Snowiest Christmas on Record at Little Rock, Second Highest All-Time December Amount

Image (click to enlarge) from National Weather Service: "Heavy snow falling at the National Weather Service here in North Little Rock. This image was taken just before 10 pm...looking north towards the rain gauges and upper air shelter (where weather balloons are released) in the background."

December 26, 10 AM Update: The final storm total is 10.3" at both Little Rock and North Little Rock. This is a new all-time December single storm and monthly snowfall record (see list below).

Original post:
The National Weather Service reports 9" of snow on Christmas at Little Rock as of midnight:

Official snowfall measurements:8.9 at Adams Field, 8.5 at North Little Rock. #arwx

— NWS Little Rock (@NWSLittleRock) December 26, 2012

(These amounts were later updated by 0.1" each from amounts recorded before 6 pm.)

The 9.0" at Adams Field is more than double the old record of 4.2" for December 25. It is also the second highest for any day in December since Little Rock snowfall records began in 1875.

Through December 24, the month to date average temperature at Little Rock is 53.0°, which is 9.4° above normal. At this rate, this would be the second warmest December on record.

The Little Rock record monthly and daily snowfall amounts for December from the National Weather Service:

TOP 10 SNOWIEST DEC
BY MONTHLY SNOWFALL
1. 1963 - 9.8”
2. 1880 – 7.8”
3. 1932 – 7.1”
4. 1917 - 6.6”
5. 1960 - 6.0”
6. 1914 - 6.0”
7. 1876 – 6.0”
8. 1958 - 5.0”
9. 1926 – 4.2”
10.1898 - 4.0”
NORMAL – 0.2”

TOP 10 SNOWIEST DAYS IN DEC
BY DAILY SNOWFALL
1. 22 DEC 1963 - 9.8" 6. 25 DEC 1926 – 4.2"
2. 31 DEC 1960 – 6.0" 7. 04 DEC 1898 – 4.0"
3. 12 DEC 1914 – 6.0" 8. 28 DEC 1876 – 4.0"
4. 19 DEC 1880 – 5.8" 9. 08 DEC 1917 – 3.5"
5. 16 DEC 1932 - 5.5" 10. 22 DEC 2004 – 3.3"