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871 NOUS44 KLZK 170309 PNSLZK ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-180600- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 909 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2012 ...WINTERS IN ARKANSAS... THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER SEASON IS DEFINED AS THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 1ST-FEBRUARY 28TH. ARKANSAS HAS EXPERIENCED A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER EXTREMES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS SINCE ITS RECORDED WEATHER HISTORY BEGAN IN 1819...RANGING FROM DEEP SNOWS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO...TO HEAVY RAINS...TO EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES PUSHING 90 DEGREES. SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE WINTERS HAVE BEEN... 1822-1823 SNOW FELL AT THE FIRST OF DECEMBER AT LITTLE ROCK...AND BY THE 3RD OF THE MONTH...THE TEMPERATURE HAD FALLEN TO -9. COLD WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY...WITH THE TEMPERATURE FALLING TO SINGLE DIGIT LOWS ON FIVE DAYS IN JANUARY...AND AS LOW AS -11 ON FEBRUARY 15TH. IN FACT...IN FEBRUARY ALONE...THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH SINGLE-DIGIT LOWS AND TWO DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO. MANY LIVESTOCK PERISHED...AND ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE FOR MUCH OF THE SEASON. ICE FORMED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT LITTLE ROCK...BUT THE RIVER DID NOT FREEZE...DUE TO A HIGH STAGE AT THE TIME. 1831-1832 THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE SNOW AND ICE. SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LITTLE ROCK ON DECEMBER 8TH. AT ONE TIME...THE ARKANSAS RIVER WAS FROZEN OVER 20 MILES BELOW LITTLE ROCK...AND THE WHITE RIVER WAS FROZEN OVER AT BATESVILLE. TOWARD THE END OF FEBRUARY...SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LITTLE ROCK ON THE 23RD. ON THE 29TH...THE WHITE RIVER AT BATESVILLE WAS REPORTED TO BE FROZEN OVER AGAIN. 1841-1842 THE WINTER WAS THE MILDEST IN SEVERAL YEARS. GARDENS WERE REPORTED TO BE GREEN...AND PEACH TREES WERE IN BLOOM BY FEBRUARY 1ST. 1855-1856 THE WINTER WAS PARTICULARLY COLD...ESPECIALLY IN JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY. THE ARKANSAS RIVER WAS FROZEN OVER AT ONE POINT...AND AT LITTLE ROCK...THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO -4 ON FEBRUARY 4TH. 1863-1864 THIS WAS LIKELY THE COLDEST PERIOD IN MANY YEARS. AT THE END OF DECEMBER...TWO INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LITTLE ROCK...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS. DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF JANUARY... TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -10 TO -15 WERE REPORTED AT FORT SMITH AND LITTLE ROCK. 1876-1877 SEVERAL SNOWSTORMS HIT THE STATE IN DECEMBER...WITH SEVERE COLD FOLLOWING. TEMPERATURES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WERE BELOW ZERO AT HELENA. ON THE 28TH...MOUNT IDA FELL TO -8...AND MONTICELLO TO -1. ON THE 30TH...LITTLE ROCK BOTTOMED OUT AT ZERO. THE HEAVIEST SNOWSTORM DURING THIS PERIOD WAS THE ONE ON DECEMBER 31ST...WITH EIGHT INCHES AT MOUNT IDA...AND 21 INCHES AT MONTICELLO. THE COLD CONTINUED JANUARY OF 1877...WITH SNOW REMAINING ON THE GROUND. ON THE 3RD...MOUNT IDA FELL TO 1 ABOVE ZERO...WHILE LITTLE ROCK FELL TO -4. THERE WAS ANOTHER SNOWSTORM ON THE 7TH...WITH TWO INCHES AT LITTLE ROCK...FOUR INCHES AT MOUNT IDA...AND ONE INCH AT MONTICELLO. BY THE 8TH...TEMPERATURES WERE ONCE AGAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MUCH OF THE STATE. 1885-1886 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SAW SIGNIFICANT COLD SPELLS IN ALL OF ARKANSAS...AND HEAVY SNOWFALL IN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE COLDEST PERIOD WAS JANUARY 8-11TH. WITH AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND...LITTLE ROCK SAW FOUR DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FIVE DEGREES...CULMINATING IN A -5 READING ON THE 9TH. ON THE SAME DAY...DODD CITY IN MARION COUNTY FELL TO -13 DEGREES. ANOTHER COLD PERIOD CAME IN EARLY FEBRUARY. IN A 2-DAY PERIOD FROM THE 2ND-3RD...24 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT JUDSONIA...22 INCHES AT NEWPORT...14-15 INCHES FELL AT MORRILTON...AND TEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT FORT SMITH. AT LITTLE ROCK...