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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
705 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015
...A REVIEW OF 2014 WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS...
SUMMARY
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BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...2014 IN ARKANSAS MARKED THE COLDEST YEAR IN
35 YEARS. PRELIMINARILY...IT IS TIED WITH 1940 FOR THE 4TH COLDEST
YEAR EVER RECORDED SINCE STATEWIDE RECORDS HAVE BEEN TABULATED
/1895/. ONLY 1979...1917...AND 1912 AND 1903 WERE COLDER...BUT BY
LESS THAN ONE DEGREE.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE YEAR WAS 102 DEGREES AT
BATESVILLE AIRPORT...GILBERT...AND SALEM. THIS WAS THE COOLEST STATE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SINCE 1989. THERE WERE SEVERAL PERIODS WITH NEAR-
RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE YEAR...PARTICULARLY IN
EARLY JANUARY...EARLY MARCH...MID AND LATE JULY...AND MID NOVEMBER.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST SEEN IN MANY YEARS.
THIS WAS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN EARLY JANUARY...EARLY MARCH...MID
MAY...MID JULY...AND MID NOVEMBER. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
2011...THE STATES COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW ZERO...-7 AT
GRAVETTE ON JANUARY 6TH TO BE EXACT. LOW TEMPERATURES IN EARLY
MARCH WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED. IN MANY AREAS...LOWS
WERE THE COLDEST SINCE THE 1940S OR 1960S. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
IN THE STATE IN MARCH WAS 0...WHICH WAS THE COLDEST READING SEEN IN
ARKANSAS SINCE 2002. EARLY MAY STARTED OFF RATHER WARM...BUT BY MID
MONTH...READINGS HAD COOLED QUITE DRASTICALLY. ON THE 17TH...MAMMOTH
SPRING RECORDED A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES...WHICH WAS THE
LATEST FREEZE IN ARKANSAS SINCE 1912...AND THE 3RD LATEST EVER
RECORDED IN THE STATE. NOVEMBER SAW THE FIRST SINGLE-DIGIT READING
IN ARKANSAS DURING THE MONTH SINCE 1997.
RAINFALL WAS MOST FREQUENT DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER
MONTHS...AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. JANUARY WAS THE DRIEST
MONTH...AND JUNE WAS THE WETTEST. DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR...
ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE
NORTHEAST BY EARLY DECEMBER. IT WAS THE DRIEST YEAR SINCE 2012...BUT
NOT IN THE TOP 50 DRIEST.
SNOWFALL WAS SEEN IN JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH...NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER. MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH AND
NOVEMBER. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET WAS SEEN IN NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS IN EARLY MARCH. SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SAW
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SNOW IN FEBRUARY.
THERE WAS A MINOR ICE STORM IN EARLY JANUARY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...AND A MORE SIGNIFICANT ONE IN EARLY FEBRUARY IN THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE. THIS ONE SAW UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS.
PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE YEAR WAS IN EARLY
MARCH ON THE 2ND AND 3RD. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SLOWLY MOVED THROUGH
THE STATE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAIN QUICKLY CHANGED TO
SNOW IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WHERE TWO TO FIVE INCHES FELL. RAIN WAS
SLOWER TO TRANSITION IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH...AND THERE WAS A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WAS AROUND
EASTERN ARKANSAS...WHERE SOME AREAS SAW HALF AN INCH OR MORE OF
ACCRUAL. WHEN PRECIPITATION DID START TO CHANGE OVER...IT WAS
PREDOMINANTLY SLEET...AND SEVERAL INCHES OF IT FELL. BITTER COLD
FOLLOWED THE WINTER STORM...WITH MUCH OF THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
THE STATE STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THE
COMBINATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND
THE SYSTEM CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN
ARKANSAS. MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS WERE NOTED ALONG THE I-40 AND I-55
CORRIDORS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE MEMPHIS
METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH PEOPLE STRANDED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER STORY OF 2014...HOWEVER...WAS THE EF-4
TORNADO WHICH STRUCK PORTIONS OF PULASKI...FAULKNER...AND WHITE
COUNTIES ON APRIL 27TH. THE TORNADO TORE A 41-MILE PATH ACROSS THE
THREE COUNTIES...STRIKING MAYFLOWER AND VILONIA AND FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN THREE YEARS. 16 PEOPLE WERE KILLED...MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST
SINGLE TORNADO IN ARKANSAS SINCE THE FIRST JONESBORO TORNADO ON MAY
15TH 1968...WHEN 35 FATALITIES OCCURRED. 193 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IT
WAS ALSO THE FIRST EF-4 TORNADO IN ARKANSAS SINCE MAY 25TH 2011...
