Little Rock, AR

Arkansas · Records since 1879–2026

🌙 76°F
Currently in Little Rock
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

99°F

September 26, 1954

+17° from 82° normal

❄ Record Low

42°F

September 26, 1975

-17° from 59° normal
🌞 Normal high: 82°F 🌑 Normal low: 59°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 26

# Temp Date
🏆 99°F September 26, 1954
2 94°F September 26, 2023
3 93°F September 26, 1897
4 92°F September 26, 1998
5 92°F September 26, 1904
6 91°F September 26, 2005
7 91°F September 26, 1986
8 91°F September 26, 1981
9 91°F September 26, 1971
10 91°F September 26, 1958

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 42°F September 26, 1975
2 42°F September 26, 1942
3 42°F September 26, 1893
4 44°F September 26, 2001
5 45°F September 26, 2000
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.

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
114
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
6
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1879–2026
98
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

190 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

26.64"
2026 YTD
Normal: 35.52"
-8.88"
0.39"
September so far
September normal: 3.01"
-2.62"
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 8.88" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 25 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
85.0°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 148
+8.7°
vs. average
Normal: 76.2°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1879–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1879)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1875–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1875)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 85.0°F
2 1925 83.1°F
3 1931 82.4°F
4 1939 82.3°F
5 1980 81.7°F
6 2019 81.7°F
7 2016 81.6°F
8 1921 81.2°F
9 1936 81.2°F
10 1895 81.0°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 69.4°F
2 1902 69.8°F
3 1918 69.8°F
4 1975 70.5°F
5 1968 70.8°F
6 1967 71.1°F
7 1880 71.1°F
8 1883 71.2°F
9 1949 71.2°F
10 1924 71.3°F
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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