Record Report Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000
SXUS74 KLZK 060200
RERLZK
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013
...RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES...
SO FAR...APRIL IN ARKANSAS HAS STARTED OFF RATHER CHILLY. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN MUCH OF THE STATE. IN FACT...
A LARGE PORTION OF ARKANSAS HAS SEEN THE COLDEST APRIL HIGH TEMPERATURES
SINCE 1993 OR EVEN 1987.
IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF APRIL...DAILY COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS
HAVE BEEN SET OR TIED AT MANY LOCATIONS. BELOW IS A LIST OF SELECTED
LOCATIONS AND DATES...THE NEW DAILY COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD...AS
WELL AS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD.
SEVERAL LONG-STANDING DAILY RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN...AMONG THEM
WERE A RECORD TIED AT MOUNT IDA ORIGINALLY SET IN 1877...RECORDS BROKEN
AT HOT SPRINGS AND MENA FROM 1891...AND RECORDS BROKEN AT HARDY AND
MALVERN FROM 1899.
...DAILY RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES...
.STATIONS WITH A MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT/CALENDAR DAY REPORTING PERIOD...
APRIL 2ND...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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BATESVILLE AIRPORT 43 IN 2013 49 IN 1949 1937
APRIL 3RD...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 48 IN 2013 53 IN 1987 1948
LRAFB/JACKSONVILLE 47 IN 2013 51 IN 1987 1956
MONTICELLO 45 IN 2013 50 IN 1987 1876
MOUNT IDA 46 IN 2013 46 IN 1987...1877 1872
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 47 IN 2013 51 IN 1987 1975
PINE BLUFF 45 IN 2013 49 IN 1983 1883
STUTTGART AIRPORT 46 IN 2013 55 IN 2002...1993 1942
APRIL 4TH...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 47 IN 2013 51 IN 1993 1948
LRAFB/JACKSONVILLE 48 IN 2013 50 IN 1993 1956
MONTICELLO 47 IN 2013 49 IN 1993 1876
MOUNT IDA 47 IN 2013 53 IN 1987 1872
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 47 IN 2013 49 IN 1993 1975
PINE BLUFF 47 IN 2013 52 IN 1993 1883
RUSSELLVILLE 49 IN 2013 53 IN 1993...1973 1882
STUTTGART AIRPORT 46 IN 2013 50 IN 1993 1942
.STATIONS WITH A 24-HOUR REPORTING PERIOD ENDING AT 7 OR 8 AM.
TEMPERATURES ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CALENDAR DAY ON WHICH THEY ARE
REPORTED. THEREFORE...A 24-HOUR HIGH OF 46 REPORTED ON THE
MORNING OF APRIL 3RD WILL BE REPORTED AS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
FOR APRIL 3RD...
APRIL 3RD...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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ALUM FORK 46 IN 2013 46 IN 1987 1937
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 42 IN 2013 46 IN 1951 1941
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 45 IN 2013 52 IN 1993 1951
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 50 IN 2013 50 IN 1975 1964
BOONEVILLE 49 IN 2013 54 IN 1987...1973 1906
CABOT 4SW 47 IN 2013 52 IN 1987 1963
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 44 IN 2013 46 IN 1915 1915
CLARENDON 49 IN 2013 49 IN 1987...1983 1965
CLARKSVILLE 47 IN 2013 49 IN 1983 1871
CONWAY 46 IN 2013 55 IN 1993...1936 1884
HARDY 44 IN 2013 52 IN 1899 1897
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 43 IN 2013 47 IN 1987...1936 1902
KEO 48 IN 2013 52 IN 1987...1975 1948
LEOLA 53 IN 2013 53 IN 1987 1963
MALVERN 51 IN 2013 53 IN 2008 1882
MAMMOTH SPRING 40 IN 2013 49 IN 1987 1902
MARSHALL 35 IN 2013 47 IN 1987 1892
NEWPORT 44 IN 2013 47 IN 1983 1884
SEARCY 46 IN 2013 53 IN 1987 1882
WALDRON 48 IN 2013 48 IN 1936 1919
APRIL 4TH...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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ALUM FORK 45 IN 2013 53 IN 1997...1973 1937
ARKADELPHIA 2N 51 IN 2013 57 IN 1993...1973 1899
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 51 IN 2013 51 IN 1973 1951
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 49 IN 2013 50 IN 1993 1964
BRINKLEY 46 IN 2013 50 IN 1987 1882
BOONEVILLE 49 IN 2013 50 IN 1979 1906
CABOT 4SW 46 IN 2013 52 IN 1983 1965
CAMDEN 44 IN 2013 45 IN 1901 1890
CLARENDON 45 IN 2013 52 IN 1987 1965
CONWAY 48 IN 2013 54 IN 1993...1973 1884
DES ARC 48 IN 2013 48 IN 1979 1903
HOT SPRINGS 1NNE 47 IN 2013 48 IN 1891 1875
KEO 45 IN 2013 51 IN 1993 1948
MENA 47 IN 2013 49 IN 1891 1887
SEARCY 49 IN 2013 52 IN 1944 1882
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 46 IN 2013 54 IN 2002...1987 1964
WALDRON 46 IN 2013 47 IN 1931 1919
APRIL 5TH...
