PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
145 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...HISTORIC COLD AND SNOWFALL IN ARKANSAS IN MAY...

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. THESE STATIONS ARE IN BOTH 
THE NWS LITTLE ROCK AND TULSA AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

STATION                          COUNTY     AS OF /TIME/     AMOUNT
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FAYETTEVILLE EXPERIMENT STATION  WASHINGTON    0700 AM     1.5 INCH 
COMPTON                          NEWTON        1000 AM     1.0 INCH 
HINDSVILLE 10NE                  MADISON       0640 AM     1.0 INCH
WINSLOW 7NE                      WASHINGTON    0700 AM     1.0 INCH 
KINGSTON 2S                      MADISON       0700 AM     0.2 INCH 
HARRISON                         BOONE         1000 PM        TRACE 
JASPER                           NEWTON        1000 AM        TRACE 
OMAHA                            BOONE         0700 AM        TRACE 
PARTHENON                        NEWTON        1000 AM        TRACE 
RATCLIFF                         LOGAN         0700 AM        TRACE 

RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SEEN AT A NUMBER OF 
STATIONS. AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...THE CALENDAR DAY HIGH 
TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 3RD WAS THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED FOR THE MONTH 
OF MAY. 
            HIGH TEMP.                                  TEMP. RECORDS
STATION       MAY 3RD  PREVIOUS RECORD                         SINCE
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HARRISON           38  45 05/02/2011                           1891 
FLIPPIN            39  51 05/04/1961                           1951 
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45  45 05/02/2011                           1937 
JACKSONVILLE       48  51 05/02/2011                           1956 
NORTH LITTLE ROCK  48  50 05/02/2011...05/02/1994              1975 
LITTLE ROCK        52  52 05/02/1994                           1879 
PINE BLUFF         52  56 05/02/2011...05/04/1978...05/04/1907 1883 
RUSSELLVILLE       52  53 05/02/2011                           1882 
STUTTGART AIRPORT  52  52 05/02/1994                           1942 

RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SEEN AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AS 
WELL. SOME OF THESE TEMPERATURES ALSO ENDED UP BEING THE COLDEST 
TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY. 

DAILY RECORD LOW 5/3

STATION         NEW RECORD  PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD
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JACKSONVILLE        38        41 IN 2004
LITTLE ROCK         38        41 IN 1929
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39        41 IN 2005
NORTH LITTLE ROCK   39        43 IN 2005...2004
MONTICELLO          40        41 IN 1960
PINE BLUFF          40        41 IN 1918
STUTTGART AIRPORT   41        43 IN 2005

ALL-TIME RECORD LOWS FOR MAY*

STATION        NEW RECORD  PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD   RECORDS SINCE
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JACKSONVILLE        38     39 ON 05/07/1992               1956 
LITTLE ROCK         38     39 ON 05/01/1903               1879 
NORTH LITTLE ROCK   39     40 ON 05/02/1994...05/02/1978  1975 
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39     39 ON 05/13/1997               1948

*THESE RECORDS MAY BE BROKEN THIS MORNING. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED 
BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. 

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