Winter Weather in Arkansas

Events

2,176

Deaths

17

Injuries

15

Damage

$3.5 million

• Winter Weather in Arkansas, November 14 to 15, 20184 deaths · 2 injured · 39 eventsA storm system brought significant snow to parts of Arkansas on the 14th and 15th. On the 14th, it remained cold when a storm system aloft headed this way from the west.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 8 to 9, 20143 deaths · 6 injured · 38 eventsA round of wintry precipitation moved into western Arkansas on the morning of the 8th and spread to all sections during the daylight hours of the 8th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 4, 20142 deaths · 1 injured · $8.3 million · 40 eventsArctic air was over Arkansas on the 4th, and an area of low pressure aloft moved in from the southwest. As a result, widespread precipitation developed. Freezing rain and sleet began moving into western Arkansas before dawn on the 4th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 25 to 26, 20121 death · $116 million · 45 eventsEarly on Christmas Day, a stationary front was located to the south of Arkansas. During the day, a low pressure center formed along the front, eventually tracking across southeast Arkansas on the evening of the 25th and on toward Middle Tennessee by midnight on the 26th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 5 to 6, 20131 death · 1 injured · $26 million · 45 eventsAfter Arctic air overspread Arkansas, an area of low pressure aloft moved toward the state from the southwestern United States. As the low pressure approached, moisture moved up over the cold air, resulting in wintry precipitation.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 2 to 3, 20141 death · 2 injured · $3.4 million · 43 eventsA strong Arctic cold front moved through Arkansas on the 2nd and the morning hours of the 3rd. Freezing rain and sleet began to fall in northern Arkansas before dawn on the 2nd, while rain fell over the rest of the state.
• 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 Weather in Arkansas, December 23, 20082 deaths · 1 eventLight freezing rain fell during the day on December 23rd, 2008. Minor ice accumulations occurred across Eastern Arkansas. This made roads hazardous to travel and many accidents occurred as a result. Two deaths occurred from traffic accidents.
• Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Arkansas, December 23 to 31, 20095 injured · $46 million · 84 eventsA strong but slow-moving low pressure system began its approach to Arkansas on the 23rd. Ahead of this low, unseasonably large amounts of moisture were drawn northward from the Gulf of Mexico. The approach of the low set off heavy rain and thunderstorms on the 23rd and 24th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 26 to 28, 2009$675 million · 40 eventsFreezing rain and sleet moved into northern and western Arkansas during the afternoon and early evening on the 26th, then spread rapidly eastward. By later on the night of the 26th, most of the precipitation was falling in the form of freezing rain.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 10 to 11, 2020$1.2 million · EF2 · 53 eventsThe month started off with a bang on the 10th. It felt like spring in Arkansas, with high temperatures in the 60s to lower 70s. As the day began, a powerful storm system was looming to the west in New Mexico. Moisture levels were on the rise ahead of the system.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, November 25, 20131 death · 1 injured · 42 eventsA light mix of wintry precipitation spread into western and southwestern sections of Arkansas before dawn on the 25th, then spread to other sections during the morning and early afternoon.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 28, 20091 death · 1 injured · 34 eventsAn upper level low pressure system, traveling quickly from northwest to southeast across Arkansas, brought snow to much of Arkansas on the 28th. Snowfall amounts were rather small, generally ranging from a few tenths of an inch to an inch.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 7 to 8, 20141 death · 41 eventsArctic air remained in place over Arkansas on the 7th. An area of low pressure aloft approached from the west during the day, setting off snow in the western part of the state during the late afternoon. The snow quickly spread to most other parts of the state during the evening.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 23, 20081 death · 1 injured · 9 eventsA shallow arctic airmass moved into the region a few days earlier resulting in near to slightly below freezing temperatures across much of southwest Arkansas.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 3 to 4, 20111 death · 1 injured · 9 eventsA cold arctic airmass was in place across the four state region the night of February 3rd as a strong upper level storm system moved quickly out of the southern Great Basin and into the West Texas Hill Country.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 20071 death · 12 eventsAn upper level disturbance moved into the midsouth during the afternoon hours of 2/01/07. Cold air was already in place and thus the disturbance produced light snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches through the early morning hours of 2/02/07.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 28, 20091 death · 11 eventsA strong upper level low pressure system moved through Arkansas during the night of February 28th, 2009. The upper level low produced bands of snow across East Arkansas during the evening hours which continued into the early morning hours of March 1st, 2009.
• 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.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, November 13, 20141 death · 6 eventsCold air was in place in Arkansas on the 13th. During the early morning hours, an area of low pressure moved eastward across the state, setting off a band of light snow and sleet.
• Winter Storm and Hail in Arkansas, February 1, 2011$740,000 · 1 in hail · 59 eventsA low pressure center tracked across Arkansas on the 1st, taking a path from near Texarkana to the Missouri Bootheel. In the colder air to the northwest of the low, freezing rain and sleet occurred, then precipitation changed over to light snow.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 15 to 16, 2015$1.4 million · 45 eventsAfter a mild and quiet start to the month and much of the year, a quick change in seasons was provided by Arctic high pressure in the Ohio Valley.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 4 to 5, 2015$850,000 · 45 eventsAfter springlike conditions were seen across Arkansas on March 3rd, a strong cold front surged southeast across the state on the 4th. Abundant moisture remained in place as the colder air arrived, generating widespread wintry precipitation across the state.
• Ice Storm and Hail in Arkansas, February 20 to 21, 2013$815,000 · 1.25 in hail · 35 eventsA low pressure system passing by to the northwest of Arkansas brought two rounds of winter weather from the 20th into the 21st. During the morning of the 20th, light snow, occasionally mixed with sleet, broke out in western Arkansas.
• Winter Storm and Flooding in Arkansas, February 7 to 20, 2010$415,000 · 37 eventsAs an area of low pressure aloft approached from the west, snow began spreading into western Arkansas very early on the morning of the 8th. Precipitation spread rapidly eastward as the morning progressed. In northern Arkansas, snow fell.

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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.