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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
810 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
...2009...A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR RAINFALL IN ARKANSAS...
ARKANSAS WEATHER IN 2009 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL TOTALS IN NOT ONLY MAY...JULY...SEPTEMBER...OCTOBER...
AND DECEMBER...BUT FOR THE YEAR AS WELL. MANY STATIONS ACROSS THE
STATE SAW FROM NEARLY 80 TO 90 INCHES OF RAINFALL. LEOLA IN GRANT
COUNTY RECORDED AN INCREDIBLE 100.05 INCHES OF RAIN. 2009 WAS ONE OF
THE TEN WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS ARKANSAS.
AT 15 STATIONS...2009 WAS THE WETTEST YEAR EVER RECORDED.
BELOW IS A LIST OF STATIONS WHERE 2009 WAS ONE OF THE TEN WETTEST
YEARS.
THESE TOTALS ARE PRELIMINARY UNTIL QUALITY CONTROLLED BY THE
NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.
|WETTEST |RANK - WETTEST YEARS ON |RECORDS
2009 | YEAR |RECORD AND WETTEST YEAR | BEGAN
STATION RAIN | SINCE |OR PREVIOUS WETTEST YEAR |
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LEOLA 100.05| 1957 | 1ST PREV 85.31 IN 1957 | 1943
SHERIDAN 90.91| 1990 | 1ST PREV 75.51 IN 1990 | 1977
HOPPER 1 E 90.45| 1957 | 1ST PREV 85.56 IN 1957 | 1948
ANTOINE 89.07| 1973 | 1ST PREV 80.98 IN 1973 | 1940
MURFREESBORO 1 W 88.31| 1973 | 1ST PREV 85.01 IN 1973 | 1916
WARREN 2 WSW 87.47| 1905 | 1ST PREV 81.87 IN 1905 | 1893
CRYSTAL VALLEY 85.53| 1973 | 1ST PREV 81.37 IN 1973 | 1941
NEWPORT WATER PLANT 84.15| 1957 | 1ST PREV 80.88 IN 1957 | 1892
CAMDEN 82.11| 1957 | 1ST PREV 76.25 IN 1957 | 1893
LITTLE ROCK 81.79| 1882 | 1ST PREV 75.54 IN 1882 | 1878
FORDYCE 81.72| 1945 | 1ST PREV 75.50 IN 1945 | 1911
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 79.61| 1990 | 1ST PREV 63.65 IN 1990 | 1976
MORRILTON 76.86| 1957 | 1ST PREV 73.58 IN 1957 | 1919
AUGUSTA 2 NW 75.43| 1957 | 1ST PREV 74.88 IN 1957 | 1943
KELSO 3 NW 64.57| 1991 | 1ST PREV 63.35 IN 1991 | 1985
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MALVERN 87.07| 1973 | 2ND 89.69 IN 1973 | 1948
BLAKELY MTN DAM 85.96| 1973 | 2ND 86.05 IN 1973 | 1950
DES ARC 83.57| 1957 | 2ND 88.72 IN 1957 | 1903
BONNERDALE 4 SW 81.07| 1973 | 2ND 81.84 IN 1973 | 1965
PINE RIDGE 79.83| 1945 | 2ND 79.95 IN 1945 | 1925
DAMASCUS 2 NNE 78.81| 1957 | 2ND 81.24 IN 1957 | 1940
PINE BLUFF 78.02| 1905 | 2ND 82.89 IN 1905 | 1884
PERRY 76.54| 1957 | 2ND 76.56 IN 1957 | 1902
SEARCY 76.25| 1957 | 2ND 87.02 IN 1957 | 1892
NIMROD DAM 74.56| 1984 | 2ND 77.92 IN 1984 | 1939
MONTICELLO 73.86| 1958 | 2ND 75.65 IN 1958 | 1876
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 70.71| 1990 | 2ND 77.08 IN 1990 | 1986
CLARENDON 70.56| 1927 | 2ND 72.40 IN 1927 | 1904
MCARTHUR 69.11| 2004 | 2ND 80.16 IN 1991 | 1985
RATCLIFF 61.70| 1945 | 2ND 67.17 IN 1945 | 1944
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HOT SPRINGS N P 80.61| 1973 | 3RD 84.92 IN 1973 | 1875
GREERS FERRY DAM 74.44| 1990 | 3RD 78.69 IN 1957 | 1903
GEORGETOWN 72.95| 1957 | 3RD 79.39 IN 1957 | 1912
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 67.34| 1973 | 3RD 68.73 IN 1945 | 1941
SAINT CHARLES 66.87| 1991 | 3RD 71.96 IN 1957 | 1930
MAMMOTH SPRING 66.63| 1982 | 3RD 69.86 IN 1982 | 1904
MELBOURNE 5 W 63.24| 2008 | 3RD 74.72 IN 1973 | 1948
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 63.14| 2008 | 3RD 71.21 IN 1990 | 1989
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ARKADELPHIA 79.58| 1973 | 4TH 87.35 IN 1905 | 1892
GLENWOOD 79.19| 1990 | 4TH 92.92 IN 1990 | 1935
CONWAY 72.46| 1973 | 4TH 73.58 IN 1973 | 1890
CABOT 4 SW 67.34| 1990 | 4TH 80.78 IN 1957 | 1918
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW 63.18| 2008 | 4TH 74.54 IN 1927 | 1902
SALEM 60.18| 2008 | 4TH 61.76 IN 2008 | 1955
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BIG FORK 1 SSE 76.08| 2008 | 5TH 88.31 IN 1973 | 1944
WASHITA 66.81| 1990 | 5TH 79.62 IN 1990 | 1951
GILBERT 60.11| 2008 | 5TH 71.51 IN 1927 | 1924
CALICO ROCK 59.29| 2008 | 5TH 72.66 IN 1945 | 1904
LEAD HILL 58.42| 2008 | 5TH 74.29 IN 2008 | 1927
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COVE 70.22| 1991 | 6TH 78.70 IN 1991 | 1946
ROHWER 2 NNE 67.83| 2001 | 6TH 73.94 IN 2001 | 1959
HARRISON 61.22| 2008 | 6TH 68.42 IN 1927 | 1891
BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM 56.12| 2008 | 6TH 69.41 IN 1973 | 1939
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MENA 75.18| 2008 | 7TH 84.65 IN 1990 | 1892
BOONEVILLE 60.91| 2008 | 7TH 80.88 IN 2008 | 1948
JASPER 57.23| 2008 | 7TH 76.25 IN 1973 | 1948
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AMITY 1 N 69.99| 2008 | 9TH 85.35 IN 1973 | 1896
DANVILLE 66.19| 2008 | 9TH 71.69 IN 1945 | 1916
GRAVELLY 1 ESE 64.42| 2008 | 9TH 85.19 IN 2008 | 1940
SUBIACO 60.59| 2008 | 9TH 69.45 IN 1927 | 1910
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OTHER RAINFALL TOTALS FOR 2009
MENA AIRPORT 87.69
ARKADELPHIA AIRPORT 82.02
NEWPORT AIRPORT 77.46
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE 73.79
MOUNT IDA ASOS 67.79
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 66.39
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