Turnpike Weather Records (USC00037262)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Turnpike (USC00037262), Arkansas, United States, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Turnpike

Turnpike (USC00037262) is a weather station in Arkansas, United States at 35.67 latitude and -93.08 longitude, 637 m (2,090 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1925 to 1960, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Turnpike still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Turnpike set a daily record precipitation of 19.3 mm (0.8 in) on 26 June 1960.

About the Station

Location: Arkansas, United States, 35.67 latitude, -93.08 longitude.
Elevation: 637 m (2,090 ft).
Period of record: 1925 to 1960, 36 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Turnpike. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Turnpike, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	24.4 C (75.9 F)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	23.9 C (75.0 F)	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	36.1 C (97.0 F)	7.8 C (46.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	41.1 C (106.0 F)	10.6 C (51.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	39.4 C (102.9 F)	9.4 C (48.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	38.3 C (100.9 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	27.8 C (82.0 F)	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	23.9 C (75.0 F)	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Turnpike still stand. 1938 holds the most, with 90.

Standing records at Turnpike by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1925	9
1926	30
1928	14
1929	13
1930	9
1931	32
1932	24
1935	18
1936	16
1937	43
1938	90
1939	68
1940	74
1941	39
1942	47
1943	81
1944	69
1945	76
1946	52
1947	63
1948	60
1949	38
1950	59
1951	56
1952	76
1953	30
1954	85
1955	54
1956	49
1957	16
1958	39
1959	21
1960	14

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 191.0 mm (7.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Turnpike. The most was 191.0 mm (7.5 in) on 24 January 1949.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Turnpike
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	24 January 1949
Feb	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 February 1950
Mar	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	10 March 1952
Apr	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	14 April 1927
May	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	10 May 1943
Jun	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	10 June 1945
Jul	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	18 July 1950
Aug	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	12 August 1957
Sep	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 September 1925
Oct	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	7 October 1930
Nov	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	3 November 1959
Dec	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	27 December 1942

Period of Record Coverage

1925 to 1960

33 years of record at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. 16 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935 and others.

Days with data per year at Turnpike
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1925	30	8%	No
1926	112	31%	No
1928	82	22%	No
1929	76	21%	No
1930	84	23%	No
1931	146	40%	No
1932	59	16%	No
1935	83	23%	No
1936	54	15%	No
1937	152	42%	No
1938	364	100%	Yes
1939	364	100%	Yes
1940	365	100%	Yes
1941	363	99%	Yes
1942	365	100%	Yes
1943	362	99%	Yes
1944	363	99%	Yes
1945	364	100%	Yes
1946	362	99%	Yes
1947	364	100%	Yes
1948	352	96%	Yes
1949	364	100%	Yes
1950	360	99%	Yes
1951	361	99%	Yes
1952	336	92%	Yes
1953	214	59%	No
1954	326	89%	No
1955	359	98%	Yes
1956	331	90%	Yes
1957	224	61%	No
1958	217	59%	No
1959	290	79%	No
1960	85	23%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Turnpike
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1960	Turnpike, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	22 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1960	Turnpike, US	daily rain (Tie)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	tie	14 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1960	Turnpike, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1960	Turnpike, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1959	Turnpike, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 June 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1959	Turnpike, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1958	Turnpike, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1958	Turnpike, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	0 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1958	Turnpike, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	5 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1958	Turnpike, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1958	Turnpike, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1958	Turnpike, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1958	Turnpike, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	9 years	8 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

14 complete years, 1938 to 1955

One stripe for each of 14 complete years at Turnpike, 1938 to 1955. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 14.0 C (57.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1940, at 13.0 C (55.3 F), and the warmest was 1938, at 15.7 C (60.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.7 C (3.1 F).

Annual mean temperature at Turnpike as warming stripes, 1938 to 1955
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1938	15.7 C	+1.67 C
1939	15.0 C	+0.97 C
1940	13.0 C	-1.09 C
1941	14.3 C	+0.29 C
1942	13.9 C	-0.12 C
1943	14.4 C	+0.39 C
1944	14.3 C	+0.24 C
1945	13.3 C	-0.73 C
1946	15.0 C	+0.99 C
1948	13.1 C	-0.99 C
1949	13.9 C	-0.16 C
1950	13.0 C	-1.01 C
1951	13.4 C	-0.66 C
1955	14.2 C	+0.19 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1925 to 1960

Yearly extremes at Turnpike: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1954	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33
Coldest night (TNn)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1940	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	31
Wettest day (Rx1day)	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	1949	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	289.9 mm (11.4 in)	1949	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	36
Longest dry spell (CDD)	36 days	1947	21 days	36

