I think it's safe to say this will go down as one of the top weather events of 2013. There were dozens and maybe even close to a hundred records broken all across the state (I haven't had time to count it all).
We broke records over the past 3 days in several different categories such as:
- latest accumulated snow
- latest snow flakes ever seen
- daily record lows
- all time coldest May temperatures
- coldest daytime highs
- coldest daily average temperatures
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
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STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
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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
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STATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
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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
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LOCATION MAY 3RD MAY 4TH TOTAL
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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
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STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
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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
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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
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STATION NEW PREVIOUS NEW PREVIOUS RECORDS SINCE
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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
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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
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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
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3 comments:
Thanks Todd and NWS from all the weather history geeks. Its hard for me to ignore the previous years of 1917,1976,1983,1963 popping up in the records for cold days and months of May. All those years had incredible cold or snows recorded,as the winter of 1917-18.
Todd according to the NWS Fairbanks had its 215th day in a row without reaching 50 degrees. That goes back to October 4th and is the 4th longest time period since records have been kept. If they do not reach 50 today it will be the 3rd longest on record. Looks like "break up" is coming late this year for the interior of Alaska.
Global "warming"
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