Heat, Sebastian
- When
- December 4, 12:00 AM CST to December 5, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat in Arkansas, December 4 to 5, 1998
The high temperature of 79 degrees Fahrenheit at the Fort Smith Regional Airport on December 5 tied the record for being the warmest temperature on record for the date.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
The low temperature of 56 degrees Fahrenheit at the Fort Smith Regional Airport on December 4 broke the record for being the warmest low temperature on record for the date.The high temperature of 79 degrees Fahrenheit at the Fort Smith Regional Airport on December 5 tied the record for being the warmest temperature on record for the date.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 4 to 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 4, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 4 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in California, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, December 4, 1998
- Cold in California, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Rhode Island, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Georgia, December 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 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: 5676421.