NORMALS:
                  HIGH       LOW       AVG       PCPN
OZARKS              44        24        34       2.14       
NORTHEAST           45        26        36       3.29
EAST CENTRAL        46        29        38       3.84
SOUTHEAST           50        32        41       4.21
ARKANSAS VALLEY     50        28        39       3.15
OUACHITAS           49        27        38       3.29
LITTLE ROCK AREA    50        31        40       3.61
SOUTHWEST           53        36        44       3.57

STATE EXTREME TEMPERATURES:

HIGHEST: 87 AT SEARCY  1/25/1950
LOWEST: -28 AT LEAD HILL 1/22/1930

LITTLE ROCK EXTREMES:

WARMEST AVERAGE  56.3 IN 1880   ALL TIME HIGH        83 ON 1/25/1950
COLDEST AVERAGE  27.5 IN 1979   ALL TIME LOW         -8 ON 1/12/1918
WETTEST         18.04 IN 1937   MOST RAIN ONE DAY  5.07 ON  1/2/1907
DRIEST           0.31 IN 2003   MOST SNOW ONE DAY  11.3 ON  1/5/1960
SNOWIEST         19.4 IN 1918

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HIGHLIGHTS

January 3, 1949: Tornado hits Warren with 55 fatalities. 

January 5, 1924: Little Rock record high sea level pressure...
30.98 inches.

January 6-7, 1988: Major statewide snowstorm with up to 
17 inches of snow in the state...12 to 13 inches in Little 
Rock area.

January 10-12, 1918: Heavy snow statewide with up to 30 inches 
in north followed by widespread temperatures below zero; 
Gravette and Searcy each had -20 on 12th. 

January 12, 1898: Tornado hits Fort Smith with 55 fatalities.       

January 17-18, 1893: Little Rock record snowfall of 13 inches.

January 20-28, 1940: Prolonged Arctic cold caused the Arkansas 
River to freeze over.

January 21-22, 1999: Largest tornado outbreak on record in 
Arkansas with 56 tornadoes spawned. Most tornadoes tracked from 
central into northeast sections of the state...with 8 people 
killed. 

January 25, 1950: Peak of mid-winter heat wave with highs in 
mid 70s to mid 80s across the state topped by 87 at Searcy.

January 27-28, 2000: A winter storm blanketed portions of central 
and southern Arkansas with over a foot of snow...the heaviest 
snow in 12 years. Many chicken houses in southwest sections of 
the state were crushed due to the weight of the snow.

January 28, 1966: Near blizzard conditions across state; snowfall 
of 12.5 inches at Pine Bluff.