WHEN THE DENNING TORNADO CUT A 46-MILE PATH THROUGH FRANKLIN...
LOGAN...AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.
BELOW ARE STATEWIDE EXTREMES...AS WELL AS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
RAINFALL FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR. REMEMBER...MOST OF THE DATA
BELOW IS PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED CORRECT BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. DATA FROM JANUARY
THROUGH SEPTEMBER HAVE ALREADY UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY CONTROL...AND HAVE
BEEN PUBLISHED.
STATE OF ARKANSAS - 2014 TEMPERATURE/RAINFALL/SNOWFALL/EXTREMES
READING LOCATION DATE
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 102 GILBERT AUG 25TH
BATESVILLE AIRPORT AUG 24TH
SALEM AUG 24TH
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LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 8 LEAD HILL JAN 7TH
KINGSTON 2 S JAN 6TH
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HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 79 ARKANSAS POST AUG 10TH
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LOWEST TEMPERATURE -7 GRAVETTE JAN 6TH
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HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL 11.00 INCHES BATESVILLE 2.3 NE APR 28TH
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HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL 7.5 INCHES HARRISON 5.4 SW MAR 17TH
HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW FEB 4TH
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GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES WINSLOW 7 NE FEB 3RD
HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW FEB 5TH
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HIGHEST MONTHLY RAINFALL 16.95 INCHES MADISON JUN
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HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL 14.8 INCHES HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW FEB
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STATE OF ARKANSAS - 2014 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
MONTH AVG. TEMP COOLEST SINCE WARMEST SINCE REMARKS
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JAN 35.2 1988 14TH COLDEST
FEB 38.7 2010 16TH COLDEST
MAR 46.5 1996 11TH COLDEST
APR 59.6 2012 42ND COLDEST
MAY 68.1 2012 45TH COLDEST
JUN 76.7 2006 52ND WARMEST
JUL 75.5 1967 ***COLDEST***
AUG 78.7 2012 46TH COLDEST
SEP 72.6 2011 56TH COLDEST
OCT *63.7 2007 26TH WARMEST
NOV *44.8 1976 3RD COLDEST
DEC *43.1 2011 27TH WARMEST
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YEAR *58.6 1979 4TH COLDEST...TIED 1940
STATE OF ARKANSAS - 2014 AVERAGE PRECIPITATION
MONTH
AVG. RAINFALL WETTEST SINCE DRIEST SINCE REMARKS
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JAN 1.98 INCHES 2011 22ND DRIEST
FEB 2.68 INCHES 2007 52ND DRIEST
MAR 4.66 INCHES 2012 60TH WETTEST/DRIEST
APR 5.54 INCHES 2011 38TH WETTEST
MAY 6.05 INCHES 2012 41ST WETTEST
JUN 6.24 INCHES 2000 12TH WETTEST
JUL 4.35 INCHES 2010 39TH WETTEST
AUG 2.90 INCHES 2010 50TH DRIEST
SEP 2.41 INCHES 2011 30TH DRIEST
OCT *5.43 INCHES 2009 17TH WETTEST
NOV *2.59 INCHES 2012 33RD DRIEST
DEC *2.60 INCHES 2010 21ST DRIEST
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YEAR*47.43 INCHES 2012 53RD DRIEST
DATA MARKED BY AN ASTERISK HAS NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY CONTROL...
SO THE FINAL DATA AND RANKINGS MAY BE DIFFERENT.
