Long before the advent of meteorology and sophisticated weather forecasting tools, our ancestors relied on various natural signs to predict the weather. One such age-old practice is the art of reading persimmon seeds to discern whether winter will be harsh, mild or extra snowy. This unique tradition, popular in some regions of the United States […]
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As an Arkansas native, it’s difficult to think about winter in The Natural State without remembering the terrible Arkansas ice storms. Arkansas’s weather is always unpredictable. There could be a warm spell around Christmas that means you’ll be wearing a t-shirt to Grandma’s house or the roads could be slick with ice so that you
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I am sitting here on a rainy morning writing after spending last night watching the radar as a thunderstorm and possible tornadoes rolled through Arkansas. In Arkansas, tornadoes are just something we have to deal with. Yes, Arkansas does get tornadoes. Arkansas experienced 45 tornadoes in 2020 with no fatalities. Most tornadoes happen in the
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I’m going to give you my personal opinion because I’m a native Arkansan and I have lived through my fair share of Arkansas winters. Arkansas winters are beautiful. Winter in Arkansas is my favorite season. The wildlife of the Natural State is calm and the Cardinals are easy to spot in the trees. The grass
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Yes, it snows in Arkansas. Most of the time, we just get a dusting of snow and there isn’t usually enough to build a snowman. The average yearly snowfall in Little Rock, Arkansas is about 4 inches. However, every once in a while, we get thrown a curve ball. The February of 2021 was one
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As a native Arkansan, there are some things I will never forget. Like the first time I sat through a baseball game when it was 107 degrees in the shade or the first ice storm I experienced when we lost power for two straight weeks. I will also never forget the first time I got
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