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Weather extremes
How extreme does North Little Rock's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days North Little Rock has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days North Little Rock has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 20°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in North Little Rock (typical high near 91°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 38°F colder than a normal January night in North Little Rock (typical low near 32°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than North Little Rock usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 4.7 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (North Little Rock averages about 1 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
North Little Rock's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 111°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Little Rock (NOAA GHCN station USW00003952), about 7 km from the city centre.