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Little Rock, AR weather averages

NOAA climate normals for 1991-2020, measured at Little Rock Ap Adams Fld, 4.8 km from the city centre — month by month temperature, rain and snow.

Quick answer

Little Rock averages a daily high of 72.9°F and a daily low of 52.5°F across the year, with 49.75 inches of precipitation. August is the warmest month at 92.6°F and January the coldest at 31.2°F.

Average annual high
72.9°FWarmest month August
Average annual low
52.5°FColdest month January
Precipitation per year
49.75 inWettest month November
Snowfall per year
3.5 in50.6 days at or below 32°F

Little Rock weather month by month

Normal daily high and low, precipitation and snowfall for each month, 1991-2020.

MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip inSnow inRange
January50.531.23.551.631.2 to 50.5 degrees
February55.134.53.661.334.5 to 55.1 degrees
March6442.74.680.442.7 to 64 degrees
April73.1515.14051 to 73.1 degrees
May81.161.14.87061.1 to 81.1 degrees
June88.969.43.65069.4 to 88.9 degrees
July92.573.23.27073.2 to 92.5 degrees
August92.672.42.59072.4 to 92.6 degrees
September85.664.53.18064.5 to 85.6 degrees
October74.852.64.91052.6 to 74.8 degrees
November6342.25.28042.2 to 63 degrees
December52.333.74.970.233.7 to 52.3 degrees

Source: NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 — station USW00013963, Little Rock Ap Adams Fld · rates as published for 1991-2020 normals

How to read Little Rock climate normals

What a climate normal is, and what it is not.

A normal is the average of thirty years of daily observations at one station — here Little Rock Ap Adams Fld, 4.8 km from the centre of Little Rock. It describes a typical year, so any single year will run warmer, cooler, wetter or drier. Readings taken at an airport on the edge of town usually sit a degree or two below a dense downtown on summer nights. Little Rock sees about 69.2 days a year at or above 90°F and about 71.1 days with a tenth of an inch of precipitation or more.

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