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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1125 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2015

...RECORD DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT LITTLE ROCK AND PINE BLUFF...

.AT LITTLE ROCK...

IT WAS THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1917...AND THE DRIEST ON RECORD.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.27 INCHES IN 1917.

THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT LITTLE ROCK HAVE BEEN...

 1. 2015 - 0.12 INCHES
 2. 1917 - 0.27 INCHES
 3. 1956 - 0.28 INCHES
 4. 1897 - 0.33 INCHES
 5. 1874 - 0.35 INCHES
 6. 1879 - 0.39 INCHES
 7. 1983 - 0.41 INCHES
 8. 1895 - 0.41 INCHES
 9. 2004 - 0.51 INCHES
10. 1928 - 0.52 INCHES

SEPTEMBER 2015 ALSO RANKS AS THE DRIEST MONTH AT LITTLE ROCK SINCE
AUGUST 2000...AND TIES JUNE 1953 AND JUNE 1930 AS THE 7TH DRIEST
MONTH OVER ALL. THE DRIEST MONTHS AT LITTLE ROCK HAVE BEEN...

 1. TRACE       - AUGUST 1995...JUNE 1952
 2. 0.01 INCHES - OCTOBER 1944...JULY 1930...JUNE 1914
 3. 0.04 INCHES - AUGUST 2000...OCTOBER 1874
 4. 0.06 INCHES - OCTOBER 1924
 5. 0.09 INCHES - AUGUST 1874
 6. 0.10 INCHES - OCTOBER 1963
 7. 0.12 INCHES - SEPTEMBER 2015...JUNE 1953...JUNE 1930

PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR LITTLE ROCK BEGAN IN JUNE 1874.

.AT PINE BLUFF...

IT WAS THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2001...AND THE DRIEST ON RECORD.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.11 INCHES IN 2001.

THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT PINE BLUFF HAVE BEEN...

 1. 2015 - 0.03 INCHES
 2. 2001 - 0.11 INCHES
 3. 1928 - 0.14 INCHES
 4. 2004 - 0.17 INCHES
 5. 1889 - 0.21 INCHES
 6. 1897 - 0.22 INCHES
 7. 1931 - 0.26 INCHES
 8. 1891 - 0.28 INCHES
 9. 1929 - 0.31 INCHES
10. 1922 - 0.38 INCHES

SEPTEMBER 2015 ALSO RANKS AS THE DRIEST MONTH AT PINE BLUFF SINCE JULY
1930...AND TIES JULY 1893 AS THE 5TH DRIEST MONTH OVER ALL. THE DRIEST
MONTHS AT PINE BLUFF HAVE BEEN...

 1. 0.00 INCHES - OCTOBER 1924...AUGUST 1886...JULY 1886...MAY 1885
 2. TRACE       - AUGUST 1999...OCTOBER 1963
 3. 0.01 INCHES - JULY 1930
 4. 0.02 INCHES - NOVEMBER 1910
 5. 0.03 INCHES - SEPTEMBER 2015...JULY 1893

PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR PINE BLUFF BEGAN IN DECEMBER 1883.

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