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN FELL...WITH ONLY A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION. IN PARTS OF BENTON COUNTY...THE SNOW WAS REPORTED TO BE AS DEEP AS 24 TO 30 INCHES. 1889-1890 LITTLE ROCK SAW THE DRIEST AND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. ABSOLUTELY NO SNOW FELL DURING THE WINTER MONTHS...THE ONLY SUCH OCCURRENCE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. 1917-1918 DECEMBER AND JANUARY WERE SNOWY...AND JANUARY IN PARTICULAR WAS SEVERELY COLD...DUE TO SEVERAL PERIODS OF ARCTIC AIR AND PROLONGED SNOW COVER. SNOW COVERED ALMOST THE ENTIRE STATE FROM THE 10TH OF JANUARY THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH...AND WAS ON THE GROUND IN THE NORTH INTO THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF FEBRUARY. CALICO ROCK RECORDED 48.0 INCHES OF SNOW. MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM 40-48 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST...30-40 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS....AND 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AT LITTLE ROCK...SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND FROM JANUARY 10TH UNTIL FEBRUARY 8TH. BY LATE FEBRUARY...THINGS HAD COMPLETELY REVERSED...AND THE MONTH ENDED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND 80S. ON THE 25TH...LITTLE ROCK TOPPED OUT AT 87 DEGREES...WITH PINE BLUFF REACHING 92. 1949-1950 THE WINTER WAS MARKED BY HEAVY RAINS...EXTREMELY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND SEVERAL TORNADOES. ON JANUARY 4TH...AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE...AND DROPPED TEMPERATURES FROM THE 60S AND 70S...TO THE 20S AND CAUSING AN ICE STORM IN THE NORTH. ON JANUARY 13TH...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COVE...KILLING ONE. BY JANUARY 14TH...RIVER FLOODING WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WAS ACTIVATED TO HELP RESCUE PEOPLE. ON JANUARY 25TH...TEMPERATURES AROUND THE STATE WERE IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. SEARCY REACHED 87 DEGREES THAT AFTERNOON...WHICH WAS A RECORD JANUARY TEMPERATURE FOR THE STATE. ON THE 26TH...AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE...ENDING THE HEAT WAVE. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S IN THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT...WHILE READINGS ELSEWHERE WERE IN THE 70S AND 80S. ON FEBRUARY 1ST...THE SECOND SEVERE ICE STORM IN ALMOST A MONTH HIT NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ON FEBRUARY 12TH...TORNADOES HIT MOUNT HOLLY AND NEAR SHERIDAN. BY MID FEBRUARY...THERE WAS ANOTHER ROUND OF RIVER FLOODING AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED. DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY... AT TOTAL OF 20.72 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT BEEBE. 1950-1951 THE MOST NOTABLE PERIOD DURING THIS WINTER SEASON WAS THE ICE STORM AND SEVERE COLD WAVE JANUARY 31ST-FEBRUARY 2ND. THE ICE STORM WAS SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. NORTHERN ARKANSAS WAS COVERED WITH HEAVY ICE...AND THE SOUTH SAW UP TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. THE ICE STORM SEVERELY DAMAGED FRUIT TREES AND SHRUBS. MANY ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE...AND SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED UP TO A WEEK. ELECTRICITY AND TELEPHONE SERVICE WERE DISRUPTED IN MANY AREAS...AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE TIMBER DAMAGE. AFTER THE STORM ENDED...RECORD COLD GRIPPED THE STATE...WITH TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS -5 AS FAR SOUTH AS LITTLE ROCK. MAMMOTH SPRING FELL TO -24. 1982-1983 MOST PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THE WINTER FOR THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FELL IN A 2-DAY PERIOD ON DECEMBER 2ND AND 3RD...AND FOR THE TWO TORNADO OUTBREAKS DURING THE MONTH. ON THE 2ND...THE FIRST MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK OCCURRED...WITH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS THE HARDEST HIT. THE SECOND OUTBREAK WAS DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER 23RD-25TH...WITH 29 REPORTED TORNADOES ACROSS THE STATE. 14.06 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT BIG FORK IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING ON THE MORNING OF THE 3RD. 25.82 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT DANVILLE DURING THE MONTH. 