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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
952 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...RECORD WARMTH ACROSS ARKANSAS IN MARCH...
RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES WERE NOTED DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH ACROSS
THE STATE. DURING MUCH OF THE MONTH...HIGH PRESSURE SET UP IN THE UPPER
LEVELS...BLOCKING MANY FORWARD-MOVING SYSTEMS AND COOLER AIR FROM MOVING
COMPLETELY ACROSS ARKANSAS AND THE MID SOUTH. AT THE SAME TIME...SURFACE
WINDS WERE MOSTLY OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST...WHICH ALLOWED FOR A
NEARLY-CONTINUOUS FLOW OF WARM AIR INTO THE REGION. THE RESULT WAS ANOMALOUSLY
WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT MARCH...WITH READINGS IN SOME LOCATIONS
RUNNING MORE THAN TEN DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH.
BELOW IS A LIST OF STATIONS WHERE MARCH WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST ON RECORD.
AT 46 STATIONS...MARCH 2012 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD...EASILY BEATING OUT
SUCH WARM MARCHES AS 2007...1945...1921...1910...AND 1907. PLEASE NOTE THIS
DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL QUALITY-CONTROLLED BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
COLUMNS NOTED BELOW ARE AS FOLLOWS...
1 - STATION
2 - AVERAGE MARCH 2012 TEMPERATURE
3 - RANK - WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD
4 - WARMEST MARCH SINCE
5 - WARMEST MARCH OR PREVIOUS WARMEST MARCH
6 - TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGIN
1 2 3 4 5 6
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SAINT CHARLES 66.9 1ST 1945 62.2 IN 1945 1930
MONTICELLO 65.8 1ST 1945 62.9 IN 1945 1876
STAR CITY/CANE CREEK 65.6 1ST 2004 59.4 IN 2004 1964
ARKANSAS POST 65.5 1ST 2007 62.1 IN 2007 1963
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 65.2 1ST 2007 62.1 IN 2007 1975
ROHWER 2NNE 65.1 1ST 2007 62.7 IN 2007 1959
ARKADELPHIA 2N 65.0 1ST 1907 63.5 IN 1907 1899
BENTON 64.7 1ST 1910 61.9 IN 1910 1907
PINE BLUFF 64.6 1ST 1907 63.6 IN 1907 1884
DES ARC 64.5 1ST 1907 62.1 IN 1907 1903
LITTLE ROCK 64.3 1ST 1907 64.3 IN 1907 1879
MARSHALL 64.2 1ST 1918 58.8 IN 1918 1892
STUTTGART 9ESE 64.0 1ST 1945 61.6 IN 1945 1892
LEOLA 63.7 1ST 2007 60.5 IN 2007 1963
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK 63.5 1ST 1918 62.5 IN 1918 1875
BEEDEVILLE 63.3 1ST 2007 60.6 IN 2007 1964
CLARENDON 63.3 1ST 1967 59.5 IN 1967 1965
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 63.1 1ST 2007 61.3 IN 2007 1948
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 63.0 1ST 1938 59.9 IN 1938 1937
FORDYCE 62.9 1ST 1945 62.5 IN 1945 1911
JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB 62.8 1ST 2007 60.8 IN 2007 1956
BRINKLEY 62.7 1ST 1907 62.7 IN 1907 1882
MALVERN 62.4 1ST 1921 62.4 IN 1921 1882
CABOT 4SW 62.3 1ST 1967 59.1 IN 1967 1965
RUSSELLVILLE 62.2 1ST 1938 61.0 IN 1938 1882
SEARCY 62.2 1ST 1938 60.7 IN 1938 1892
NIMROD DAM 62.1 1ST 2004 55.8 IN 2004 1942
DARDANELLE 62.0 1ST 1938 61.8 IN 1938 1909
CLARKSVILLE WATER PLANT 61.7 1ST 2007 59.8 IN 2007 1871
GREERS FERRY DAM 61.7 1ST 2007 57.7 IN 2007 1903
SPARKMAN 61.6 1ST 2007 59.3 IN 2007 1963
MOUNT IDA 61.5 1ST 1921 61.2 IN 1921 1872
HARDY 61.4 1ST 1910 60.8 IN 1910 1897
NEWPORT 61.4 1ST 1921 61.2 IN 1921 1884
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 60.8 1ST 1946 58.1 IN 1946 1902
MOUNTAIN VIEW 60.7 1ST 1967 57.8 IN 1967 1962
HARRISON 60.5 1ST 2007 57.9 IN 2007 1891
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 60.4 1ST 1967 58.1 IN 1967 1951
CLARKSVILLE 6NE 60.1 1ST 2007 58.5 IN 2007 1986
MURFREESBORO 1W 59.7 1ST 2007 58.2 IN 2007 1970
EVENING SHADE 1NNE 59.5 1ST 2007 57.9 IN 2007 1923
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 59.4 1ST 1967 57.5 IN 1967 1941
GILBERT 58.5 1ST 1967 56.8 IN 1967 1936
MAMMOTH SPRING 58.4 1ST 1938 57.5 IN 1938 1904
DEER 57.6 1ST 2007 54.4 IN 2007 1975
LEAD HILL 56.6 1ST 1967 57.3 IN 1967 1927
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SHERIDAN 62.4 2ND 2007 67.0 IN 2007 1913
CONWAY 62.1 2ND 1907 62.2 IN 1907 1884
MORRILTON 61.3 2ND 1938 62.3 IN 1938 1919
ALUM FORK 59.4 2ND 1967 60.1 IN 1967 1937
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CAMDEN #1 63.4 3RD 1938 65.5 IN 1907 1890
BOONEVILLE 3SSE 60.5 3RD 1938 62.9 IN 1921 1906
WALDRON 59.8 3RD 1967 62.3 IN 1921 1919
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SUBIACO 60.5 5TH 1938 62.8 IN 1907 1897
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MENA 59.2 6TH 1967 62.7 IN 1907 1887
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