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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
 140 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006
 
 ...TOMORROW MARKS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 
 MEASURED IN ARKANSAS...
 
 DURING THE SUMMER OF 1936...ARKANSAS WAS IN THE MIDST OF A PROLONGED 
 HEAT WAVE. ACROSS THE STATE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE 100 
 DEGREES FOR MANY DAYS. THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES BEGAN AS EARLY 
 AS THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE AND LASTED AS LATE AS THE THIRD WEEK OF 
 SEPTEMBER. 
 
 ON AUGUST 10TH...A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 120 DEGREES WAS MEASURED 
 AT OZARK ARKANSAS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS IS THE HIGHEST RECORDED 
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN THE STATE. ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE 
 STATE...THERE WERE MANY OTHER REPORTING STATIONS WITH MAXIMUM 
 TEMPERATURES ABOVE 110 DEGREES. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES REPORTED FOR 
 AUGUST 10TH 1936 WERE AS FOLLOWS...
 
 OZARK           120     TEXARKANA       117     SUBIACO         117
 HOT SPRINGS     115     CONWAY          115     CAMDEN          115
 HOPE            115     DEQUEEN         114     MORRILTON       114
 FORT SMITH      113     GILBERT         113     DARDANELLE      113
 PRESCOTT        112     MENA            112     EL DORADO       112
 HARRISON        111     WARREN          111     LITTLE ROCK     110
 MOUNTAIN HOME   110     BATESVILLE      110     FAYETTEVILLE    109
 PINE BLUFF      108     BRINKLEY        108     NEWPORT         106
 ST CHARLES      105     MAMMOTH SPRING  103     CROSSETT        103
 CALICO ROCK     103    
 
 SOME OF THESE REPORTS ARE ALL TIME RECORDS FOR THOSE REPORTING 
 STATIONS.      
 
 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK RECORDED THE FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY ON JUNE 
 7 1936 AND THE LAST ON SEPTEMBER 16 TH. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 74 
 DAYS ABOVE 100 AT HOT SPRINGS THAT SUMMER...24 IN AUGUST. 
 
 SUBIACO IN LOGAN COUNTY RECORDED ITS FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY ON JUNE 
 9TH AND ITS LAST ON SEPTTEMBER 13TH. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 68 DAYS 
 ABOVE 100 DEGREES...25 IN AUGUST.
 
 HOPE ALSO HAD ITS FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY ON JUNE 9TH. ITS LAST 100 
 DEGREE DAY WAS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 49 DAYS 
 ABOVE THE TRIPLE DIGIT MARK IN HOPE THAT SUMMER.
 
 TEXARKANA RECORDED 44 DAYS ABOVE 100 DEGREES STARTING AS EARLY AT 
 JUNE 16TH AND ENDING WITH A 100 DEGREE READING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. IT 
 WAS 103 AT TEXARKANA ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. 
 
 IN CONWAY...THERE WERE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES BEGINNING ON JUNE 
 17TH AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 14TH WITH A TOTAL OF 51 DAYS ABOVE ONE 
 HUNDRED. WHILE AT LITTLE ROCK THERE WERE ONLY 11 DAYS ABOVE 100 
 DEGREES WITH THE FIRST ON JUNE 19TH AND THE LAST ON AUGUST 18TH.
 
 FURTHER EAST...AT BRINKLEY THERE WERE 35 DAYS ABOVE 100 DEGREES 
 BETWEEN JUNE 8TH AND SEPTEMBER 12TH. THE MAXIMUM DURING THAT PERIOD 
 WAS 110 DEGREES ON JUNE 20TH.
 
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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
 545 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006
 
 ...TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM THE MONTICELLO AIRPORT VERIFIED AS 
 BEING CORRECT...
 
 IN RECENT WEEKS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL 
 INQUIRIES REGARDING TEMPERATURES RECORDED AT THE MONTICELLO AIRPORT. 
 OFTEN...MONTICELLO HAS BEEN THE WARMEST SPOT IN ARKANSAS.
 
 BECAUSE OF THESE QUESTIONS...ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS AND 
 METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK 
 TRAVELED TO MONTICELLO TODAY TO CHECK THE TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION OF 
 THE THERMOMETER ON THE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION WHICH RECORDS THE 
 OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE.
 
 ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ALLEN ADKINS AND GARY HEIFNER PERFORMED THE 
 ANNUAL QUALITY CONTROL AND CALIBRATION CHECKS ON ALL OF THE 
 OBSERVING EQUIPMENT AT THE MONTICELLO AIRPORT. THE THERMOMETER WAS 
 FOUND TO BE WITHIN REQUIRED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS.
 
 IN ADDITION...SENIOR FORECASTER NEWTON SKILES AND WARNING 
 COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST JOHN ROBINSON PERFORMED ADDITIONAL 
 TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE AIRPORT GROUNDS AND 
 AT OTHER PLACES IN THE MONTICELLO AREA. BOTH A CALIBRATED DIGITAL 
 THERMOMETER AND A MANUAL SLING PSYCHROMETER...WHICH USES A MERCURY 
 IN GLASS THERMOMETER...WERE USED. THESE READINGS WERE COMPARED WITH 
 THE OFFICIAL READINGS FROM THE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION.
 
 ALL READINGS TAKEN ON THE AIRPORT GROUNDS...WITH ONE EXCEPTION... 
 WERE WITHIN ONE DEGREE OF THE OFFICIAL THERMOMETER. AT EARLY 
 AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE 
 NORTHEAST OF THE AUTOMATED STATION WERE 100 DEGREES WHILE THE 
 AUTOMATED STATION WAS REPORTING 97 DEGREES. THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT 
 WINDS IN THE WOODS WERE CALM...WHILE WINDS AT THE AUTOMATED STATION 
 WERE BLOWING AT 10 TO 16 MPH. WINDS SUCH AS THESE TYPICALLY CAUSE 
 THE AIR TO BE MIXED MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN WHEN THE AIR IS CALM. THE 
 RESULT IS SOMEWHAT LOWER TEMPERATURES WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING. 
 
 READINGS TAKEN BOTH EAST AND WEST OF MONTICELLO...FROM 2 TO 7 MILES 
 EITHER SIDE OF TOWN...WERE ALSO COMPARABLE TO THE TEMPERATURES 
 RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT WITH ONE EXCEPTION. READINGS TAKEN IN A 
 FORESTED AREA ABOUT 5.3 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT WERE APPROXIMATELY 
 2.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT. 
 AGAIN...THE DIFFERENCE WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WINDS WERE 
 VIRTUALLY CALM IN THE FORESTED AREA...WHILE A WIND OF 10 MPH WAS 
 BLOWING AT THE AIRPORT.
 
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