All-Time Hottest Temperatures in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma; Update: New Ft. Smith, Little Rock All-Time Highs

Image (click to enlarge): Temperature and humidity at Ft. Smith, Arkansas for 5 days ending Aug. 3, 2011, showing all-time record hottest temperature of 114° 115°.

Midnight CDT Update: Long-term daily records for August 3 blown away by as much as 5° in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, from National Weather Service:

LOCATION       OLD RECORD      NEW RECORD         YEARS OF DATA  
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SHREVEPORT LA  104 IN 2008     109 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1874  
MONROE LA      105 IN 2010     107 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1930  
TEXARKANA AR   108 IN 1896     111 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1896  
EL DORADO AR   104 IN 2008     108 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1907  
TYLER TX       107 IN 1998     110 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1896  
LONGVIEW TX    105 IN 1937     110 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1902  
LUFKIN TX      105 IN 1998     106 IN 2011      RECORDS SINCE 1906   
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6 PM CDT Update: Fayetteville has also tied its all-time record, blasting away the daily record by 8°:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 110 DEGREES WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE   
ARKANSAS TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1964. THIS   
READING ALSO TIES THE ALL TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD PREVIOUSLY   
SET IN JULY 1954.  

5 PM CDT Update: After holding at 114° for 2 hours, Ft. Smith has risen another degree to a new all-time high temperature record of 115°. [Image updated]

3 PM CDT Update: The high temperature of 113° at Ft. Smith yesterday tied the all-time record set on Aug. 10, 1936, according to NCDC. This would indicate that the earlier NWS report of a tie on Aug. 1 was incorrect. In any case, that record has just been broken with a current reading of 114°F (45.6°C). Ft. Smith climate records began in 1882.

Little Rock also broke its all-time record:

..ALL-TIME HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN LITTLE ROCK  
  
AT 240 PM CDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT ADAMS FIELD IN LITTLE ROCK   
REACHED 114 DEGREES...SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THE ALL-TIME HOTTEST   
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE CITY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 112   
DEGREES ON JULY 31ST 1986.  
  
THE READING OF 114 EASILY BROKE THE RECORD FOR AUGUST 3RD. THE   
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 107 IN 2010.   

Little Rock climate records began in 1877.

Original post:
The National Climatic Data Center reports that in the first 2 days of August alone, 4 all-time record high temperatures have been set:

Location    Temperature  Old Record  Date
Harrison AR   109°       107°    1986-07-29
Topkea KS     112°       110°    1984-08-29
Emporia KS    109°       108°    1984-08-30
Tyler TX      110°       109°    2011-08-01 

The record at Topeka crushed the previous daily record for Aug. 2, set just last year, by 6°. Topeka climate records began in 1887.

In addition, all-time high temperature records have also been tied at Tyler, Ft. Hood, and Longview in Texas, Ft. Smith in Arkansas, and Tulsa in Oklahoma.

From the National Weather Service:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 111 DEGREES WAS SET AT FORT SMITH,   
ARKANSAS YESTERDAY, AUGUST 1. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 106   
DEGREES SET IN 1896.  
  
THIS ALSO TIES THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 111 DEGREES AT FORT SMITH   
SET IN 1954.  

Tulsa also set a record for all-time highest minimum temperature in August and tied the all-time record for any month. From the National Weather Service:

THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT THE TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT   
WAS 87 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET IN   
1980. THIS READING ALSO BREAKS THE ALL TIME HIGHEST MINIMUM   
TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST OF 86 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED AUGUST 1, 2011   
AND AUGUST 16 OF 1909. IN ADDITION...THIS READING WILL TIE THE ALL   
TIME HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN TULSA OF 87 DEGREES...WHICH   
OCCURRED JULY 16, 1980.