December ended up being the second consecutive month with below average rainfall, but 2023 ended up well above average for the entire year. No daily records were broken during the last month of the year.
At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station for the National Weather Service in Mountain Home, a total of 2.36 inches of precipitation was recorded during the previous month. The rainfall is 1.41 inches below December’s average of 3.77 inches. In addition, there were some flurries in the area on the early morning of Dec. 29, but there was no measurable snowfall for the month.
The total precipitation for 2023 was 56.54 inches. That is 5.68 inches above the annual average rainfall of 50.86 inches.
The warmest temperature recorded last month was 76 degrees on Dec. 3, and the coolest temperature was 23 on Dec. 19 and 20. The average high for December was 54.2 degrees, and the average low was 34.1.
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