1983-1984 DECEMBER AND JANUARY WERE A PARTICULARLY COLD COUPLE OF MONTHS IN ARKANSAS WEATHER HISTORY. AT LITTLE ROCK...TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING FOR 12 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM DECEMBER 19TH-31ST. ICE FORMED ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER...AND MOST OF THE STATE WAS CONTINUOUSLY BELOW FREEZING. THE COLDEST PERIOD WAS ON DECEMBER 24TH AND 25TH...WITH MANY LOWS BELOW ZERO...AND HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. MILWOOD LAKE FROZE OVER COMPLETELY. DURING THE COLDEST PERIOD...STRONG WINDS PRODUCED WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THERE WAS WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL IMPACT...DUE TO HEADS OF CATTLE FALLING THROUGH THE ICE AND DROWNING LOOKING FOR WATER. ROADS SAW CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DUE TO MELTING AND REFREEZING. THE SECOND MAJOR COLD PERIOD CAME DURING JANUARY 19TH-22ND. MANY LOWS IN THE NORTH WERE BELOW ZERO...WITH -16 AT YELLVILLE BEING THE COLDEST. AT LITTLE ROCK...TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. 1987-1988 DECEMBER SAW A PARTICULARLY WET PERIOD DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE MONTH. FROM THE 24TH-29TH...HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY AT WEST MEMPHIS...WHICH WAS RECOVERING FROM A TORNADO THAT HIT THE CITY AND KILLED SIX PEOPLE ON THE 14TH. RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE SALINE AND OUACHITA RIVERS. THE OUACHITA RIVER AT CAMDEN CRESTED AT 42.5 FEET AT CAMDEN ON THE 29TH. IN JANUARY...SEVERAL SNOWSTORMS HIT THE STATE...WITH THE MOST SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD ONE ON THE 6TH AND 7TH. 12 TO 13 INCHES FELL IN THE LITTLE ROCK AREA...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS SAW 10 TO 15 INCH TOTALS. THE MOST SNOW FELL IN THE HEBER SPRINGS AREA...WITH 16 INCHES. SEVERELY COLD AIR MOVED INTO THE STATE AFTER THE SNOWSTORM...WITH SINGLE-DIGIT READINGS AT LITTLE ROCK FROM THE 8TH THROUGH THE 11TH. HERE ARE THE STATEWIDE EXTREMES FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER... SEASON... WARMEST...48.4 DEGREES IN 1931-1932 COLDEST...34.3 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST...23.08 INCHES IN 1931-1932 DRIEST.....4.04 INCHES IN 1962-1963 WARMEST TEMPERATURE...95 DEGREES AT SPARKMAN FEB 19 1986 COLDEST TEMPERATURE..-29 DEGREES AT POND...NEAR GRAVETTE FEB 13 1905 HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL...14.06 INCHES AT BIG FORK 1SSE DEC 03 1982 HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL...25.0 INCHES AT CORNING JAN 22 1918 ...AND A LIST OF EXTREMES FOR SELECTED CITIES IN A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. MOUNT IDA ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............45.8 DEGREES IN 1920-1921 COLDEST WINTER...............33.1 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............25.37 INCHES IN 1949-1950 DRIEST WINTER.................3.73 INCHES IN 1942-1943 SNOWIEST WINTER...............18.5 INCHES IN 1977-1978 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....87 DEGREES JAN 23 1943 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-21 DEGREES FEB 02 1951 WETTEST WINTER DAY............9.95 INCHES DEC 03 1982 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........11.5 INCHES JAN 07 1988 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............14 INCHES FEB 19 1921 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1872 LITTLE ROCK ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............53.5 DEGREES IN 1889-1890 COLDEST WINTER...............35.9 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............26.58 INCHES IN 1949-1950 DRIEST WINTER.................4.54 INCHES IN 1935-1936 SNOWIEST WINTER...............26.8 INCHES IN 1917-1918 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....87 DEGREES FEB 25 1918 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-12 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.76 INCHES DEC 24 1987 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........11.3 INCHES JAN 05 1960 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............15 INCHES JAN 21 1918 ====================================================== TEMPERATURE RECORDS SINCE 1879 PRECIPITATION RECORDS SINCE 1875 