Every state’s recordsArkansas 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).
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 120°F | August 10, 1936 | Ozark | 035508 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -29°F | February 13, 1905 | Brook Farm Pond (near Gravette) | 032930 | E: 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
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 14.06 inches | December 3, 1982 | Big Fork | 030664 | E: 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
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.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 25 inches | January 22, 1918 | Corning | 031632 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 26 inches | January 22, 1918 | Calico Rock 2WSW | 031132 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |