Little Rock, AR

Arkansas · Records since 1879–2026

🌦️ 78°F Feels like 85°
Currently in Little Rock
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 11, 1953

+11° from 87° normal

❄ Record Low

48°F

September 11, 1976

-17° from 65° normal
🌞 Normal high: 87°F 🌑 Normal low: 65°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Little Rock

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 3, 2011
❄
-12°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 12, 1899
🌧
8.81"
Wettest Day Ever
Apr 9, 1913
☃
12.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 6, 1875

First & Last Dates — Little Rock

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
280 days
Longest growing season
1905
191 days
Shortest growing season
1989
242 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 11, 1953
2 97°F September 11, 1983
3 97°F September 11, 1936
4 97°F September 11, 1887
5 96°F September 11, 2013
6 96°F September 11, 2000
7 96°F September 11, 1971
8 96°F September 11, 1912
9 96°F September 11, 1897
10 96°F September 11, 1896

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 48°F September 11, 1976
2 52°F September 11, 1969
3 52°F September 11, 1968
4 52°F September 11, 1940
5 54°F September 11, 1948
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1879–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.
7
days
🔥 Heat Wave in Progress
7 consecutive days at or above 97°F · since September 4
Heat wave in progress (3+ days ≥ 97°F)

Heat Wave Summary — Little Rock

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
102°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
102
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
5
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1879–2026
87
2026 so far
67
Avg/year 1970–2025
80
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
117
Most in a year (2010)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Little Rock

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 26, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 25 109°F (Jul 17) 103°F 76°F
2 Jul 29, 1980 – Aug 22, 1980 25 108°F (Aug 21) 102°F 75°F
3 Jul 23, 2012 – Aug 10, 2012 19 111°F (Jul 30) 102°F 76°F
4 Jul 15, 1993 – Aug 1, 1993 18 106°F (Jul 31) 100°F 75°F
5 Jul 23, 1896 – Aug 9, 1896 18 105°F (Aug 1) 101°F 77°F
6 Aug 3, 2007 – Aug 18, 2007 16 106°F (Aug 12) 101°F 77°F
7 Aug 7, 1995 – Aug 22, 1995 16 105°F (Aug 20) 100°F 76°F
8 Jul 12, 2022 – Jul 27, 2022 16 103°F (Jul 26) 100°F 76°F
9 Jun 9, 1953 – Jun 24, 1953 16 102°F (Jun 17) 99°F 75°F
10 Aug 21, 2000 – Sep 4, 2000 15 109°F (Aug 30) 104°F 74°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

81
2026 total
above-normal nights
56.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
86
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1875–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1875, annual totals have trended +0.30" per decade, about +4.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Little Rock is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

178 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

26.25"
2026 YTD
Normal: 34.16"
-7.91"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 3.01"
-3.01"
11
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Little Rock is 7.91" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 11 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
87.2°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 148
+6.5°
vs. average
Normal: 80.7°F (1991–2020)
2.94"
Precipitation
74th-wettest of 152
-0.31"
vs. average
Normal: 3.25" · 90% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1879–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.19° per decade (warming since 1879)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1875–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.02" per decade (drier since 1875)

Warmest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 87.2°F
2 1980 85.7°F
3 1983 85.7°F
4 1954 85.7°F
5 1936 85.2°F
6 2007 85.2°F
7 2000 85.1°F
8 1881 84.8°F
9 1947 84.3°F
10 1925 84.3°F

Coolest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 71.7°F
2 1891 73.6°F
3 1879 74.3°F
4 1915 74.7°F
5 1950 75.1°F
6 1882 75.3°F
7 1892 75.5°F
8 1889 75.5°F
9 1992 75.7°F
10 1893 75.9°F

Wettest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1966 13.23"
2 2008 11.04"
3 1933 10.62"
4 1888 10.52"
5 1911 9.50"
6 1937 9.38"
7 1973 8.96"
8 1991 8.14"
9 2020 7.26"
10 2018 7.24"

Driest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1936 0.05"
2 1897 0.11"
3 1952 0.28"
4 1955 0.34"
5 2000 0.36"
6 1954 0.39"
7 1946 0.49"
8 2015 0.51"
9 2023 0.64"
10 1908 0.71"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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