NOAA NCEI Climate Normals 1991–2020
Arkansas Weather by Month
Temperature, rain and the hurricane season at 92 Arkansas stations, month by month.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
The median station records 51.8 inches of precipitation a year; Mena, AR records the most, 61.6 inches, and Mountain Home Baxter Airport, AR the least, 41.3 (1.5 times as much). July is the hottest month at the median station (average high 91°F); the hottest July is at Crossett 2 SSE, AR, 95°F. January is the coldest (average low 30°F); the coldest January nights are at Mammoth Spring, AR, 23°F. Highs reach 90°F on 65 days a year at the median station and on 104 at Eudora, AR, the most. Snowfall is heaviest at Gravette, AR, 12.5 inches a year; 3 of the 76 stations that measure snow average less than half an inch.
This page compares the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals of 92 Arkansas weather stations, each the nearest station with full normals to at least one of the 213 Arkansas cities on this site that have one within 25 miles.
At the median station, May is the wettest month (5.5 inches) and August the driest (3.5). Station by station, the wettest month is May at 46, April at 37 and December at 5 of the 92, and the driest August at 31, February at 20 and September at 17. The gap between the wettest and driest station is widest in February: 3.8 inches.
Month by month across Arkansas
High, low and precipitation are the median of the 92 stations; the station columns name the station with the highest average high, the lowest average low, and the most and least precipitation that month, each linked to the city page it serves. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Hurricane season in Arkansas
June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 45% of the year's precipitation at the median station, from 40% at Monticello Municipal Airport, AR to 52% at Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR. Since 1851, 32 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of a Arkansas city on this site, 0 of them at hurricane strength at their closest point to one; September has brought the most (11), then August (8). None came outside June to November.
| Month | Tropical systems | At hurricane strength | Median precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 3 | 0 | 3.9 |
| Jul | 3 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Aug | 8 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Sep | 11 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Oct | 7 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
Tropical systems from NOAA NHC HURDAT2 that passed within 75 miles of a Arkansas city on this site, each counted once, in the month of its first such pass; hurricane strength is the track's wind at its closest point to a city.
Arkansas cities and their stations
| City | Station | Miles | Hottest month high °F | Coldest month low °F | Year precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | Little Rock Airport Adams Field, AR | 7 | 92 | 31 | 50.6 |
| Fort Smith | Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR | 2 | 94 | 30 | 47.4 |
| Conway | Conway, AR | 4 | 92 | 27 | 51.2 |
| Hot Springs | Hot Springs 1 NNE, AR | 2 | 93 | 32 | 57.9 |
| Jonesboro | Jonesboro 2 NE, AR | 4 | 90 | 27 | 52.1 |
| North Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | 3 | 91 | 32 | 51.8 |
| Benton | Little Rock Airport Adams Field, AR | 12 | 92 | 31 | 50.6 |
| Jacksonville | Little Rock, AR | 8 | 91 | 32 | 51.8 |
| Cabot | Cabot, AR | 2 | 92 | 28 | 53.5 |
| Searcy | Searcy, AR | 2 | 93 | 30 | 51.8 |
| Texarkana | Texarkana Webb Field, AR | 2 | 93 | 35 | 48.9 |
| Van Buren | Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR | 9 | 94 | 30 | 47.4 |
| Sherwood | Little Rock, AR | 3 | 91 | 32 | 51.8 |
| Maumelle | Little Rock, AR | 8 | 91 | 32 | 51.8 |
| West Memphis | W Memphis, AR | 2 | 91 | 31 | 55.7 |
| Malvern | Malvern, AR | 3 | 92 | 29 | 57.5 |
| Alexander | Benton, AR | 8 | 93 | 31 | 53.4 |
| Bryant | Benton, AR | 7 | 93 | 31 | 53.4 |
| Greenbrier | Greenbrier, AR | <1 | 92 | 28 | 50.7 |
| Mabelvale | Little Rock Airport Adams Field, AR | 12 | 92 | 31 | 50.6 |
| Beebe | Cabot, AR | 10 | 92 | 28 | 53.5 |
| Lonoke | Cabot, AR | 14 | 92 | 28 | 53.5 |
| Morrilton | Morrilton, AR | <1 | 93 | 29 | 51.2 |
| Vilonia | Greenbrier, AR | 13 | 92 | 28 | 50.7 |
| Austin | Cabot, AR | 2 | 92 | 28 | 53.5 |
| Ward | Cabot, AR | 5 | 92 | 28 | 53.5 |
| Mountain View | Mountain View, AR | 2 | 91 | 28 | 51.8 |
| Hensley | Little Rock Airport Adams Field, AR | 15 | 92 | 31 | 50.6 |
| Mayflower | Conway, AR | 10 | 92 | 27 | 51.2 |
| Brookland | Jonesboro 2 NE, AR | 7 | 90 | 27 | 52.1 |
| Cave Springs | Bentonville 4 S, AR | 4 | 90 | 24 | 47.5 |
| Bono | Jonesboro 2 NE, AR | 9 | 90 | 27 | 52.1 |
| Barling | Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR | 3 | 94 | 30 | 47.4 |
| Bauxite | Benton, AR | 8 | 93 | 31 | 53.4 |
| Hackett | Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR | 12 | 94 | 30 | 47.4 |
| Roland | Conway, AR | 16 | 92 | 27 | 51.2 |
| Lake City | Jonesboro Municipal Airport, AR | 11 | 91 | 31 | 48.6 |
| Bay | Jonesboro Municipal Airport, AR | 7 | 91 | 31 | 48.6 |
| Mammoth Spring | Mammoth Spring, AR | 4 | 90 | 23 | 48.8 |
| Plumerville | Conway, AR | 8 | 92 | 27 | 51.2 |
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