Record Heat Engulfs Arkansas

Blazing heat smashed temperature records across Arkansas Monday afternoon. Many locations not only set record highs for the day, but also approached record highs for the entire Month of June. Little Rock tied the all time record high for June at 105 degrees, previously set on June 20th 1936.

North Little Rock also set a record high for the month of June at 104 degrees, breaking the old record of 102 set on June 29th 1988. Hot Springs smashed the record high of 100 with an actual high of 107 this afternoon. Below is a list of places in Arkansas that broke the 100 degree mark Monday.

RUSSELLVILLE........................109 DEGREES
GUYS RAWS...........................108 DEGREES
CLINTON.............................106 DEGREES
JESSIEVILLE.........................106 DEGREES
EVENING SHADE (SHARP COUNTY) RAWS...106 DEGREES
ARKADELPHIA.........................106 DEGREES
MENA................................106 DEGREES
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE..........106 DEGREES
BOONEVILLE RAWS.....................105 DEGREES
ODEN RAWS...........................105 DEGREES
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD.............105 DEGREES
NORTH LITTLE ROCK...................105 DEGREES
SHERIDAN RAWS.......................105 DEGREES
SEARCY..............................105 DEGREES
BLANCHARD SPRINGS RAWS..............105 DEGREES
ARMSTEAD MOUNTAIN RAWS..............104 DEGREES
CAMDEN..............................104 DEGREES
HOT SPRINGS.........................104 DEGREES
FLIPPIN.............................104 DEGREES
MOUNTAIN HOME.......................104 DEGREES
MOUNT IDA...........................103 DEGREES
BATESVILLE..........................102 DEGREES
HARRISON............................102 DEGREES
DEVILS KNOB RAWS....................101 DEGREES
MONTICELLO..........................100 DEGREES
COMPTON RAWS........................101 DEGREES
NEWPORT.............................100 DEGREES
PINE BLUFF..........................100 DEGREES


A weak cold front slides through early Tuesday morning, which will bring slightly cooler in for Tuesday and Wednesday, although highs will still make it well into the 90s.