463 NOUS44 KLZK 012237 PNSLZK ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-022300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 536 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2014 ...RECORD COLD IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR... IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR...ARKANSAS HAS SEEN SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SINCE THE 1970S. AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... JANUARY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH HAS BEEN THE COLDEST ON RECORD IN TERMS OF AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE...AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE...AND/OR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. AT SUBIACO...THIS HAS BEEN THE COLDEST FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR SINCE 1899...AND AT RUSSELLVILLE SINCE 1895. COLUMNS NOTED BELOW 1 - STATION 2 - AVERAGE...AVERAGE HIGH...OR AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE JAN 1-APR 30 2014 3 - COLDEST JAN-APR SINCE 4 - PREVIOUS COLDEST JAN-APR ON RECORD 5 - TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN I. BY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 1 2 3 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 52.1 1978 52.8 IN 1978 1941 STAR CITY 58.9 2003 59.4 IN 2003 1964 II. BY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 1 2 3 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ LEAD HILL 24.7 2003 26.2 IN 2003 1927 EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 25.9 1978 28.4 IN 1978 1923 CALICO ROCK 2 WSW 26.2 1918 27.4 IN 1918 1915 GILBERT 27.1 1943 27.3 IN 1943 1936 BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 28.2 1951 30.3 IN 1951 1941 HARDY 29.7 1912 31.5 IN 1912 1897 MENA 30.4 1978 32.3 IN 1978 1887 CABOT 4 SW 30.7 1996 34.0 IN 1996 1965 MORRILTON 30.8 1996 31.8 IN 1996 1919 SEARCY 30.8 1978 33.0 IN 1978 1882 BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 31.0 1996 31.0 IN 1996 1951 BOONEVILLE 3 SSE 31.2 1988 32.9 IN 1988 1906 WALDRON 31.2 1978 32.8 IN 1978 1919 SUBIACO 31.7 1899 33.1 IN 1899 1897 MALVERN 31.9 1978 33.2 IN 1978 1882 BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM 32.2 1979 32.8 IN 1979 1967 CONWAY 32.9 1978 34.1 IN 1978 1890 DARDANELLE 33.3 1978 33.3 IN 1978 1909 CAMDEN 1 34.0 1978 34.2 IN 1978 1890 LITTLE ROCK 35.9 1970 36.6 IN 1970 1879 STAR CITY 36.3 1988 38.4 IN 1988 1964 III. BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 1 2 3 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAD HILL 38.2 1940 39.2 IN 1940 1927 BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 40.2 1958 42.1 IN 1958 1941 EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 40.2 1979 41.7 IN 1979 1923 CALICO ROCK 2 WSW 40.3 1978 40.8 IN 1978 1915 HARDY 41.2 1912 41.6 IN 1912 1897 GILBERT 41.6 1978 41.8 IN 1978 1936 BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 42.7 1958 43.6 IN 1958 1951 SEARCY 42.8 1978 43.8 IN 1978 1882 MENA 43.0 1978 43.2 IN 1978 1887 SUBIACO 43.7 1978 44.6 IN 1978 1897 WALDRON 43.8 2010 44.8 IN 2010 1919 CABOT 4 SW 43.9 1978 44.4 IN 1978 1978 BOONEVILLE 3 SSE 44.3 1979 44.7 IN 1979 1906 MORRILTON 44.9 1996 45.0 IN 1996...1978 1919 MALVERN 45.1 1978 45.1 IN 1978 *TIE* 1882 ARKADELPHIA 2 N 45.7 1978 46.0 IN 1978 1899 RUSSELLVILLE 45.7 1895 46.5 IN 1895 1882 STAR CITY 47.6 1983 49.3 IN 1983 1964 NOTE... ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED CORRECT BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. $$ 57