STATE OF ARKANSAS - 2014 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS AND EXTREMES
.JANUARY...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............73 AT FORT SMITH 26TH
AT SILVER HILL RAWS 26TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............-7 AT GRAVETTE 6TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......3.15 INCHES AT VANDERVOORT 11TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL........4.2 INCHES AT GRAVETTE 5TH
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..............5 INCHES AT BELLA VISTA 1.5 NNE 6TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....4.54 INCHES AT STUTTGART
GREATEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL......7.1 INCHES AT GRAVETTE
GREATEST AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH....2.0 INCHES AT PEA RIDGE 0.2 WSW
AT GREEN FOREST 4.4 NE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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JAN. 6-7 - VERY COLD AIR MOVED INTO THE STATE...AND AS A RESULT...
TEMPERATURES AT MANY LOCATIONS WERE THE COLDEST IN SEVERAL
DECADES. LOWS ON THE MORNING OF THE 7TH RANGED FROM BELOW ZERO
IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH TO SINGLE DIGITS IN THE CENTRAL AND
WESTERN PORTIONS. ON THE 7TH...LITTLE ROCK AND NORTH LITTLE ROCK
RECORDED SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES...WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME IN
18 YEARS...AND THE COLDEST JANUARY TEMPERATURES IN 26 YEARS.
JAN. 8-9 - A MINOR ICE STORM PRIMARILY AFFECTED NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WITH AS MUCH AS A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS.
.FEBRUARY...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............81 AT LEWISVILLE 18TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............-3 AT FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 3RD
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......3.75 INCHES AT HICKORY RIDGE 2.8 SSE 5TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL........7.5 INCHES AT HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW 4TH
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..............7 INCHES AT HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW 5TH
AT WINSLOW 7 NE 3RD
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....6.48 INCHES AT ARKANSAS POST
GREATEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL.....14.8 INCHES AT HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW
GREATEST AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH....7.0 INCHES AT HORSESHOE BEND 2.1 SSW
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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FEB. 2-9 - SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER HIT THE STATE...BRINGING
SNOW...LIGHT ICING AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ON THE 2ND-
3RD...FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. NEARLY SEVEN INCHES FELL NEAR HORSESHOE BEND IN
SHARP COUNTY. ON THE 7TH-8TH...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW
FELL IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. 3.5 INCHES
FELL AT COVE IN POLK COUNTY.
FEB. 11 - UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW FELL OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...WITH
LIGHT ICE ON TOP OF THAT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WAS
FROM MAGNOLIA...TO CROSSETT...TO EUDORA.
FEB. 20 - A STRONG FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE STATE BROUGHT WIND GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY UP AROUND HARRISON...
FAYETTEVILLE...AND FORT SMITH.
.MARCH...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............83 AT LEWISVILLE 29TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE...............0 AT KINGSTON 2 S 3RD
AT WINSLOW 7 NE 3RD
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......4.13 INCHES AT WALDRON 16TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL........7.5 INCHES AT HARRISON 5.4 SW 17TH
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..............6 INCHES AT LEAD HILL 17TH
AT PEA RIDGE 0.2 WSW 4TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....8.44 INCHES AT MOUNTAIN VIEW 0.4 S
GREATEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL.....11.1 INCHES AT HARRISON 5.4 SW
GREATEST AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH....4.3 INCHES AT EUREKA SPRINGS 0.5 NW
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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MAR. 2-3 - A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT STALLED IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AT ONE
POINT...TEMPERATURES VARIED AS MUCH AS 50 DEGREES ACROSS THE
STATE...AND EVEN OVER 20 DEGREES IN AS SHORT A DISTANCE AS FIVE
MILES. HEAVY RAIN FELL...WITH AN AVERAGE OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IN
MUCH OF THE STATE. BEHIND THE FRONT...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW ACCUMULATED IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THREE TO FIVE
INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IN THE CENTRAL ON TOP OF A QUARTER TO
HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT LITTLE ROCK...IT WAS THE FIRST
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN MARCH IN SIX YEARS. RECORD COLD ACCOMPANIED
THE FRONT...WITH MANY AREAS SEEING THE COLDEST MARCH TEMPERATURES
SINCE 1980...1965...OR 1943. NEWPORT SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD LOW
FOR MARCH WITH 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO. TEMPERATURES DID FALL TO ZERO
AT KINGSTON AND WINSLOW. LITTLE ROCKS HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY
REACHED 27 ON THE 3RD...SETTING ITS ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST HIGH
FOR MARCH...AND THE COLDEST SUCH READING SINCE 1965. WINDS BEHIND
THE SYSTEM WERE GUSTY...WHICH CAUSED WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL
AS COLD AS -10 TO -15 IN THE NORTHWEST. THE COLD CONTINUED INTO
THE 4TH AND 5TH...CAUSING MAJOR TRAFFIC JAMS ON I-40 AND I-55
IN EASTERN ARKANSAS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...MELTING AND REFREEZING...CONSTRUCTION AREAS...
AND ACCIDENTS.
MAR. 15-17 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF THE WEST...WITH ONE TO THREE
INCHES COMMON. HOWEVER...OVER FOUR INCHES FELL AT WALDRON. MUCH
COLDER AIR MOVED IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING
TO SNOW DURING THE DAY ON THE 16TH IN THE NORTH. ONE TO FOUR
INCHES FELL IN THE NORTH...WITH OVER FIVE TO SIX INCHES NEAR
HARRISON. PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT...WITH A LIGHT DUSTING IN THE
CENTRAL PORTION AND UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN THE SOUTH NEAR SPARKMAN.
MAR. 28 - SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IN CAMDEN...
HAMBURG...KINGSLAND AND WARREN. WIND DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED NEAR
PORTLAND...HERMITAGE...MAGNOLIA...STRONG...AND TEXARKANA.
.APRIL...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............89 AT EUDORA 28TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............23 AT FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 15TH
AT MAMMOTH SPRING 15TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL......11.00 INCHES AT BATESVILLE 2.E NE 28TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL....12.33 INCHES AT BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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APR. 3-4 - SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED TENNIS TO BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL AT
MARSHALL...AND GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AT CALICO ROCK AND GLENCOE.
SEVERE STORMS ALSO PRODUCED A SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE FROM CAMDEN AND
FORDYCE...EASTWARD THROUGH PINE BLUFF...WARREN...STAR CITY...AND
MONTICELLO. BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED AT CAMDEN...AND NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
APR. 13-15 - ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN MUCH OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...
TWO TO FOUR INCHES FELL IN A BAND FROM NEAR DEQUEEN...TO HOT
SPRINGS...AND LITTLE ROCK. FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED IN LITTLE
ROCK...WITH SEVERAL WATER RESCUES NECESSARY. MUCH COLDER AIR
FOLLOWED THE RAIN...WITH A LATE FREEZE IN MANY AREAS IN THE NORTH
AND WEST...AND EVEN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. LITTLE ROCK AFB
TIED ITS LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD.
APR. 27 - AN EF4 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN...TEARING A 41.3 MILE PATH ACROSS
PULASKI...FAULKNER...AND WHITE COUNTY. 16 PEOPLE WERE KILLED...
WITH NEARLY 200 INJURED. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WERE AROUND
FERNDALE...MAYFLOWER...SALTILLO...VILONIA AND EL PASO. FOR AREAS
FROM MAYFLOWER TO VILONIA...IT WAS THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS TO
BE STRUCK BY KILLER TORNADOES. IT WAS THE DEADLIEST SINGLE TORNADO
SINCE THE JONESBORO TORNADO ON MAY 15...1968. ALSO...HEAVY RAIN FELL
MAINLY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH THREE TO SEVEN INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
AT BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM...7.60 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...MAKING IT
THE HIGHEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL EVER RECORDED AT THAT LOCATION.
.MAY...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............95 AT WALDRON 11TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............30 AT JESSIEVILLE RAWS 1ST
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......7.30 INCHES AT MENA AIRPORT 8TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL....13.60 INCHES AT HOPPER
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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MAY 8-9 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH THE MOST AFFECTED AREAS
IN POLK AND SCOTT COUNTY. WATER RESCUES WERE NECESSARY IN THE CITY
OF MENA. AT THE MENA AIRPORT...7.30 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...WITH 6.98
INCHES IN 7 HOURS.
