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   Daryl Stout to All   
   Public Info Statement   
   06 Aug 13 19:58:58   
   
   PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   110 PM CDT THU AUG 01 2013   
      
   ...JULY 2013 IN ARKANSAS...THE COOLEST JULY IN SEVERAL YEARS...   
   ...NEAR-RECORD RAINFALL IN PORTIONS OF THE WEST...   
      
   JULY 2013 IN ARKANSAS WAS DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS COUPLE   
   OF JULYS. UNLIKE THE WARMTH OF 2011 AND 2012...JULY 2013 WAS...ON   
   THE WHOLE...COLDER THAN AVERAGE FOR THE STATE. WHILE THERE WERE   
   PERIODS OF WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH...UNLIKE THE LAST FEW YEARS...   
   THESE DID NOT LAST LONG AT ALL. IN FACT...SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH   
   THE MONTH...MANY LOCATIONS SAW NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES. THIS   
   WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF THE MONTH...AND AGAIN   
   TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.   
      
   THE HOTTEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 104 AT   
   RUSSELLVILLE ON THE 10TH. OF THE LAST FEW YEARS...THIS IS THE LEAST   
   HOTTEST REPORTED JULY TEMPERATURE SINCE 2010...   
      
   YEAR...HOTTEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE   
   -----------------------------------   
   2013...104 AT RUSSELLVILLE   
   2012...112 AT SEARCY AIRPORT   
   2011...108 AT GILBERT   
   2010...104 AT SEARCY AIRPORT   
      
   THE COLDEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 48 DEGREES AT THE   
   BATESVILLE CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK SITE ON THE 3RD. THIS IS THE   
   COLDEST REPORTED JULY TEMPERATURE IN THE STATE SINCE 1990...WHEN   
   GILBERT DROPPED TO 47.   
      
   RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH VARIED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE STATE...FROM   
   UNDER AN INCH IN PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...TO SEVEN TO 12 INCHES IN   
   PORTIONS OF THE WEST.   
      
   RAINFALL WAS MOST ABUNDANT NEAR THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS...WITH SEVERAL   
   LOCATIONS REPORTING ONE OF THE WETTEST JULYS EVER.   
      
   BELOW IS A LIST OF STATIONS WHICH RECORDED A TOP-10 WETTEST JULY IN   
   2013.   
      
   .RAINFALL...   
      
   1 - STATION   
   2 - JULY 2013 RAINFALL   
   3 - WETTEST JULY SINCE   
   4 - RANK/WETTEST JULY ON RECORD   
   5 - RECORD WETTEST JULY/YEAR   
   6 - RAINFALL RECORDS SINCE   
      
      1                2         3      4            5          6   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   LANGLEY           12.10     1994    2ND       12.16/1994    1948   
   WALDRON            9.77     1969    2ND       12.82/1969    1919   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   SUBIACO            7.60     1961    3RD       12.24/1950    1950   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   MURFREESBORO 1W    9.62     2009    5TH       12.49/1989    1916   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   BONNERDALE 4SW     6.57     2009    7TH       11.70/2009    1965   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   MENA              10.47     2009    8TH       14.84/1953    1887   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
      
   MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE WELL BELOW AVERAGE IN MANY AREAS. AS A   
   RESULT...MANY PLACES RECORDED ONE OF THE COOLEST JULYS ON RECORD   
   IN TERMS OF AVERAGE HIGH...LOW...AND/OR MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.   
      
   .AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE...   
      
   1 - STATION   
   2 - AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE JULY 2013   
   3 - COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH SINCE   
   4 - RANK/COOLEST JULY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES ON RECORD   
   5 - COOLEST JULY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   
   6 - TEMPERATURE RECORDS SINCE   
      
         1               2         3           4            5          6   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   CALICO ROCK 2WSW     86.2      2009        3RD       84.4/2009     1915   
   ROHWER 2NNE          87.5      2009        3RD       87.1/2007     1959   
   SAINT CHARLES        87.8      2009        3RD       86.3/2009     1930   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 86.6      2009        4TH       84.1/2007     1941   
   DES ARC              87.7      2009        4TH       86.4/1905     1903   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   MAMMOTH SPRING       85.9      2009        5TH       84.4/1967     1904   
   WALDRON              88.2      2007        5TH       84.6/2007     1919   
   MOUNTAIN VIEW        89.0      2003        5TH       86.3/1967     1924   
   STAR CITY            90.4      2009        5TH       86.2/1989     1964   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   HARDY                86.8      2009        7TH       84.5/2009     1897   
   MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW   86.8      2009        7TH       84.3/1950     1902   
   BATESVILLE AIRPORT   89.4      2009        7TH       85.5/1950     1937   
   BOONEVILLE           89.6      2007        7TH       86.0/2004     1906   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   SEARCY               89.4      1989        8TH       87.2/1950     1882   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   BRINKLEY             87.9      2009       10TH       84.4/1994     1882   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
      
      
   .AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE...   
      
