Statewide areal climate 1951–2025

Arkansas

A 61.4°F / 52.4" normal · 2025 ran +1.3°F vs normal. 75 counties.
2026 so far · through Jul 10: This area is running +3.1°F (61.8°F) vs the 1996–2025 to-date normal — the 2nd warmest start of 76 years. Precipitation 72% of normal. U.S. year-to-date →

Normal (1996–2025)

61.4°F
annual mean · 52.4" precipitation

2025 vs Normal

+1.3°F
62.7°F · 51.8" (99% of normal)

Warmest Year

63.7°F
2012 · coldest 58.1°F (1979)

Wettest Year

72.2in
2009 · driest 32.8" (1963)

Hottest Day

108.3°F
Aug 4 · 2011

Coldest Day

-6.0°F
Feb 2 · 1951

Biggest Rain Day

3.76in
Dec 28 · 2015

Record

1951–2025
75 complete years · NOAA nClimGrid

Where 2025 Ran Warm & Cool

Every county in Arkansas by its 2025 temperature vs the 1996–2025 normal.
Where 2025 Ran Warm & Cool

Monthly Climate

40°
J
44°
F
52°
M
61°
A
70°
M
77°
J
81°
J
80°
A
74°
S
62°
O
52°
N
43°
D
—— normal temperature (°F) · ▮ normal precipitation (in) · 1996–2025

Counties (75)

Arkansas CountyAshley CountyBaxter CountyBenton CountyBoone CountyBradley CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyChicot CountyClark CountyClay CountyCleburne CountyCleveland CountyColumbia CountyConway CountyCraighead CountyCrawford CountyCrittenden CountyCross CountyDallas CountyDesha CountyDrew CountyFaulkner CountyFranklin CountyFulton CountyGarland CountyGrant CountyGreene CountyHempstead CountyHot Spring CountyHoward CountyIndependence CountyIzard CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyLafayette CountyLawrence CountyLee CountyLincoln CountyLittle River CountyLogan CountyLonoke CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMiller CountyMississippi CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyNevada CountyNewton CountyOuachita CountyPerry CountyPhillips CountyPike CountyPoinsett CountyPolk CountyPope CountyPrairie CountyPulaski CountyRandolph CountySaline CountyScott CountySearcy CountySebastian CountySevier CountySharp CountySt. Francis CountyStone CountyUnion CountyVan Buren CountyWashington CountyWhite CountyWoodruff CountyYell County
Areal nClimGrid averages (NOAA/NCEI) over the whole area — an average across the region, not a single station. Separate from the station records.
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