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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
310 PM CST THU JAN 1 2009
...2008 RAINFALL IN ARKANSAS...
2008 WAS A YEAR OF EXTREME RAINFAL ACROSS NORTHERN...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. FROM THE MARCH AND APRIL FLOODING...
TO HEAVY SUMMERTIME RAINS...TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANES GUSTAV
AND IKE IN SEPTEMBER...PORTIONS OF THE STATE SAW AS MUCH AS 60 TO
80 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE YEAR.
THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN PUSHED 2008 INTO ONE OF THE TOP TEN
WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD AT MANY LOCATIONS.
AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...2008 WAS THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD...
STATION RAINFALL IN PREVIOUS WETTEST RECORDS SINCE
INCHES YEAR
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BOONEVILLE 77.93 68.08 1957 1948
DEER 78.21 76.61 1990 1975
GRAVELLY 1 ESE 82.83 77.27 1973 1940
LEAD HILL 73.69 66.14 1945 1927
OZONE 81.25 80.79 1957 1890
SALEM 61.76 61.65 2006 1955
AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...2008 RANKED AS ONE OF THE 10 WETTEST
YEARS ON RECORD. THE FOLLOWING STATIONS ARE ORDERED ACCORDING TO
2008 RANK...AND THE AMOUNT OF OBSERVED RAINFALL...
STATION RAINFALL IN INCHES RANK RECORDS SINCE
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DAMASCUS 78.11 2ND 1940
LEOLA 75.42 2ND 1948
BONNERDALE 4 SW 73.89 2ND 1965
GILBERT 70.37 2ND 1924
DANVILLE 70.02 2ND 1916
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW 69.80 2ND 1902
SHERIDAN 68.93 2ND 1977
MELBOURNE 5 W 68.10 2ND 1948
CALICO ROCK 67.69 2ND 1904
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 66.03 2ND 1989
MARSHALL 65.40 2ND 1948
BIG FORK 1 SSE 83.80 3RD 1944
MALVERN 70.22 3RD 1948
MORRILTON 67.42 3RD 1919
JASPER 65.65 3RD 1948
PARKS 66.52 3RD 1956
BLUE MTN DAM 66.26 3RD 1939
SUBIACO 64.38 3RD 1910
RATCLIFF 59.44 3RD 1944
HOPPER 1 E 77.95 4TH 1948
DARDANELLE 69.20 4TH 1909
MURFREESBORO 1 W 69.13 4TH 1916
PERRY 66.67 4TH 1902
HARRISON 61.70 4TH 1891
GREERS FERRY 66.57 5TH 1903
NIMROD DAM 66.16 5TH 1939
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 63.45 5TH 1941
ANTOINE 65.23 5TH 1940
MENA 74.44 6TH 1892
GLENWOOD 72.24 6TH 1935
FORDYCE 67.33 6TH 1911
ARKADELPHIA 66.52 6TH 1892
EVENING SHADE 59.63 6TH 1923
ODEN 1 SE 68.38 7TH 1927
BLAKELY MTN DAM 66.28 7TH 1950
CRYSTAL VALLEY 64.32 8TH 1941
WARREN 70.87 9TH 1893
MAMMOTH SPRING 58.25 9TH 1904
HOT SPRINGS N P 69.01 10TH 1892
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY...AND ARE SUBJECT
TO QUALITY CONTROL AND REVISION BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER. SOME STATIONS MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETE RECORDS.
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