NORMALS:
                   HIGH       LOW        AVG        PCPN
OZARKS               59        38         48        4.17
NORTHEAST            61        40         50        4.45
EAST CENTRAL         61        41         51        4.77
SOUTHEAST            65        44         54        5.08
ARKANSAS VALLEY      66        41         53        4.60
OUACHITAS            62        38         50        5.19
LITTLE ROCK AREA     64        43         53        4.88
SOUTHWEST            68        46         57        4.09

STATE EXTREME TEMPERATURES:
HIGHEST   98 AT HARRISON  3/24/1929
LOWEST   -14 AT GRAVETTE AND LEAD HILL  3/12/1948

LITTLE ROCK EXTREMES:

WARMEST AVERAGE   63.0 IN 1907   ALL TIME HIGH        91 ON 3/31/1974 
COLDEST AVERAGE   41.3 IN 1960   ALL TIME LOW         11 ON  3/3/1943
WETTEST          10.43 IN 1897   MOST RAIN ONE DAY  3.48 ON  3/7/1990
DRIEST            0.52 IN 1925   MOST SNOW ONE DAY   8.0 ON 3/17/1892
SNOWIEST           8.0 IN 1892


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HIGHLIGHTS

March 1, 1997: Tornado outbreak claims the lives of 25 people. One 
storm produced two F4 tornadoes...one in Arkadelphia with another 
in Little Rock. The so-called "I-30" storm killed 21 people   
in a 3 county area. 

March 1-2, 1960: Major snowstorm in northern and central sections 
with ice in south half.

March 5: In 1967, tornadoes were spawned in Little Rock and Hot 
Springs. In 1999, about a dozen tornadoes were spawned from western 
into central Arkansas, causing mostly tree and chicken house damage. 
Tree losses in Clark County alone were $2 million.

March 8, 1909: Tornado at Brinkley with 49 fatalities.

March 12, 1948: Record cold temperatures follwing a snowstorm, many 
stations in north hit -10 or less.

March 15, 1984: Large tornado hits Greers Ferry Lake and destroys 
the Highway 16 bridge and takes two fisherman on the lake.

March 17: In 1892, Little Rock gets 8 inches of snow and in 1988, 
a place near Harrison gets 22 inches of snow. 

March 17-20, 2002: Following widespread flooding in December, 2001...
another heavy rain event affected much of the state. Three to five 
inches of rain fell from Camden to Pine Bluff and Stuttgart (southern 
Arkansas), with four to eight inches from Booneville to Deer and 
Mountain Home (northern and western Arkansas). River flooding was 
extensive, with an estimated $25 million in damage to the Winter 
wheat crop.  

March 21, 1952: Tornadoes kill 111 across the state, the deadliest 
outbreak in state history. White County and the town of Judsonia 
the hardest hit.

March 24, 1929: Early heat wave sends temperature to 98 at Harrison 
and gives Little Rock its earliest 90 degree temperature on record.

March 26, 1950: Tornadoes hit Little Rock and several other 
locations, but there are no fatalities.