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD RECORDS SINCE
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ALUM FORK 45 IN 2013 56 IN 1952...1950 1937
CABOT 4SW 46 IN 2013 50 IN 1996 1965
CAMDEN 46 IN 2013 47 IN 1920 1890
CLARKSVILLE 47 IN 2013 49 IN 1979 1871
CLARENDON 46 IN 2013 49 IN 1993 1965
DES ARC 48 IN 2013 48 IN 1993 1903
HOT SPRINGS 1NNE 46 IN 2013 47 IN 1993 1875
KEO 44 IN 2013 53 IN 1996 1948
MALVERN 45 IN 2013 53 IN 1899 1882
NEWPORT 48 IN 2013 48 IN 1993 1884
SEARCY 46 IN 2013 50 IN 1920 1882
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 46 IN 2013 56 IN 2002 1964
WALDRON 49 IN 2013 51 IN 1931 1919
...ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL...
AT THE STATIONS LISTED BELOW...THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE PAST FEW
DAYS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIVE COLDEST EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH
OF APRIL. FIVE LOCATIONS SAW THE COLDEST APRIL HIGH TEMPERATURE
ON RECORD.
COLUMNS...
1 - STATION
2 - DATE
3 - HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE
4 - COLDEST APRIL HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE
5 - RANK - COLDEST APRIL HIGH TEMPERATURES
6 - COLDEST APRIL HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD
1 2 3 4 5 6
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MARSHALL APR 03 35 1997 1ST 36 APR 13 1997
BATESVILLE AIRPORT APR 02 43 2007 1ST 45 APR 07 2007
KEO APR 05 44 1983 1ST 45 APR 19 1983
ALUM FORK APR 05 45 1980 1ST 45 APR 14 1980
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM APR 03 45 1982 1ST 45 APR 08 1982
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GILBERT APR 03 43 1951 2ND 42 APR 03 1951
CAMDEN APR 04 44 1996 2ND 43 APR 06 1996
SAINT CHARLES APR 05 44 1996 2ND 41 APR 07 1971
CABOT 4SW APR 05 46 1983 2ND 45 APR 19 1983
STAR CITY APR 05 46 2003 2ND 45 APR 19 1983
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT APR 04 47 1997 2ND 46 APR 05 1996
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GREERS FERRY DAM APR 03 44 1994 3RD 42 APR 07 1994
CLARENDON APR 04 45 1996 3RD 41 APR 02 1987
MONTICELLO APR 03 45 1996 3RD 41 APR 06 1996
PINE BLUFF APR 03 45 1996 3RD 43 APR 02 1901
CONWAY APR 03 46 1933 3RD 45 APR 15 1933
STUTTGART 9ESE APR 05 46 1996 3RD 44 APR 09 1938
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MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW APR 03 42 1994 3RD 40 APR 14 1980
NEWPORT APR 03 44 1994 3RD 40 APR 25 1910
MALVERN APR 05 45 1901 3RD 39 APR 02 1901
SEARCY APR 05 46 1971 3RD 45 APR 06 1971
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CALICO ROCK 2WSW APR 03 44 1980 4TH 40 APR 14 1980
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK APR 04 47 2007 5TH 43 APR 19 1983
ARKADELPHIA 2N APR 04 51 1983 5TH 43 APR 09 1938
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NOTES==================================================================
1 - ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL FINAL QUALITY-CONTROL AND
CERTIFICATION BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH
CAROLINA.
2 - SOME STATIONS MAY HAVE DATA GAPS IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD.
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