MAY 12-16 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MUCH OF THE STATE...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS
IN A THREE TO FOUR INCH BAND FROM AROUND ASHDOWN TO MOUNT IDA TO
RUSSELLVILLE...AND FROM NEAR PINE BLUFF TO AUGUSTA. AT BOTKINBURG
ON THE 16TH...IT HAILED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES...PILING UP TO AN INCH
DEEP. AFTER THE RAIN...MUCH COLDER AIR MOVED IN BEHIND A STALLED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH RECORD COLD HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES IN
A LARGE PART OF THE STATE. AT SOME LOCATIONS...IT WAS THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED SO LATE IN THE SPRING...AND ONE OF THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY. IN THE 24
HOURS ENDING ON THE MORNING OF THE 17TH...MAMMOTH SPRING RECORDED
THE LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD. THIS ALSO WAS THE LATEST FREEZE IN THE
STATE SINCE 1912...AND THE THIRD LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD IN ARKANSAS.
.JUNE...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............97 AT MORRILTON 21ST
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............43 AT MAMMOTH SPRING 15TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......7.50 INCHES AT AUGUSTA 29TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL....16.95 INCHES AT MADISON
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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JUN. 6 - A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BATESVILLE...
AND ANOTHER WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BEEDEVILLE.
JUN. 28-29 - AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN EASTERN
ARKANSAS...WITH AS MUCH AS SEVEN TO TEN INCHES IN AREAS FROM
GEORGETOWN TO NEAR WEST MEMPHIS. AT MADISON...10.80 INCHES
FELL...AND AT HOWELL IN WOODRUFF COUNTY...OVER 9.5 INCHES FELL
IN LESS THAN 10 HOURS.
.JULY...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE............100 AT TEXARKANA 14TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............48 AT POCAHONTAS 6TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......6.72 INCHES AT BOGG SPRINGS 9TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL....12.18 INCHES AT BOGG SPRINGS
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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JUL. 17-19 - RECORD JULY COLD WAS SEEN...AS LOWS WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S...
AND HIGHS WERE ONLY IN THE 60S AND 70S. LITTLE ROCK AND MOUNT
IDA RECORDED THEIR COLDEST JULY HIGH TEMPERATURES SINCE 1880.
A FEW OTHER STATIONS BROKE TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET IN THE 1880S
AND 1890S.
JUL. 23 - A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVED THROUGH ARKANSAS...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. WINDS GUSTED AS HIGH
AS 63 MPH AT HIGHFILL...61 MPH AT FAYETTEVILLE...AND 67 MPH AT
NEWPORT.
JUL. 27-31 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVED THROUGH THE STATE. MUCH COLDER AIR FOLLOWED THE FRONT...
AND THE MONTH ENDED WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 50S AND 60S AND
HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 60S AND 70S.
.AUGUST...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE............102 AT SALEM 24TH
AT BATESVILLE AIRPORT 24TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............51 AT FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 13TH
KINGSTON 2 S 12TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......4.42 INCHES AT MANILA 3.6 SSW 18TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....9.25 INCHES AT LOCKESBURG 4 E
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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AUG. 8-9 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS. AS MUCH
AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A PERIOD OF 30
MINUTES TO 2 HOURS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. SOME FLOODING
WAS REPORTED AT BELLEVILLE AND NEAR MENA.
AUG. 30 - SOME FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED IN MARION COUNTY...DAMAGING
OR WASHING AWAY SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS.
.SEPTEMBER...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............98 AT SILVER HILL RAWS 10TH
AT MCCRORY 6TH
AT SEARCY AIRPORT 5TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............39 AT BATESVILLE 8 WNW 23RD
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......6.39 INCHES AT DEQUEEN AIRPORT 11TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....8.26 INCHES AT ABBOTT
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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SEP. 11-12 - HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS. AT
DEQUEEN...6.37 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN SIX HOURS...
CAUSING FLOODING AROUND TOWN.
SEP. 17 - A WEAK TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE BETWEEN HASTY
IN NEWTON COUNTY AND WOOLUM IN SEARCY COUNTY. WIDESPREAD
HAIL FELL AT HARRISON...WITH STONES AS LARGE AS TWO INCHES
IN DIAMETER. IN PLACES...THE HAIL FELL FOR AROUND 10
MINUTES.
.OCTOBER...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............99 AT ASHDOWN 3RD
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............28 AT FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 31ST
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......4.97 INCHES AT FORDYCE 6.6 NNW 11TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL....10.22 INCHES AT FORDYCE 6.6 NNW
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
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OCT. 2 - A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH...CAUSING
EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN A LARGE PART OF THE STATE. ONE
PERSON WAS KILLED AT MALVERN. WEAK TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED
IN PRAIRIE...LONOKE...AND POINSETT COUNTIES.
