000 SXUS74 KTSA 051430 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 930 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS THIS MORNING, MAY 5TH, WAS 31 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 35 DEGREES SET IN 1954. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051330 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 830 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD SNOWFALL SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... 0.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVATION SITE IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ON MAY 3, 2013. THIS SETS A NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR MAY 3RD. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECORDS WERE KEPT THAT SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY IN FAYETTEVILLE...AND SETS THE LATEST DATE EVER THAT SNOW WAS RECORDED IN FAYETTEVILLE. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051323 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 823 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS WAS ONLY 38.5 DEGREES YESTERDAY, MAY 4TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 45.5 DEGREES SET IN 1954. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051321 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 821 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS WAS ONLY 39.5 DEGREES ON MAY 3RD. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 43.0 DEGREES SET IN 1954. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051315 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 815 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ONLY REACHED 44 DEGREES YESTERDAY, MAY 4TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET IN 1978. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051312 RERFYV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 812 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ONLY REACHED 47 DEGREES OM MAY 3RD. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET IN 1954. $$ 16
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000 SXUS74 KTSA 051249 RERMLC RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 749 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE SET AT MCALESTER OKLAHOMA... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA YESTERDAY, MAY 4TH, WAS ONLY 44 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MEAN TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 50 DEGREES SET IN 1990. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051246 RERMLC RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 746 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT MCALESTER OKLAHOMA... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA ONLY REACHED 53 DEGREES YESTERDAY, MAY 4TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 56 DEGREES SET IN 1990. $$ 16
000 SXUS74 KTSA 051240 RERMLC RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 740 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT MCALESTER OKLAHOMA... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS TIED AT MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA ON MAY 2ND. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 37 DEGREES SET IN 2011. $$ 16
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000
NOUS44 KLZK 050949 AAA
PNSLZK
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-060000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013
...HISTORIC COLD AND SNOWFALL IN ARKANSAS IN MAY...
.SNOWFALL...
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WRITTEN WEATHER HISTORY BEGAN IN ARKANSAS
/1819/...SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS SNOW HAS SET
RECORDS FOR THE LATEST SNOWFALL AND LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN
THE STATE.
THE PREVIOUS LATEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED WAS ON APRIL 30TH 1903...AT
HARRISON...GRAVETTE...AND FAYETTEVILLE. THIS WAS NOT MEASURABLE.
THE PREVIOUS LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS 0.2 INCHES AT CORNING ON
APRIL 24 1910.
BELOW IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS...AS WELL AS COCORAHS
STATIONS. THESE STATIONS ARE IN BOTH THE NWS LITTLE ROCK AND TULSA
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
WINSLOW 7NE 0.4 1.5 1.9
OMAHA 0.5 1.2 1.7
FAYETTEVILLE EXP STATION 1.5 1.5
COMPTON 1.0 1.0
FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 0.5 0.5
KINGSTON 2S 0.2 0.2 0.4
HARRISON 0.1 TRACE 0.1
GILBERT TRACE TRACE
JASPER TRACE TRACE
MOUNT IDA TRACE TRACE
MOUNTAIN VIEW TRACE TRACE
PARTHENON TRACE
RATCLIFF TRACE TRACE
COCORAHS STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
DECATUR 2.6 ESE 5.0 5.0
BELLA VISTA 1.5 NNE 1.5 1.5
PEA RIDGE 0.2 WSW 1.5 1.5
HARRISON 5.4 SW 1.0 1.0
ROGERS 3.8 SW 1.0 1.0
ROGERS 2.1 SE 0.8 0.8
SILOAM SPRINGS 1.8 N 0.7 0.7
JASPER 2.7 WNW 0.3 0.3
HARRISON 5.4 SW 0.2 0.2
OTHER STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK 0.8 0.8
CLINTON AIRPORT TRACE TRACE
.COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
DAILY RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED ARE LISTED BELOW.
RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAY 3RD MAY 4TH
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45 57 IN 2009 48 64 IN 2009 1937
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 50 61 IN 1978 1964
BOONEVILLE 55 56 IN 1978 1906
CABOT 4SW 49 61 IN 2009...1978 1965
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 40 54 IN 1935 1915
CLARKSVILLE WATER PLANT 50 54 IN 1978 1871
CONWAY 48 56 IN 2002 1884
DES ARC 47 52 IN 1907 1903
FLIPPIN 39 52 IN 1978 43 51 IN 1961 1951
GILBERT 42 53 IN 1961 1924
HARDY 40 51 IN 1907 1897
HARRISON 38 48 IN 1978 44 50 IN 1978 1891
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 57 57 IN 2002 51 61 IN 1978 1948
JACKSONVILLE 48 56 IN 1978 51 58 IN 1978 1956
LEAD HILL 37 52 IN 2009...1935 1927
LITTLE ROCK 52 57 IN 2002 53 53 IN 1935 1879
MALVERN 57 60 IN 1978 1882
MAMMOTH SPRING 40 51 IN 1907 1904
MENA 55 55 IN 1935 1887
MONTICELLO 56 60 IN 1994 1876
MORRILTON 49 57 IN 2002 1919
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 38 53 IN 1995 1902
MOUNTAIN VIEW 41 50 IN 1978 1924
NEWPORT 42 56 IN 1907 1884
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 48 55 IN 1978 49 58 IN 1978 1975
PINE BLUFF 53 60 IN 2002 1883
RUSSELLVILLE 52 59 IN 2002 51 58 IN 1978 1882
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 51 62 IN 1978 1963
STUTTGART AIRPORT 52 54 IN 2004 55 61 IN 1944 1942
THERE WERE MANY STATIONS WHICH SET OR TIED THE ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AT HARDY...A RECORD THAT HAD STOOD
SINCE 1899 WAS SHATTERED BY 10 DEGREES.
ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MAY
STATION NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD RECORDS SINCE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEAD HILL 37 05/04/2013 44 05/03/2011 1927
HARRISON 38 05/03/2013 45 05/02/2011 1891
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 38 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1902
FLIPPIN 39 05/03/2013 51 05/04/1961 1951
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 40 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1915
EVENING SHADE 1NNE 40 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1923
HARDY 40 05/04/2013 50 05/24/1899 1897
MAMMOTH SPRING 40 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1904
MOUNTAIN VIEW 41 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1924
BATESVILLE L/D 42 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1951
GILBERT 42 05/04/2013 47 05/03/2011 1924
NEWPORT 42 05/04/2013 53 05/02/1994 1884
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45 05/03/2013 45 05/02/2011 1937
CLARKSVILLE 6NE 47 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1986
DES ARC 47 05/04/2013 52 05/03/2011...05/03/1994 1903
CONWAY 48 05/04/2013 49 05/02/2011 1884
JACKSONVILLE 48 05/03/2013 51 05/02/2011 1956
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 48 05/03/2013 50 05/02/2011...05/02/1994 1975
CABOT 4SW 49 05/04/2013 57 05/03/2002...05/02/1990 1965
KEO 49 05/04/2013 50 05/03/2011 1948
MORRILTON 49 05/04/2013 49 05/03/1994 1919
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 50 05/03/2013 50 05/02/1994 1964
CLARKSVILLE WATER 50 05/04/2013 50 05/03/2011...05/03/1994 1871
ROHWER 2NNE 50 05/04/2013 55 05/04/1978 1959
STAR CITY 51 05/04/2013 62 05/10/2010 1963
LITTLE ROCK 52 05/03/2013 52 05/02/1994 1879
PINE BLUFF 52 05/03/2013 56 05/02/2011...05/04/1978 1883
RUSSELLVILLE 52 05/03/2013 53 05/02/2011 1882
STUTTGART AIRPORT 52 05/03/2013 52 05/02/1994 1942
.RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES...
