All-time weather records — North Little Rock, AR

Record high
114.1°F
August 3, 2011
Record low
-5.1°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
8.10 in
September 13, 1978

Climate change signal in North Little Rock

8.7%

of North Little Rock's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
11
8
1940s
31
53
1950s
65
30
1960s
54
92
1970s
30
47
1980s
50
58
1990s
22
27
2000s
41
21
2010s
40
20
2020s
22
10

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -4.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.21 in — Jan 13, 2007
February 84.9°F — Feb 20, 1986 -5.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.19 in — Feb 24, 2023
March 91.0°F — Mar 31, 1974 10.9°F — Mar 3, 1943 4.00 in — Mar 30, 2016
April 95.0°F — Apr 20, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 7, 1971 7.58 in — Apr 21, 1974
May 98.1°F — May 26, 1964 37.9°F — May 3, 2013 7.68 in — May 26, 1955
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 2012 46.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 3.79 in — Jun 25, 1958
July 111.9°F — Jul 31, 1986 54.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 3.58 in — Jul 12, 1988
August 114.1°F — Aug 3, 2011 52.0°F — Aug 28, 1967 6.79 in — Aug 13, 1966
September 106.0°F — Sep 1, 1947 37.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 8.10 in — Sep 13, 1978
October 98.1°F — Oct 15, 2015 28.2°F — Oct 29, 2017 5.11 in — Oct 18, 1984
November 86.0°F — Nov 13, 1955 17.1°F — Nov 22, 1964 6.23 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 81.0°F — Dec 26, 2015 -0.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.76 in — Dec 24, 1987

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in North Little Rock.