   1 - STATION   
   2 - AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE JULY 2013   
   3 - COOLEST AVERAGE LOW SINCE   
   4 - RANK/COOLEST JULY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES ON RECORD   
   5 - COOLEST JULY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OR PREVIOUS COOLEST   
   6 - TEMPERATURE RECORDS SINCE   
      
         1               2         3           4            5          6   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   LRAFB/JACKSONVILLE   67.9      1985        1ST       68.6/1985     1956   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   CALICO ROCK 2WSW     61.2      1985        2ND       59.5/1985     1915   
   MAMMOTH SPRING       61.8      1950        2ND       60.3/1950     1902   
   LEOLA                66.2      1967        2ND       66.0/1967     1963   
   STUTTGART AIRPORT    69.6      1944        2ND       69.0/1944     1942   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   HARDY                64.9      1918        3RD       63.6/1918     1897   
   HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT  69.6      1976        3RD       69.4/1976     1948   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   KEO                  67.5      1968        4TH       66.0/1967     1948   
   MOUNTAIN VIEW        65.1      1985        4TH       64.2/1984     1924   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   WALDRON              64.9      1985        5TH       63.2/1984     1919   
   ALUM FORK            66.4      1950        5TH       64.2/1944     1937   
   MORRILTON            67.0      2009        5TH       64.9/1947     1919   
   DEVILS KNOB          67.2      1956        5TH       63.9/1948     1937   
   BATESVILLE AIRPORT   67.5      2009        5TH       62.3/1945     1937   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   CAMDEN 1             66.8      1984        6TH       63.7/1950     1890   
   BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 63.8      1967        6TH       62.3/1951     1941   
   CABOT 4SW            66.7      2009        6TH       63.5/1997     1965   
   STAR CITY            69.6      1989        6TH       65.6/1987     1964   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   FORDYCE              67.7      1989        8TH       62.0/1984     1911   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   LEAD HILL            63.4      2009        9TH       61.7/1959     1927   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
      
   .AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...   
      
   1 - STATION   
   2 - AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE JULY 2013   
   3 - COOLEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE SINCE   
   4 - RANK/COOLEST JULY AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES ON RECORD   
   5 - COOLEST JULY AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE   
   6 - TEMPERATURE RECORDS SINCE   
      
         1               2         3           4            5             6   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   CALICO ROCK 2WSW     73.7      2009        2ND       73.0/2009        1915   
   MAMMOTH SPRING       73.8      1967        2ND       72.9/1950        1904   
   KEO                  77.2      2009        2ND       76.1/1967        1948   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 75.2      2009        3RD       74.9/2007        1941   
   HARDY                75.9      2009        3RD       75.5/1906...1905 1897   
   WALDRON              76.5      2007        3RD       75.8/2007        1919   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   MOUNTAIN VIEW        77.0      1989        4TH       75.5/1967        1924   
   STUTTGART AIRPORT    79.8      2009        4TH       78.0/1994        1942   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   BATESVILLE AIRPORT   78.4      2009        5TH       76.2/1950        1937   
   DES ARC              78.5      2009        5TH       77.2/1905        1903   
   SAINT CHARLES        78.6      2009        5TH       77.6/2009        1930   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   DEVILS KNOB          75.3      2009        6TH       73.7/1959        1937   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   SEARCY               78.8      1980        7TH       77.3/1967        1882   
   LRAFB/JACKSONVILLE   79.4      2007        7TH       77.4/1989        1956   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW   76.3      2009        8TH       73.9/1924        1902   
   BOONEVILLE           78.4      2007        8TH       76.4/1950        1906   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   BRINKLEY             78.5      2009       10TH       75.5/1937        1882   
   CABOT 4SW            78.7      2009       10TH       73.7/1997        1965   
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   
      
   .SUMMER 2013 TO DATE...   
      
   THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMER RUNS FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. THIS   
   SUMMER SO FAR /JUNE 1ST-JULY 31ST/...AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN THE   
   COOLEST IN YEARS FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS...LISTED BELOW.   
      
   LOCATION              AVG. LOW JUNE 1ST-JULY 31ST   
   -------------------------------------------------   
   CALICO ROCK 2WSW        60.8...COOLEST SINCE 1985   
   MAMMOTH SPRING          61.4...COOLEST SINCE 1976   
   GILBERT                 62.4...COOLEST SINCE 1997   
   BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK    64.1...COOLEST SINCE 1976   
   ALUM FORK               66.1...COOLEST SINCE 1997   
   LEOLA                   66.7...COOLEST SINCE 2000   
   ARKADELPHIA 2N          67.3...COOLEST SINCE 2000   
   LRAFB/JACKSONVILLE      67.9...COOLEST SINCE 1988   
   NEWPORT                 67.9...COOLEST SINCE 1976   
   KEO                     68.1...COOLEST SINCE 1976   
   BRINKLEY                68.9...COOLEST SINCE 2003   
      
   AT MAMMOTH SPRING...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE JUNE 1ST THROUGH JULY 31ST   
   WAS 73.5. THIS IS THE COLDEST JUNE 1ST-JULY 31ST ON RECORD. MAMMOTH SPRING   
   WILL LIKELY END UP WITH ONE OF ITS COLDEST SUMMERS ON RECORD...SHOULD WELL   
   BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE INTO AUGUST.   
      
   ______________________________________________________________________________   
      
   PLEASE NOTE...   
   ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC   
   DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.   
   SOME STATIONS MAY HAVE GAPS IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD.   
      
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