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............49.6 DEGREES IN 1949-1950 COLDEST WINTER...............35.9 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............26.29 INCHES IN 1931-1932 DRIEST WINTER.................4.13 INCHES IN 1962-1963 SNOWIEST WINTER...............26.9 INCHES IN 1917-1918 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....89 DEGREES FEB 20 1930 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-12 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............7.80 INCHES JAN 17 1876 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........20.0 INCHES JAN 17 1893 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............11 INCHES FEB 07 1979 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1875 MONTICELLO ============================================================================ WARMEST WINTER...............49.4 DEGREES IN 2005-2006 COLDEST WINTER...............37.3 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............23.35 INCHES IN 1988-1989 DRIEST WINTER.................6.30 INCHES IN 1980-1981 SNOWIEST WINTER...............29.0 INCHES IN 1876-1877 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....85 DEGREES FEB 23 2012 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....-6 DEGREES JAN 11 1982 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.91 INCHES FEB 19 1991 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........21.0 INCHES DEC 31 1876***STATE RECORD FOR DEC HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............12 INCHES JAN 03 1985 ============================================================================ RECORDS SINCE 1876 BRINKLEY ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............49.7 DEGREES IN 1931-1932 COLDEST WINTER...............34.1 DEGREES IN 1978-1979 WETTEST WINTER...............26.26 INCHES IN 1931-1932 DRIEST WINTER.................3.91 INCHES IN 1935-1936 SNOWIEST WINTER...............21.3 INCHES IN 1959-1960 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....85 DEGREES FEB 26 1918 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-12 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.70 INCHES JAN 13 1899 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........18.0 INCHES JAN 07 1912 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............12 INCHES JAN 08 1988 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1882 RUSSELLVILLE ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............46.9 DEGREES IN 1949-1950 COLDEST WINTER...............34.1 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............23.21 INCHES IN 1949-1950 DRIEST WINTER.................2.78 INCHES IN 1962-1963 SNOWIEST WINTER...............25.1 INCHES IN 1917-1918* WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....89 DEGREES FEB 12 1962 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-15 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.53 INCHES DEC 10 1971 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........22.0 INCHES FEB 18 1921* HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............14 INCHES JAN 07 1988* ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1882 *DARDANELLE SNOWFALL RECORDS SINCE 1886 PINE BLUFF =================================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............49.3 DEGREES IN 1949-1950 COLDEST WINTER...............36.3 DEGREES IN 1983-1984 WETTEST WINTER...............30.21 INCHES IN 1938-1939 DRIEST WINTER.................4.17 INCHES IN 1935-1936 SNOWIEST WINTER...............25.1 INCHES IN 1965-1966 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....93 DEGREES FEB 27 1918 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....-6 DEGREES JAN 13 1918...JAN 12 1918 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.65 INCHES JAN 22 1906 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........12.0 INCHES JAN 28 1966...DEC 22 1963 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............12 INCHES JAN 28 1966...DEC 23 1963 =================================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1883 NEWPORT ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............48.3 DEGREES IN 1931-1932 COLDEST WINTER...............30.0 DEGREES IN 1978-1979 WETTEST WINTER...............24.41 INCHES IN 1949-1950 DRIEST WINTER.................3.92 INCHES IN 1935-1936 SNOWIEST WINTER...............20.5 INCHES