DAILY RECORD LOWS WERE SET AT MANY LOCATIONS...AND SOME OF THESE
TEMPERATURES WERE THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES
MAY 3RD MAY 4TH
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 38 38 IN 1976 1964
BOONEVILLE 35 38 IN 1954 1906
CABOT 4SW 35 36 IN 1976 1965
DES ARC 41 41 IN 2005 37 37 IN 1954 1903
FORDYCE 35 37 IN 1954 1911
HARDY 33 36 IN 2005 1897
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39 41 IN 2005 36 40 IN 1976 1948
JACKSONVILLE 38 41 IN 2004 36 40 IN 1976 1956
LITTLE ROCK 38 41 IN 1929 38 40 IN 1971 1879
MALVERN 34 35 IN 1976 1882
MENA 34 36 IN 2011 34 35 IN 1954 1887
MONTICELLO 40 41 IN 1960 38 40 IN 1971 1876
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 35 35 IN 2005 1902
MURFREESBORO 1W 34 38 IN 2011 1970
NEWPORT 39 41 IN 1976 37 37 IN 1954 1884
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 39 43 IN 2005 40 46 IN 1976 1975
PINE BLUFF 40 41 IN 1918 35 41 IN 1954 1883
STAR CITY 37 37 IN 1976 1963
STUTTGART AIRPORT 41 43 IN 2005 37 45 IN 1945 1942
AS OF 4 AM THIS MORNING...DAILY RECORD LOWS HAVE ALSO BEEN BROKEN FOR
MAY 5TH AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK...LITTLE ROCK...JACKSONVILLE...HOT SPRINGS
AIRPORT...PINE BLUFF...AND THE STUTTGART AIRPORT.
ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR MAY
STATION NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD RECORDS SINCE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEOLA 32 05/04/2013 34 05/04/2011 1963
SPARKMAN 32 05/04/2013 35 05/16/2002 1963
MURFREESBORO 1W 34 05/04/2013 35 05/01/2005 1970
CABOT 4SW 35 05/04/2013 36 05/04/1976 1965
FORDYCE 35 05/04/2013 37 05/02/1994 1911
PINE BLUFF 35 05/04/2013 36 05/02/1909 1883
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 36 05/04/2013 39 05/13/1997 1948
JACKSONVILLE 36 05/04/2013 39 05/07/1992 1956
DES ARC 37 05/04/2013 37 05/04/1954 1903
STAR CITY 37 05/04/2013 37 05/04/1976 1963
KEO 38 05/04/2013 38 05/04/1954 1948
LITTLE ROCK 38 05/04/2013...05/03/2013 39 05/01/1903 1879
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 39 05/03/2013 40 05/02/1994 1975
ROHWER 2NNE 39 05/04/2013 39 05/03/1978 1959
AT LITTLE ROCK...IT WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH OF MAY
SINCE 1903...AND AT PINE BLUFF...IT WAS THE COLDEST MAY TEMPERATURE
SINCE 1909.
IT WAS THE LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD FOR SPARKMAN AND LEOLA...AND THE FIRST
MAY FREEZE EVER RECORDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
.DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RECORD-SETTING AS WELL. AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS...THE LOWEST ALL-TIME DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF MAY HAS BEEN RECORDED.
STATION NEW RECORD/DATE PREVIOUS RECORD/DATE
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LITTLE ROCK 45.0 DEGREES 05/03/2013 46.5 DEGREES 05/02/1994
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 43.5 DEGREES 05/03/2013 45.0 DEGREES 05/02/1994
PINE BLUFF 46.5 DEGREES 05/04/2013 49.5 DEGREES 05/01/1909
46.5 DEGREES 05/03/2013
HARRISON 35.0 DEGREES 05/03/2013 41.0 DEGREES 05/01/1909
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
NOTE
ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
$$
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000 SXUS74 KLZK 050942 RERLZK RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 425 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES WAS SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 46 SET IN 1976. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT BATESVILLE AIRPORT... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET AT BATESVILLE AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 39 SET IN 2011. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES WAS SET AT HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 40 SET IN 1976. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT MONTICELLO... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS SET AT MONTICELLO YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 40 SET IN 1971. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES WAS SET AT JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 40 SET IN 1976. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT STUTTGART AIRPORT... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET AT STUTTGART AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 45 SET IN 1945. $$
000
NOUS44 KLZK 050920
PNSLZK
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-060000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013
...HISTORIC COLD AND SNOWFALL IN ARKANSAS IN MAY...
