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Normals and Extremes
Not sure about temperature and precipitation normals and extremes across Arkansas? Look below.
November Facts
 
NORMALS:
                   HIGH       LOW        AVG       PCPN
OZARKS               57        37         47       4.74
NORTHEAST            60        39         49       5.02
EAST CENTRAL         61        40         51       4.76
SOUTHEAST            63        42         53       4.87
ARKANSAS VALLEY      62        40         51       5.36
OUACHITA             60        38         49       5.88
LITTLE ROCK AREA     62        42         52       5.73
SOUTHWEST            64        45         55       5.34

STATE EXTREME TEMPERATURES:

HIGHEST  90 AT FAYETTEVILLE  11/4/1909
LOWEST    0 AT GILBERT  11/29/1976 

LITTLE ROCK EXTREMES:

WARMEST AVERAGE  60.3 IN 1909   ALL TIME HIGH        86 ON 11/13/1955
COLDEST AVERAGE  42.2 IN 1880   ALL TIME LOW         10 ON 11/18/1880
WETTEST         14.82 IN 1988   MOST RAIN ONE DAY  7.01 ON 11/18/1988 
DRIEST           0.09 IN 1910   MOST SNOW ONE DAY   4.4 ON 11/23/1971
SNOWIEST          4.9 IN 1929

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HIGHLIGHTS

November 2, 1951: Hard freeze in most of the state with many lows in 
the teens, 2 to 6 inches of snow in the northwest. 

November 11, 1976: Early Arctic outbreak brings 8 inches of snow to 
Harrison, then light to moderate snow falls on central and southern
sections on the 13th and 14th. 

November 13-15, 1955: Late heat wave results in widespread highs in 
the 80s. Dumas hits 90 on the 14th.

November 15, 1988: Tornadoes rake central and north central sections, 
the new gymnasium at Southside-Bee Branch High School is destroyed.

November 18-19, 1988: Excessive rains across the state with 11 inches 
over two days in the Little Rock area. Serious river flooding on
the Ouachita and Saline rivers followed. 

November 21-22, 1929: Heavy snow mostly in southern, central, and 
eastern sections with up to 8 inches, followed by bitter cold.

November 25, 1926: Major Thanksgiving Day tornado outbreak with 
Cleburne, Faulkner, and Jefferson counties hardest hit; 52 fatalities
in all.

November 27, 2005: Two dozen tornadoes were spawned from southwest 
through central and north central Arkansas...affecting a 20 county area.
The strongest tornadoes (F3) moved through Conway and Perry Counties,
with the only fatality during the event occurring just west of 
Plumerville (Conway County).

November 29, 1976: Gilbert hits 0 degrees and most lows across the 
state were in single digits and teens.
 
 

 

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