IN 1984-1985 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....85 DEGREES FEB 28 1918 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-17 DEGREES DEC 25 1983 WETTEST WINTER DAY............4.75 INCHES JAN 11 1913 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........22.0 INCHES FEB 03 1886 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............15 INCHES FEB 20 1951 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1884 MENA ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............48.9 DEGREES IN 1906-1907 COLDEST WINTER...............34.9 DEGREES IN 1978-1979 WETTEST WINTER...............25.33 INCHES IN 1949-1950 DRIEST WINTER.................3.08 INCHES IN 1962-1963 SNOWIEST WINTER...............21.1 INCHES IN 1978-1979 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....84 DEGREES FEB 22 1996 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-15 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............7.62 INCHES JAN 24 1949 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........11.0 INCHES JAN 07 1988 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............14 INCHES FEB 19 1921 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1887 HARRISON ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............42.6 DEGREES IN 1949-1950 COLDEST WINTER...............29.5 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............16.31 INCHES IN 1937-1938 DRIEST WINTER.................2.66 INCHES IN 1962-1963 SNOWIEST WINTER...............42.2 INCHES IN 1917-1918 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....87 DEGREES FEB 05 1927 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-24 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.37 INCHES DEC 02 1982 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........14.3 INCHES FEB 15 1993 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............24 INCHES JAN 21 1918 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1891 HARDY =================================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............42.9 DEGREES IN 1908-1909 COLDEST WINTER...............33.4 DEGREES IN 1904-1905 WETTEST WINTER...............21.72 INCHES IN 1982-1983 DRIEST WINTER.................4.17 INCHES IN 1984-1985 SNOWIEST WINTER...............29.4 INCHES IN 1913-1914 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....87 DEGREES FEB 24 1918 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE....-19 DEGREES FEB 12 1899 WETTEST WINTER DAY............7.23 INCHES DEC 03 1982 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........12.0 INCHES FEB 19 1921...FEB 12 1914 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............25 INCHES JAN 22 1918...JAN 21 1918 =================================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1897 JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............45.8 DEGREES IN 1991-1992 COLDEST WINTER...............34.7 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............21.09 INCHES IN 1977-1978 DRIEST WINTER.................4.51 INCHES IN 1962-1963 SNOWIEST WINTER...............22.4 INCHES IN 1959-1960 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....85 DEGREES FEB 20 1986 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....-3 DEGREES JAN 12 1962 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.11 INCHES JAN 16 2007 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........11.9 INCHES JAN 06 1988 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............13 INCHES JAN 08 1988 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1956 NORTH LITTLE ROCK ====================================================== WARMEST WINTER...............47.0 DEGREES IN 1998-1999 COLDEST WINTER...............34.2 DEGREES IN 1977-1978 WETTEST WINTER...............19.92 INCHES IN 1987-1988 DRIEST WINTER.................6.69 INCHES IN 1985-1986 SNOWIEST WINTER...............19.2 INCHES IN 1978-1979 WARMEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....83 DEGREES FEB 20 1986 COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURE.....-6 DEGREES JAN 20 1985 WETTEST WINTER DAY............5.01 INCHES DEC 24 1987 SNOWIEST WINTER DAY...........10.5 INCHES JAN 06 1988 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH..............12 INCHES JAN 07 1988 ====================================================== RECORDS SINCE 1975 $$ 57