.SNOWFALL...
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WRITTEN WEATHER HISTORY BEGAN IN ARKANSAS
/1819/...SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS SNOW HAS SET
RECORDS FOR THE LATEST SNOWFALL AND LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN
THE STATE.
THE PREVIOUS LATEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED WAS ON APRIL 30TH 1903...AT
HARRISON...GRAVETTE...AND FAYETTEVILLE. THIS WAS NOT MEASURABLE.
THE PREVIOUS LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS 0.2 INCHES AT CORNING ON
APRIL 24 1910.
BELOW IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS...AS WELL AS COCORAHS
STATIONS. THESE STATIONS ARE IN BOTH THE NWS LITTLE ROCK AND TULSA
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
WINSLOW 7NE 0.4 1.5 1.9
OMAHA 0.5 1.2 1.7
FAYETTEVILLE EXP STATION 1.5 1.5
COMPTON 1.0 1.0
FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD 0.5 0.5
KINGSTON 2S 0.2 0.2 0.4
HARRISON 0.1 TRACE 0.1
GILBERT TRACE TRACE
JASPER TRACE TRACE
MOUNT IDA TRACE TRACE
MOUNTAIN VIEW TRACE TRACE
PARTHENON TRACE
RATCLIFF TRACE TRACE
COCORAHS STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
DECATUR 2.6 ESE 5.0 5.0
BELLA VISTA 1.5 NNE 1.5 1.5
PEA RIDGE 0.2 WSW 1.5 1.5
HARRISON 5.4 SW 1.0 1.0
ROGERS 3.8 SW 1.0 1.0
ROGERS 2.1 SE 0.8 0.8
SILOAM SPRINGS 1.8 N 0.7 0.7
JASPER 2.7 WNW 0.3 0.3
HARRISON 5.4 SW 0.2 0.2
OTHER STATIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CLINTON AIRPORT TRACE TRACE
.COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
DAILY RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED ARE LISTED BELOW.
RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAY 3RD MAY 4TH
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45 57 IN 2009 48 64 IN 2009 1937
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 50 61 IN 1978 1964
BOONEVILLE 55 56 IN 1978 1906
CABOT 4SW 49 61 IN 2009...1978 1965
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 40 54 IN 1935 1915
CLARKSVILLE WATER PLANT 50 54 IN 1978 1871
CONWAY 48 56 IN 2002 1884
DES ARC 47 52 IN 1907 1903
FLIPPIN 39 52 IN 1978 43 51 IN 1961 1951
GILBERT 42 53 IN 1961 1924
HARDY 40 51 IN 1907 1897
HARRISON 38 48 IN 1978 44 50 IN 1978 1891
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 57 57 IN 2002 51 61 IN 1978 1948
JACKSONVILLE 48 56 IN 1978 51 58 IN 1978 1956
LEAD HILL 37 52 IN 2009...1935 1927
LITTLE ROCK 52 57 IN 2002 53 53 IN 1935 1879
MALVERN 57 60 IN 1978 1882
MAMMOTH SPRING 40 51 IN 1907 1904
MENA 55 55 IN 1935 1887
MONTICELLO 56 60 IN 1994 1876
MORRILTON 49 57 IN 2002 1919
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 38 53 IN 1995 1902
MOUNTAIN VIEW 41 50 IN 1978 1924
NEWPORT 42 56 IN 1907 1884
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 48 55 IN 1978 49 58 IN 1978 1975
PINE BLUFF 53 60 IN 2002 1883
RUSSELLVILLE 52 59 IN 2002 51 58 IN 1978 1882
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 51 62 IN 1978 1963
STUTTGART AIRPORT 52 54 IN 2004 55 61 IN 1944 1942
THERE WERE MANY STATIONS WHICH SET OR TIED THE ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AT HARDY...A RECORD THAT HAD STOOD
SINCE 1899 WAS SHATTERED BY 10 DEGREES.
ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MAY
STATION NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD RECORDS SINCE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEAD HILL 37 05/04/2013 44 05/03/2011 1927
HARRISON 38 05/03/2013 45 05/02/2011 1891
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 38 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1902
FLIPPIN 39 05/03/2013 51 05/04/1961 1951
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 40 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1915
EVENING SHADE 1NNE 40 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1923
HARDY 40 05/04/2013 50 05/24/1899 1897
MAMMOTH SPRING 40 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1904
MOUNTAIN VIEW 41 05/04/2013 48 05/03/2011 1924
BATESVILLE L/D 42 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1951
GILBERT 42 05/04/2013 47 05/03/2011 1924
NEWPORT 42 05/04/2013 53 05/02/1994 1884
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45 05/03/2013 45 05/02/2011 1937
CLARKSVILLE 6NE 47 05/04/2013 49 05/03/2011 1986
DES ARC 47 05/04/2013 52 05/03/2011...05/03/1994 1903
CONWAY 48 05/04/2013 49 05/02/2011 1884
JACKSONVILLE 48 05/03/2013 51 05/02/2011 1956
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 48 05/03/2013 50 05/02/2011...05/02/1994 1975
CABOT 4SW 49 05/04/2013 57 05/03/2002...05/02/1990 1965
KEO 49 05/04/2013 50 05/03/2011 1948
MORRILTON 49 05/04/2013 49 05/03/1994 1919
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 50 05/03/2013 50 05/02/1994 1964
CLARKSVILLE WATER 50 05/04/2013 50 05/03/2011...05/03/1994 1871
ROHWER 2NNE 50 05/04/2013 55 05/04/1978 1959
STAR CITY 51 05/04/2013 62 05/10/2010 1963
LITTLE ROCK 52 05/03/2013 52 05/02/1994 1879
PINE BLUFF 52 05/03/2013 56 05/02/2011...05/04/1978 1883
RUSSELLVILLE 52 05/03/2013 53 05/02/2011 1882
STUTTGART AIRPORT 52 05/03/2013 52 05/02/1994 1942
.RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES...
DAILY RECORD LOWS WERE SET AT MANY LOCATIONS...AND SOME OF THESE
TEMPERATURES WERE THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES
MAY 3RD MAY 4TH
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
BEEDEVILLE 4NE 38 38 IN 1976 1964
BOONEVILLE 35 38 IN 1954 1906
CABOT 4SW 35 36 IN 1976 1965
DES ARC 41 41 IN 2005 37 37 IN 1954 1903
FORDYCE 35 37 IN 1954 1911
HARDY 33 36 IN 2005 1897
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39 41 IN 2005 36 40 IN 1976 1948
JACKSONVILLE 38 41 IN 2004 36 40 IN 1976 1956
LITTLE ROCK 38 41 IN 1929 38 40 IN 1971 1879
MALVERN 34 35 IN 1976 1882
MENA 34 36 IN 2011 34 35 IN 1954 1887
MONTICELLO 40 41 IN 1960 38 40 IN 1971 1876
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 35 35 IN 2005 1902
MURFREESBORO 1W 34 38 IN 2011 1970
NEWPORT 39 41 IN 1976 37 37 IN 1954 1884
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 39 43 IN 2005 40 46 IN 1976 1975
PINE BLUFF 40 41 IN 1918 35 41 IN 1954 1883
STAR CITY 37 37 IN 1976 1963
STUTTGART AIRPORT 41 43 IN 2005 37 45 IN 1945 1942
AS OF 4 AM THIS MORNING...DAILY RECORD LOWS HAVE ALSO BEEN BROKEN FOR
MAY 5TH AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK...LITTLE ROCK...JACKSONVILLE...HOT SPRINGS
AIRPORT...PINE BLUFF...AND THE STUTTGART AIRPORT.
ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR MAY
STATION NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD RECORDS SINCE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEOLA 32 05/04/2013 34 05/04/2011 1963
SPARKMAN 32 05/04/2013 35 05/16/2002 1963
MURFREESBORO 1W 34 05/04/2013 35 05/01/2005 1970
CABOT 4SW 35 05/04/2013 36 05/04/1976 1965
FORDYCE 35 05/04/2013 37 05/02/1994 1911
PINE BLUFF 35 05/04/2013 36 05/02/1909 1883
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 36 05/04/2013 39 05/13/1997 1948
JACKSONVILLE 36 05/04/2013 39 05/07/1992 1956
DES ARC 37 05/04/2013 37 05/04/1954 1903
STAR CITY 37 05/04/2013 37 05/04/1976 1963
KEO 38 05/04/2013 38 05/04/1954 1948
LITTLE ROCK 38 05/04/2013...05/03/2013 39 05/01/1903 1879
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 39 05/03/2013 40 05/02/1994 1975
ROHWER 2NNE 39 05/04/2013 39 05/03/1978 1959
AT LITTLE ROCK...IT WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH OF MAY
SINCE 1903...AND AT PINE BLUFF...IT WAS THE COLDEST MAY TEMPERATURE
SINCE 1909.
IT WAS THE LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD FOR SPARKMAN AND LEOLA...AND THE FIRST
MAY FREEZE EVER RECORDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
.DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RECORD-SETTING AS WELL. AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS...THE LOWEST ALL-TIME DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF MAY HAS BEEN RECORDED.
STATION NEW RECORD/DATE PREVIOUS RECORD/DATE
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LITTLE ROCK 45.0 DEGREES 05/03/2013 46.5 DEGREES 05/02/1994
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 43.5 DEGREES 05/03/2013 45.0 DEGREES 05/02/1994
PINE BLUFF 46.5 DEGREES 05/04/2013 49.5 DEGREES 05/01/1909
46.5 DEGREES 05/03/2013
HARRISON 35.0 DEGREES 05/03/2013 41.0 DEGREES 05/01/1909
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
NOTE
ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
$$
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000 SXUS74 KMEG 050643 RERJBR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0137 AM CDT SUN MAY 05 2013 $$ $$ $$ ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JONESBORO... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET AT JONESBORO YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 36 SET IN 1954. $$ $$
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000 SXUS74 KMEG 050642 RERMKL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0137 AM CDT SUN MAY 05 2013 $$ ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JACKSON... A RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS SET AT JACKSON YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1954. $$ $$ $$ $$
000 SXUS74 KMEG 050641 RERMKL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0137 AM CDT SUN MAY 05 2013 $$ ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JACKSON... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 34 DEGREES WAS SET AT JACKSON YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 37 SET IN 1976. $$ $$ $$ $$
000 SXUS74 KMEG 042216 RERJBR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0500 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 2013 ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JONESBORO... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET AT JONESBORO TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 36 SET IN 1954. $$
000 SXUS74 KMEG 042215 RERMKL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 0500 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 2013 $$ ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JACKSON... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 34 DEGREES WAS SET AT JACKSON TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 37 SET IN 1976. $$
