Arkansas, 1998

Heat in Arkansas, August 28, 1998

August 28, 1998 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Sebastian

When
August 28, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where
Sebastian forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

The low temperature at the Fort Smith Regional Airport on this day was 79. This is the warmest low temperature on record for this date in Fort Smith.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 1998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5665741.