NWS Little Rock, AR - Pine Bluff Climate Summary (Dec 2020)

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1883 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             84   12/07/1939
 LOW              -2   12/24/1963
HIGHEST           75   12/10         54      21       76  12/09
LOWEST            24   12/01         34     -10       25  12/18
                       12/25
                                                          12/11
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.5               53.3     1.2     56.6
AVG. MINIMUM    34.5               34.9    -0.4     37.3
MEAN            44.5               44.1     0.4     46.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                1.1    -1.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    13               12.4     0.6        9
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       15.02   1982
 MINIMUM        0.57   1896
TOTALS          6.70               5.44    1.26     2.29
DAILY AVG.      0.22               0.18    0.04     0.07
DAYS >= .01       11                8.9     2.1        7
DAYS >= .10        7                                   5
DAYS >= .50        5                                   2
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.6     1.4        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.36   12/30 TO 12/31
 STORM TOTAL    2.07
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          12.2   1963
 24 HR TOTAL    12.0   12/22/1963 TO 12/22/1963
 SNOW DEPTH       12   12/23/1963
TOTALS             T                0.2    -0.2        T
 LIQUID EQUIV      T               0.00    0.00        T
SINCE 7/1          T                0.2    -0.2       MM
 LIQUID 7/1    -0.10               0.00   -0.10       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      2                0.1     1.9        1
DAYS >= 1.0        0                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL       T   12/15 TO 12/16                  T  12/10 TO 12/10

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    629                649     -20      555
 SINCE 7/1      1110               1154     -44     1213
COOLING TOTAL      0                  1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1      1955               2132    -177     2291

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/10/2000
 LATEST       04/25/1910
EARLIEST                        11/30
LATEST                          03/07
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/320    DATE  12/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/330    DATE  12/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.36
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          6


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                6     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               13     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      9

-  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 DECEMBER 2020...

.SUMMARY...
AT PINE BLUFF, DECEMBER HIGHS WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE WHILE LOWS
WERE BELOW. OVERALL, THE MONTH FINISHED SLIGHTLY UNDER HALF A DEGREE
ABOVE THE 30-YEAR MEAN FOR DECEMBER. IT WAS THE COLDEST DECEMBER IN
THREE YEARS, EVEN WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE CONSIDERED "ABOVE NORMAL".

FOR THE EIGHTH MONTH THIS YEAR, RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS, DECEMBER RAINFALL WAS ABOVE THE 30-YEAR
MEAN OF 5.44 INCHES. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL,
WHICH WAS THE MOST IN DECEMBER IN TWO YEARS.

FOR THE FOURTH DECEMBER IN A ROW, NO MEASURABLE SNOW FELL. HOWEVER,
THERE WERE TRACE AMOUNTS ON DECEMBER 15TH AND 16TH.

.MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2018. THE AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2017. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2017.

.DAILY TEMPERATURES...
DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 15 DAYS, ABOVE AVERAGE ON
15 DAYS, AND RIGHT AT AVERAGE ON ONE DAY.

THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, WHICH WAS
THE MOST SINCE 2017.

.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 DECEMBER SINCE 2018, BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE TOP 10
WETTEST FOR THE MONTH.

.DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE    NEW RECORD        PREVIOUS RECORD
31ST   2.07 IN 2020        1.98 IN 1932

.MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA...
NONE NOTABLE.