000 SXUS74 KLZK 040937 RERLZK RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 0436 AM CDT SAT MAY 04 2013 ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 43 SET IN 2005. THIS WAS ALSO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 40 DEGREES...SET ON MAY 2ND 1978...AND TIED MAY 2ND 1994. ...MAY ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES SET A RECORD FOR THE ALL-TIME COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 50 DEGREES...SET ON MAY 2ND 1994...AND TIED MAY 2ND 2011. RECORDS FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK BEGAN DECEMBER 31ST 1975. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT HOT SPRINGS... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET AT HOT SPRINGS YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 41 SET IN 2005. THIS ALSO TIED THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THE RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY SET ON MAY 13TH 1997. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR HOT SPRINGS BEGAN JANUARY 9TH 1948. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT MONTICELLO... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES WAS SET AT MONTICELLO YESTERDAY. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 41...SET IN 1960. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR MONTICELLO BEGAN JANUARY 1ST 1876. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS SET AT JACKSONVILLE/ LITTLE ROCK AFB YESTERDAY. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 41...SET IN 2004. THIS ALSO WAS THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW FOR THE MONTH OF MAY... BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 39...SET ON MAY 7TH 1992. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48 BROKE THE ALL-TIME COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 51...SET ON MAY 2ND 2011. ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT STUTTGART AIRPORT... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES WAS SET AT STUTTGART AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 43...SET IN 2005. ...RECORD LATEST SNOWFALL AT MOUNT IDA... A TRACE OF SNOW FELL AT MOUNT IDA YESTERDAY. THIS NOT ONLY SET A DAILY RECORD...BUT WAS THE FIRST SUCH OCCURRENCE IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS WAS THE LATEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS LATEST SNOWFALL WAS 4.0 INCHES ON APRIL 14TH 1980. RECORDS FOR MOUNT IDA BEGAN FEBRUARY 1ST 1872. $$ 57 $$
000 SXUS74 KLZK 040147 RERLZK RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 845 PM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013 $$ ...COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER FOR THE MONTH OF MAY SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK ONLY REACHED 48 DEGREES TODAY. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 50 DEGREES ON BOTH MAY 2ND 2011 AND MAY 2ND 1994. $$ 56
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000
NWUS54 KLZK 031533
LSRLZK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1033 AM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 AM SNOW COMPTON 36.08N 93.30W
05/03/2013 E1.0 INCH NEWTON AR CO-OP OBSERVER
PRECIPITATION FELL AS A MIX OF SLEET, SNOW, AND FREEZING
RAIN.
1005 AM SNOW QUEEN WILHELMINA SP 34.69N 94.37W
05/03/2013 E0.8 INCH POLK AR PARK/FOREST SRVC
1005 AM SNOW JASPER 36.01N 93.19W
05/03/2013 E0.0 INCH NEWTON AR CO-OP OBSERVER
A TRACE OF SNOW FELL.
1005 AM SNOW PARTHENON 35.95N 93.23W
05/03/2013 E0.0 INCH NEWTON AR CO-OP OBSERVER
A TRACE OF SNOW FELL.
&&
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000
NWUS54 KLZK 031454
LSRLZK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
954 AM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0946 AM SNOW 2 S OMAHA 36.43N 93.19W
05/03/2013 M0.5 INCH BOONE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0946 AM SNOW HARRISON 36.24N 93.12W
05/03/2013 M0.1 INCH BOONE AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
PRECIPITATION FELL AS A SNOW AND SLEET MIX. OBSERVATION
WAS TAKEN BY THE COOP OBSERVER IN HARRISON.
&&
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000 SXUS74 KLZK 031135 RERLZK RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 635 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... ...ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MAY SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN 39 AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THIS BREAKS THE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 43...WHICH WAS SET IN 2004...AND TIED IN 2005. THIS IS ALSO THE ALL-TIME RECORD COLDEST TEMPERATURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 40 DEGREES...SET ON MAY 2ND 1978...AND TIED ON MAY 2ND 1994. RECORDS FOR NORTH LITTLE ROCK BEGAN DECEMBER 31ST 1975. $$ 57
h/t to Andy DC
But, but, but that’s only weather…
not a word from the media up here on that, but the fires in California are front page, as is the heat!!!