAN            79.2               81.1    -1.9     81.5
DAYS MAX >= 90    14               20.2    -6.2       22
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       10.70   2012
 MINIMUM        0.00   1886
TOTALS          4.90               2.48    2.42     4.54
DAILY AVG.      0.16               0.08    0.08     0.15
DAYS >= .01        9                6.6     2.4        6
DAYS >= .10        6                                   4
DAYS >= .50        3                                   2
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.8     0.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.95   08/27 TO 08/28
 STORM TOTAL    2.79
 (MM/DD(HH))

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       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

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 7/1         0                  0       0        0
COOLING TOTAL    448                501     -53      520
 SINCE 1/1      1620               1758    -138     1695

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/10/2000
 LATEST       04/25/1910
EARLIEST                        11/12
LATEST                          03/07
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/130    DATE  08/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/120    DATE  08/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.19
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           26
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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...DATA FOR PINE BLUFF FOR AUGUST 2020...

.SUMMARY...
AT PINE BLUFF, AUGUST WAS THE FIRST MONTH SINCE JUNE WITH TEMPERATURES
BELOW AVERAGE. IT WAS THE COOLEST AUGUST IN THREE YEARS. THE HOTTEST
READING WAS 94, AND THE COOLEST READING WAS 63. THIS WAS THE 5TH
AUGUST IN A ROW WITH NO 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES.

RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, AND THIS WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE PASSAGE
OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE LAURA ON THE 27TH-28TH. THIS WAS THE
WETTEST AUGUST IN TWO YEARS. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE
RAINFALL, WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2018.

.MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2017. THE
AVERAGE LOW WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2015. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS THE COOLEST SINCE 2017.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 19 DAYS, ABOVE AVERAGE ON
NINE DAYS, AND RIGHT AT AVERAGE ON THREE DAYS.

THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES,
WHICH WAS THE FEWEST SINCE 2018. THERE 16 DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
COOLER THAN 70 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2015.

.DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
THERE WERE NO DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

.MONTHLY RAINFALL...
IT WAS THE WETTEST AUGUST SINCE 2018.

.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE    NEW RECORD        PREVIOUS RECORD
27TH   2.79 IN 2020        1.77 IN 1959

.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
27TH - AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE LAURA PASSED CLOSE TO PINE BLUFF,
THE PRESSURE FELL TO 29.46 INCHES. THIS SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR
LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT PINE BLUFF. THE PREVIOUS
LOW PRESSURE RECORD WAS 29.51 INCHES, AND THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST
29, 2005. AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS IN PINE BLUFF BEGAN IN 1948.