Bella Vista climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bella Vista?

Bella Vista has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bella Vista?

The hottest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1954, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bella Vista?

The coldest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2021, at -24.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bella Vista?

Yes. Bella Vista gets on average 26.7 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Bella Vista warmed?

Yes: Bella Vista warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bella Vista?

The wettest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bella Vista?

The windiest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1945, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bella Vista?

The warmest month in Bella Vista is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bella Vista?

Bella Vista receives on average 1,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bella Vista?

Bella Vista gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bella Vista (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Bella Vista averages 72 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.

Bella Vista has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 64 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 13 July 1954) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 16 February 2021).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Bella VistaArkansas

coords: 36.48°, -94.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

14.2°C

Average daily high

19.7°C

Average daily low

9.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,095mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

15.9km/h

Seasonal range

24.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

72 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

112 d/yr

Annual snowfall

26.7 cm

Average feels-like high

19.0 °C

Average feels-like low

7.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

61 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.2 °C

13 July 1954

Coldest day

-24.8 °C

16 February 2021

Wettest day

211 mm

29 April 2017

Windiest day

40.7 km/h

16 April 1945

Strongest gust

99.4 km/h

11 April 2001

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

14 July 1954

Coldest feels-like

-30.0 °C

30 December 1983

Snowiest day

18.2 cm

13 December 2000

Sunniest day

14.3 h

26 June 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.2 °C19 August 2025	-20.6 °C20 February 2025	15.4 °C	1,220 mm	63	63
2024	36.3 °C24 June 2024	-19.3 °C16 January 2024	16.0 °C	1,108 mm	85	55
2023	37.7 °C20 August 2023	-8.0 °C1 February 2023	15.7 °C	1,213 mm	83	54
2022	39.9 °C19 July 2022	-20.0 °C23 December 2022	14.9 °C	1,316 mm	86	81
2021	35.4 °C12 August 2021	-24.8 °C16 February 2021	15.2 °C	1,320 mm	73	59
2020	35.2 °C11 July 2020	-10.6 °C14 February 2020	15.0 °C	1,366 mm	67	57
2019	34.9 °C19 August 2019	-14.4 °C4 March 2019	14.6 °C	1,517 mm	65	70
2018	36.7 °C20 July 2018	-17.5 °C16 January 2018	14.6 °C	1,216 mm	81	76
2017	35.6 °C22 July 2017	-15.5 °C7 January 2017	15.6 °C	1,375 mm	53	48
2016	36.0 °C24 July 2016	-16.2 °C18 December 2016	15.9 °C	910 mm	80	63