OCT. 7 - SEVERE HAIL STORMS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO COTTON
CROPS IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY CRAIGHEAD AND
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. AT LEAST 25000 ACRES OF COTTON WERE
AFFECTED JUST DAYS BEFORE HARVEST.
OCT. 9 - SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL EAST OF
POCAHONTAS AND NEAR BIGGERS.
OCT. 13 - AN EF2 TORNADO HIT BETWEEN ASHDOWN AND FOREMAN...KILLING
ONE AND INJURING FOUR. ALSO...TORNADOES HIT WEST OF
WILTON...NORTH OF HINDSVILLE...AT MCDOUGAL...AS WELL AS IN
POLK COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...AND LONOKE COUNTY. THE LONOKE
COUNTY TORNADO...WHICH WAS NORTH AND WEST OF ENGLAND...
DAMAGED SOME OF THE SAME AREAS HIT BY THE OCTOBER 2ND
TORNADO.
.NOVEMBER...
EXTREMES
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HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............81 AT EUDORA 5TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE.............. 8 AT GILBERT 18TH
AT EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 18TH
AT BATESVILLE 8 WNW 18TH
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......2.55 INCHES AT BRADLEY 7.8 W 24TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL........3.5 INCHES AT CALAMINE 17TH
AT LANGLEY 17TH
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..............4 INCHES AT CALAMINE 17TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....5.25 INCHES AT MAGNOLIA
GREATEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL......3.5 INCHES AT CALAMINE
AT LANGLEY
GREATEST AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH....0.1 INCHES AT MORRILTON...CENTER RIDGE 4 S...
DAMASCUS...CLINTON...
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK...HARDY...
BOGG SPRINGS...COVE...
BIG FORK 1 SSE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
--------------------------
NOV. 12-18 - AN EARLY-SEASON ARCTIC OUTBREAK PLUNGED TEMPERATURES
WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MID-NOVEMBER. LIGHT SNOW FELL ON
THE 13TH...16TH...AND 17TH. ON THE 13TH...AREAS AROUND
LITTLE ROCK...PINE BLUFF...AND DES ARC SAW THE EARLIEST
SNOW IN DECADES. AT LITTLE ROCK...0.1 INCHES FELL...
MAKING IT THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW SINCE 1951...AND
3RD EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD. AT PINE BLUFF...
0.1 INCHES MADE FOR THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON
RECORD. IN OTHER AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...TRACE AMOUNTS FELL...BUT STILL MADE FOR THE
EARLIEST SNOWFALL IN SEVERAL DECADES. AT MONTICELLO...
IT WAS THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD. ON THE 16TH AND
17TH...TWO TO NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN
PORTIONS OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.
THE HIGHEST REPORTED AMOUNTS WERE IN NORTHEAST SHARP
COUNTY...NORTHERN CONWAY COUNTY...AND NORTHERN PIKE
COUNTY.
.DECEMBER...
EXTREMES
--------
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.............78 AT EUDORA 2ND
AT MORRILTON 1ST
AT BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM 1ST
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..............
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL.......2.57 INCHES AT MONTICELLO 28TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL.............TRACE AT HARRISON 27TH*
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH.................TRACE AT OZONE 24TH
GREATEST MONTHLY RAINFALL.....4.85 INCHES AT DELIGHT 0.3 NNW
GREATEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...........TRACE AT CONWAY AND MANY OTHERS
*TRACE OF SNOWFALL AT MANY OTHERS ON 27TH...25TH...24TH...18TH...AND 17TH.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
--------------------------
DEC. 26-31 - AFTER AN ANOMALOUSLY WARM MONTH...A STRONG COLD FRONT SLOWLY
PASSED THROUGH THE STATE...BRINGING RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. IN MOST
AREAS...UNDER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL. HOWEVER...AT MONTICELLO...OVER 2.5 INCHES
WAS RECORDED. TEMPERATURES HAD BEEN IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 IN MANY AREAS AROUND
CHRISTMAS...BUT BY THE 29TH...HIGHS WERE MOSTLY IN THE 30S.
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