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Arkansas Weather Records

6 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Arkansas, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 120°F at Ozark to -29°F at Brook Farm Pond (near Gravette).

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
120°FAugust 10, 1936Ozark035508E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-29°FFebruary 13, 1905Brook Farm Pond (near Gravette)032930E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
14.06 inchesDecember 3, 1982Big Fork030664E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Annual Precipitation Total

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
101.05 inchesJanuary 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015Big Fork 1 SSE030664NA

This value exceeds the previous record of 100.05 inches at Leola (GHCN-Daily ID USC00034134; COOP ID 034134) from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. The previous record was established by an ad hoc SCEC convened in February 2010, and replaced, in turn the previous record of 98.55 inches observed in New Hope in 1957.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
25 inchesJanuary 22, 1918Corning031632N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
26 inchesJanuary 22, 1918Calico Rock 2WSW031132N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.