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. The record is 41.1 C (106.0 F) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 34.4 C (93.9 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Turnpike by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1925	11.7 C (53.1 F)
1926	16.7 C (62.1 F)
1927	n/a
1928	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1929	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1930	26.7 C (80.1 F)
1931	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1932	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1936	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1937	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1938	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1939	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1940	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1941	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1942	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1943	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1944	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1945	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1946	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1947	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1948	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1949	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1950	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1951	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1952	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1953	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1954	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1955	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1956	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1957	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1958	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1959	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1960	31.7 C (89.1 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. The record is -24.4 C (-11.9 F) in 1940, marked on the chart; the median year is -15.6 C (3.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Turnpike by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1925	n/a
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1929	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1930	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1931	-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1932	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1936	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1937	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1938	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1939	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1940	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1941	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1942	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1943	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1944	-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1945	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1946	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1947	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1948	-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1949	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1950	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1951	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1952	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1953	-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1954	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1955	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1956	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1957	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1958	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1959	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1960	-13.3 C (8.1 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. The record is 191.0 mm (7.5 in) in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 85.9 mm (3.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Turnpike by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1925	112.8 mm (4.4 in)
1926	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1927	130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1928	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1929	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1930	121.4 mm (4.8 in)
1931	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1932	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1933	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1934	90.4 mm (3.6 in)
1935	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1936	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1937	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1938	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1939	111.3 mm (4.4 in)
1940	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1941	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1942	114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1943	184.7 mm (7.3 in)
1944	101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1945	158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1946	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1947	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1948	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1949	191.0 mm (7.5 in)
1950	92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1951	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1952	102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1953	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1954	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1955	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1956	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1957	122.4 mm (4.8 in)
1958	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1959	162.6 mm (6.4 in)
1960	61.5 mm (2.4 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. The record is 289.9 mm (11.4 in) in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 132.3 mm (5.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Turnpike by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1925	245.4 mm (9.7 in)
1926	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1927	284.9 mm (11.2 in)
1928	127.2 mm (5.0 in)
1929	105.5 mm (4.2 in)
1930	175.8 mm (6.9 in)
1931	96.7 mm (3.8 in)
1932	88.3 mm (3.5 in)
1933	98.9 mm (3.9 in)
1934	128.7 mm (5.1 in)
1935	166.6 mm (6.6 in)
1936	134.9 mm (5.3 in)
1937	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1938	193.1 mm (7.6 in)
1939	136.7 mm (5.4 in)
1940	142.5 mm (5.6 in)
1941	106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1942	136.9 mm (5.4 in)
1943	242.1 mm (9.5 in)
1944	129.6 mm (5.1 in)
1945	284.2 mm (11.2 in)
1946	157.7 mm (6.2 in)
1947	99.5 mm (3.9 in)
1948	112.8 mm (4.4 in)
1949	289.9 mm (11.4 in)
1950	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1951	124.0 mm (4.9 in)
1952	162.0 mm (6.4 in)
1953	115.4 mm (4.5 in)
1954	115.6 mm (4.6 in)
1955	124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1956	120.9 mm (4.8 in)
1957	208.6 mm (8.2 in)
1958	259.1 mm (10.2 in)
1959	165.1 mm (6.5 in)
1960	112.0 mm (4.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Turnpike, 1925 to 1960. The record is 36 days in 1947, marked on the chart; the median year is 21 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Turnpike by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1925	28 days
1926	16 days
1927	19 days
1928	18 days
1929	23 days
1930	18 days
1931	34 days
1932	17 days
1933	18 days
1934	27 days
1935	20 days
1936	26 days
1937	19 days
1938	33 days
1939	32 days
1940	20 days
1941	17 days
1942	14 days
1943	28 days
1944	27 days
1945	16 days
1946	17 days
1947	36 days
1948	10 days
1949	21 days
1950	26 days
1951	18 days
1952	24 days
1953	20 days
1954	28 days
1955	28 days
1956	27 days
1957	21 days
1958	23 days
1959	21 days
1960	29 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

33 years, 1925 to 1958

A day with at least 87.5 mm (3.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 234.9 mm (9.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Turnpike: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
5 years	113.8 mm (4.5 in)
10 years	135.6 mm (5.3 in)
25 years	169.2 mm (6.7 in)
50 years	199.5 mm (7.9 in)	Longer than the 33 years of record
100 years	234.9 mm (9.2 in)	Longer than the 33 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 33 years of values from 1925 to 1958.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 191.0 mm (7.5 in) in 1949; 184.7 mm (7.3 in) in 1943; 158.0 mm (6.2 in) in 1945.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).