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Temperatures |
Precipitation |
| Site |
Max |
Min |
Avg |
Norm |
Dep |
Hi |
Lo |
Sum |
Norm |
Dep |
| Fayetteville (NW AR) |
71.2 |
43.9 |
57.6 |
57.1 |
+0.5 |
85 |
31 |
1.80 |
5.01 |
-3.21 |
| Harrison (NC AR) |
69.4 |
45.8 |
57.6 |
58.3 |
-0.7 |
86 |
32 |
1.35 |
4.98 |
-3.63 |
| Jonesboro (NE AR) |
71.1 |
50.9 |
61.0 |
60.7 |
+0.3 |
84 |
40 |
3.52 |
5.15 |
-1.63 |
| Fort Smith (WC AR) |
73.9 |
49.8 |
61.8 |
62.1 |
-0.3 |
88 |
40 |
2.68 |
4.87 |
-2.19 |
| Little Rock (C AR) |
73.9 |
52.5 |
63.2 |
61.4 |
+1.8 |
89 |
41 |
9.87 |
5.59 |
+4.28 |
| Texarkana (SW AR) |
76.5 |
54.5 |
65.5 |
63.6 |
+1.9 |
93 |
45 |
6.72 |
4.43 |
+2.29 |
| El Dorado (SC AR) |
73.5 |
50.6 |
62.1 |
63.9 |
-1.8 |
87 |
40 |
8.30 |
5.39 |
+2.91 |
| Pine Bluff (SE AR) |
73.4 |
53.3 |
63.4 |
63.1 |
+0.3 |
87 |
42 |
7.17 |
5.35 |
+1.82 |
Variation in both temperatures and precipitation were observed across the state with some well above average values noted in both categories.
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| Temperature records broken in April. Check out the records below. |
| Site |
Record High (Date of Occurrence) |
| Little Rock |
89T (4/4) |
| North Little Rock |
86 (4/4) |
| Stuttgart |
86 (4/4) |
| Site |
Record Low (Date of Occurrence) |
| North Little Rock |
44 (4/23), 40T (4/24) |
| Batesville |
36 (4/24) |
April was a month of highly variable weather with temperatures approaching 90 degrees at times and dipping down into the 30s late in the month. Severe weather seems to be a guarantee in Arkansas during the month of April and there were at least a few rounds. Heavy rain was a common occurrence as well, with some locations seeing their wettest Jan-Apr period on record through the end of the month.
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| In the picture: Tornado Watch #121 was issued during the early morning hours of April 5th. |
While the first few days of the month were fairly quiet in the wake of the intense severe weather outbreak on March 31st, another round of severe thunderstorms was expected from April 4-6. A significant warm up was noted ahead of an approaching storm system with much of the state seeing high temperatures in the 80s on the 3rd. Texarkana recorded a high temperature of 90 degrees that day. Severe thunderstorms moved across the state and produced hail to the size of tennis balls, a weak tornado and gusty winds as high as 80 mph that knocked down trees and some outbuildings in Sharp County.
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| In the picture: A radar loop shows severe storms moving across the state on April 15th. |
Cool temperatures were observed for a couple days following the departing storm system. Temperatures then began to moderate thereafter with several days of dry weather across much of the state. Calm weather doesn't seem to last very long in the Spring across Arkansas and yet another round of strong to severe thunderstorms was in the forecast for the middle of the month. Some very large thunderstorms developed on April 15th, with several reports of large hail received from across the state. Yet again, hail reached the size of tennis balls, this time in Van Buren and Clark Counties.
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| In the picture: A period of below normal temperatures was expected for the end of the month.. |
There was nearly a week between storm systems with temperatures again warming into the 80s from the 17th through the 20th across much of the state. Before cool temperatures were seen across the state, a couple more rounds of thunderstorms were expected. The first of which took place from April 20-22. A few reports of severe weather were received with some locally very heavy rainfall observed as well. Little Rock received more than 3 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. A lightning strike occurred very close to the NWS office in North Little Rock on the evening of April 20th which damaged some equipment.
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| In the picture: A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for portions of the state on April 27th. |
While cool temperatures and rainy conditions were in place for the last several days of the month, there was one more round of strong to severe thunderstorms to move across the state on April 27th. A few storms produced hail from central into eastern Arkansas. A few brief funnel clouds also occurred across northeast Arkansas beneath an upper level storm system that rotated its way east of the area.
| Temperature and Precipitation Trends |
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| In the picture: Temperatures at Little Rock (Pulaski County). Click to enlarge. |
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| In the picture: Precipitation at Little Rock (Pulaski County). Click to enlarge. |
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| In the picture: Precipitation across Arkansas. |
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