Cold/Wind Chill in Arkansas

Events

158

Deaths

4

Injuries

0

Damage

$2.1 million

• Winter Weather and Cold in Arkansas, February 11 to 12, 20082 deaths · 8 eventsA cold front pushed through Arkansas on February 10th, with a shallow cold Arctic air mass to follow. A system aloft arrived from southern Plains, with moisture overrunning the cold air. Patchy freezing rain and sleet developed in extreme northern Arkansas early on the 11th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 15 to 16, 20081 death · 6 eventsA strong cold front pushed into Northeast Arkansas during the early morning hours of December 15th, 2008. Very shallow arctic air filtered into the region behind the front. Rain changed over to freezing rain and sleet.
• Cold in Arkansas, December 23, 19981 death · 1 eventIn addition to a major ice storm, much of Arkansas was affected by sub-freezing temperatures during the latter part of December. The cold weather apparently claimed the life of a man in Jefferson County who was found near some railroad tracks 3 miles east of Pine Bluff.
• Cold in Arkansas, March 10, 19981 death · 1 eventUnseasonably cold air overspread much of Arkansas in the first half of March. A man, who was restricted to a wheelchair, ventured outside in the very cold weather. He overturned in his wheelchair and was unable to get back up into it.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 7 to 10, 2010$1.2 million · 9 eventsAn arctic air mass moved southward out of the Central Plains and took up residence across all of southern Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 1 to 14, 2010$900,000 · 2 eventsA prolonged cold snap, caused by a couple of strong arctic air masses, affected the ArkLaMiss region during the first two weeks of January. This resulted in some record temperatures across the region.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Arkansas, January 24 to 27, 202639 eventsWhile the wintry precipitation created the initial impacts, it was the multi-day period of subfreezing temperatures that prolonged and, in many cases, worsened those impacts.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Arkansas, December 22 to 24, 202220 eventsThe coldest airmass since December of 1989 descended upon the Mid-South right before Christmas.
• Cold in Arkansas, February 16, 202110 eventsAn arctic airmass settled over the region in the wake of a departing winter storm. Snow cover combined with clear skies and diminishing winds to produce the coldest night across much of the Mid-South since 1989.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Arkansas, January 14 to 17, 202410 eventsAn arctic air mass brought very cold air temperatures and sub-zero wind chills across east Arkansas during the January 14-17, 2024 timeframe.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 31, 202610 eventsA dry, mid-level shortwave aid in the push of another cold front in late January. Another arctic airmass residing behind this boundary resulting in another bitterly cold period.
• Cold in Arkansas, February 1, 202610 eventsA Canadian airmass encompassed the region on the morning of February 1. This airmass intensified to 1040mb allowing temperatures to fall below freezing to kick off the month.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 5 to 7, 20149 eventsAn arctic airmass infiltrated the region early on Sunday, January 5th with falling temperatures and strong northwest winds.
• Cold in Arkansas, February 14 to 16, 20219 eventsOn the heels of the first significant winter storm to affect all of the Southern Plains and much of the Lower Mississippi Valley, where widespread snow ranged from 4-10 inches across Southwest Arkansas on February 14th-15th, temperatures plunged to near historic values by the…
• Cold in Arkansas, January 15 to 16, 20249 eventsA strong surge of Arctic air invaded Southwest Arkansas during mid-January with bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northerly winds.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 24 to 27, 20269 eventsA strong surge of Arctic air invaded Southwest Arkansas during late January with bitterly cold temperatures and light northerly winds.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 13 to 14, 20248 eventsA strong surge of Arctic air invaded Southwest Arkansas during mid-January with bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northerly winds.
• Cold in Arkansas, January 7 to 8, 20157 eventsArctic high pressure dove south across the plains into the southerh Mississippi Valley region, bringing very cold conditions to the state on the 7th and 8th of January.
• Cold in Arkansas, December 22 to 24, 20227 eventsA large and amplifying upper trough dug south through the eastern two-thirds of the United States along and east of the Rockies on December 22nd, which ushered in the coldest temperatures for December in decades to much of the country leading up to the Christmas Day holiday…
• Cold in Arkansas, December 22 to 24, 20222 eventsA large and amplifying upper trough dug south through the eastern two-thirds of the United States along and east of the Rockies on December 22nd, which ushered in the coldest temperatures for December in decades to much of the country leading up to the Christmas Day holiday…
• Cold in Arkansas, June 16, 19991 eventThe high temperature of 74 degrees Fahrenheit at the Fort Smith Regional Airport ties for being the coolest high temperature on record for June 16.

Cold/Wind Chill everywhereEvery kind of event in Arkansas

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.