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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1015 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2015
...RECORD WARMTH FOR OCTOBER...
OVER THE LAST WEEK...MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS ARKANSAS HAVE SEEN RECORD OR NEAR-RECORD
DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES. YESTERDAY WAS THE WARMEST DAY...WITH MANY HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. IN AT LEAST NINE LOCATIONS...HIGHS IN THE LAST
24 HOURS SET OR TIED THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THERE WERE
SOME LOCATIONS THAT SAW THE WARMEST OCTOBER TEMPERATURES SINCE 1963 OR 1954.
.ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS FOR OCTOBER...
AT LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...TEMPERATURES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS SET OR TIED THE ALL-
TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
NEW OCTOBER PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMP. RECORDS
LOCATION RECORD HIGH FOR OCTOBER SINCE
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LITTLE ROCK 98 10/15/2015 97 10/11/1963...10/10/1963 1879
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE 97 10/15/2015 94 10/08/1963 1956
MONTICELLO 97 10/15/2015 96 10/02/1998 1876
STUTTGART AIRPORT 97 10/15/2015 94 10/05/1954...10/04/1954 1942
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 96 10/15/2015 92 10/23/2003...10/01/1979 1975
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 96 10/16/2015 96 10/01/1998 1964
MORRILTON 96 10/16/2015 96 10/02/1969...10/14/1963 1919
KEO 94 10/16/2015 94 10/05/1954...10/01/1953 1948
MURFREESBORO 1 W 92 10/16/2015 91 10/15/2015...10/01/1981 1970
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE TEMPERATURES ARE THE WARMEST OCTOBER TEMPERATURES
SINCE OFFICIAL RECORDS STARTED. HOWEVER...IN LOOKING AT OTHER HISTORICAL DATA...THESE
WARM TEMPERATURES DID OCCUR IN OTHER YEARS BEFORE OFFICIAL RECORDS BEGAN. FOR EXAMPLE...
IN OCTOBER 1856...AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER 1858...TEMPERATURES AT LITTLE ROCK WERE IN THE
MID AND UPPER 90S DURING THE FIRST WEEK. ON OCTOBER 2ND 1856...THE TEMPERATURE AT
LITTLE ROCK WAS REPORTED TO BE 98 DEGREES...WITH 97 ON THE 1ST...AND 93 ON THE 3RD.
ON OCTOBER 3RD 1858...THE TEMPERATURE AT LITTLE ROCK TOPPED OUT AT 94 DEGREES.
HONORABLE MENTION...
AT THE SITES LISTED BELOW...HIGHS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS CAME CLOSE TO SETTING OR TYING
ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS FOR OCTOBER...
RANK - WARMEST OCT. TEMP.
HIGH TEMPERATURES...AND MOST WARMEST OCT. RECORDS
LOCATION TEMP. RECENTLY TIED WITH DATES TEMPERATURES SINCE
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HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 96 2ND...TIED WITH 10/13/1963 97 10/08/1963 1948
MOUNTAIN VIEW 92 2ND...TIED WITH 10/02/1994 93 10/01/1994 1924
DES ARC 95 3RD...TIED WITH 10/01/1998 98 10/01/1953 1903
ROHWER 2 NNE 94 3RD...TIED WITH 10/05/1986 97 10/01/1998 1959
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 93 4TH...TIED WITH 10/07/1939 98 10/05/1938 1937
BENTON 95 4TH...TIED WITH 10/14/1963 98 10/08/1963 1907
MARSHALL 92 4TH...TIED WITH 10/14/1963 95 10/01/1953 1892
CAMDEN 96 5TH...TIED WITH 10/13/1963 102 10/01/1953 1890
CONWAY 97 5TH...TIED WITH 10/08/1963 101 10/13/1899 1890
MOUNT IDA 96 5TH...TIED WITH 10/12/1963 100 10/01/1953 1872
.DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...
AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...DAILY OR 24-HOUR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE SET OR TIED. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES AT MALVERN...CONWAY...AND HOT SPRINGS 1 NNE WERE
ALL LONG-STANDING...HAVING BEEN SET IN 1897...AND THE DAILY RECORD FOR
PINE BLUFF ORIGINALLY SET IN 1899.
TEMP. RECORDS
LOCATION HIGH PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD SINCE
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LITTLE ROCK 98 94 IN 1963 1879
CONWAY 97 92 IN 1897 1890
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE 97 90 IN 1999 1956
MONTICELLO 97 91 IN 1963 1876
STUTTGART AIRPORT 97 86 IN 1999 1942
CAMDEN 96 94 IN 1915 1890
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 96 92 IN 1953 1948
MORRILTON 96 90 IN 1972 1919
MOUNT IDA 96 92 IN 1947 1872
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 96 86 IN 1999 1975
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 96 88 IN 1972 1964
ALUM FORK 95 90 IN 1963 1937
BENTON 95 89 IN 1947 1907
DES ARC 95 88 IN 1972 1903
MALVERN 95 92 IN 1897 1882
PINE BLUFF 95 93 IN 1899 1883
FORDYCE 94 91 IN 1917 1911
GILBERT 94 91 IN 1950 1936
HOT SPRINGS 1 NNE 94 94 IN 1897 1875
KEO 94 88 IN 1950 1948
ROHWER 2 NNE 94 87 IN 1999 1959
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 93 92 IN 1938 1937
DARDANELLE 93 92 IN 1947 1909
SUBIACO 93 92 IN 1917 1897
CALICO ROCK 2 WSW 92 90 IN 1917 1915
CLARKSVILLE 2 N 92 89 IN 1963 1871
EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 92 88 IN 1924 1923
GREERS FERRY DAM 92 92 IN 1963 1903
MARSHALL 92 89 IN 1947 1892
MOUNTAIN VIEW 92 85 IN 1999 1924
MURFREESBORO 1 W 92 86 IN 2005 1970
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 91 87 IN 1965 1951
HARRISON 91 89 IN 1950 1891
SEARCY 91 90 IN 1917 1882
SPARKMAN 91 87 IN 1975 1963
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 90 89 IN 1950 1941
FLIPPIN 90 87 IN 1953 1951
MAMMOTH SPRING 90 88 IN 1938 1904
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW 89 89 IN 1953 1902
.DIURNAL RANGES...
AS OF LATE...DIURNAL RANGES...OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND
LOW TEMPERATURE...HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN A TEMPERATURE
SWING OF 40-50 DEGREES IN 24 HOURS. THIS IS QUITE COMMON DURING TIMES WHERE
RAINFALL HAS BEEN LACKING...AND THE GROUND IS DRY. FOR EXAMPLE...DURING THE
LONGER-DURATION DROUGHT IN JUNE 2012...WHEN MOST AREAS SAW SOME OF THE HOTTEST
JUNE TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED...LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COOLEST IN YEARS
AND DIURNAL RANGES WERE SIGNIFICANT FOR EARLY SUMMER.
YESTERDAY...THE DIURNAL RANGE AT LITTLE ROCK WAS 44 DEGREES. THIS WAS THREE DEGREES
SHORT OF TYING THE ALL-TIME RECORD DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...
WHICH OCCURRED...INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH...DURING A SIMILAR DRY PERIOD IN OCTOBER OF 1963.
AT GILBERT...IN SEARCY COUNTY...THERE WAS A 52-DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 7 AM
TEMPERATURE OF 42 AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94.
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NOTES...
1. REPORTING PERIODS ARE AS FOLLOWS...
CALENDAR DAY...LITTLE ROCK...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...HARRISON...LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE...
MOUNT IDA...HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT...FLIPPIN...PINE BLUFF...MONTICELLO...
STUTTGART AIRPORT...BATESVILLE AIRPORT
ALL OTHER STATIONS HAVE A 24-HOUR REPORTING PERIOD ENDING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. IN
THOSE INSTANCES...BOTH HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES ARE ASSIGNED TO THE DATE REPORTED.
2. ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
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