2015	35.6 °C9 August 2015	-16.6 °C8 January 2015	14.9 °C	1,429 mm	60	62
2014	37.0 °C25 August 2014	-21.0 °C7 January 2014	13.6 °C	859 mm	57	83
2013	36.1 °C10 July 2013	-15.3 °C7 December 2013	13.7 °C	1,147 mm	66	84
2012	39.7 °C4 August 2012	-11.1 °C12 February 2012	16.6 °C	803 mm	90	44
2011	42.7 °C3 August 2011	-19.7 °C10 February 2011	15.2 °C	1,089 mm	91	66
2010	38.6 °C13 August 2010	-16.5 °C8 January 2010	14.7 °C	947 mm	85	79
2009	36.8 °C26 June 2009	-12.8 °C10 December 2009	14.1 °C	1,177 mm	49	76
2008	37.5 °C3 August 2008	-14.8 °C22 December 2008	14.0 °C	1,403 mm	43	88
2007	38.5 °C14 August 2007	-12.5 °C16 February 2007	15.1 °C	1,132 mm	52	77
2006	38.6 °C19 July 2006	-12.0 °C8 December 2006	15.7 °C	1,047 mm	81	51
2005	37.5 °C23 July 2005	-14.9 °C9 December 2005	15.2 °C	782 mm	93	62
2004	33.9 °C15 July 2004	-14.3 °C6 January 2004	14.6 °C	1,096 mm	36	62
2003	37.0 °C22 August 2003	-15.1 °C23 January 2003	14.2 °C	1,087 mm	53	76
2002	35.6 °C3 August 2002	-17.9 °C4 March 2002	14.2 °C	1,070 mm	67	71
2001	36.9 °C11 July 2001	-21.7 °C2 January 2001	15.0 °C	946 mm	74	67
2000	39.5 °C2 September 2000	-20.8 °C22 December 2000	14.5 °C	1,045 mm	71	74
1999	38.1 °C29 July 1999	-13.3 °C3 January 1999	15.2 °C	1,076 mm	70	45
1998	37.9 °C4 September 1998	-14.1 °C22 December 1998	15.5 °C	1,226 mm	96	52
1997	35.7 °C28 July 1997	-22.0 °C17 January 1997	13.6 °C	1,162 mm	57	64
1996	35.9 °C21 July 1996	-22.5 °C19 January 1996	13.4 °C	1,301 mm	43	77
1995	37.0 °C19 August 1995	-14.8 °C9 December 1995	14.1 °C	1,250 mm	60	69
1994	34.9 °C29 June 1994	-16.4 °C18 January 1994	14.3 °C	1,194 mm	56	64
1993	38.0 °C31 July 1993	-17.4 °C18 February 1993	13.4 °C	1,385 mm	60	79
1992	33.5 °C15 July 1992	-13.0 °C16 January 1992	14.0 °C	1,157 mm	36	56
1991	37.1 °C1 August 1991	-10.8 °C8 November 1991	14.8 °C	1,084 mm	74	65
1990	37.3 °C6 September 1990	-17.2 °C30 December 1990	15.1 °C	1,523 mm	68	52
1989	35.0 °C27 August 1989	-23.2 °C23 December 1989	13.4 °C	905 mm	55	89
1988	37.4 °C23 June 1988	-17.8 °C10 January 1988	14.0 °C	1,165 mm	76	80
1987	37.9 °C2 August 1987	-12.2 °C16 December 1987	14.7 °C	1,322 mm	74	61
1986	41.9 °C30 July 1986	-15.7 °C11 February 1986	14.7 °C	1,213 mm	60	69
1985	37.1 °C11 July 1985	-22.9 °C20 January 1985	13.6 °C	1,465 mm	56	83
1984	38.2 °C29 August 1984	-20.6 °C21 January 1984	13.9 °C	1,312 mm	67	67
1983	38.2 °C22 August 1983	-24.7 °C30 December 1983	13.4 °C	1,135 mm	70	70
1982	35.8 °C21 July 1982	-20.4 °C10 January 1982	14.1 °C	1,282 mm	64	71
1981	36.1 °C24 July 1981	-20.1 °C11 February 1981	14.2 °C	1,362 mm	48	67
1980	39.7 °C17 July 1980	-17.1 °C2 March 1980	14.5 °C	862 mm	101	79
1979	33.5 °C7 August 1979	-23.6 °C1 February 1979	13.0 °C	1,105 mm	46	88
1978	36.8 °C9 July 1978	-16.6 °C17 January 1978	13.3 °C	1,014 mm	76	95
1977	37.0 °C25 July 1977	-21.9 °C10 January 1977	14.3 °C	1,172 mm	67	74
1976	34.9 °C25 July 1976	-17.8 °C8 January 1976	13.2 °C	809 mm	48	89
1975	35.5 °C3 September 1975	-14.0 °C18 December 1975	13.6 °C	901 mm	54	87
1974	39.4 °C22 July 1974	-15.8 °C1 January 1974	13.8 °C	1,291 mm	47	68
1973	33.9 °C24 August 1973	-16.4 °C12 January 1973	14.0 °C	1,485 mm	46	65
1972	36.3 °C26 July 1972	-17.6 °C15 January 1972	13.7 °C	981 mm	64	81
1971	35.7 °C14 July 1971	-16.6 °C8 February 1971	14.1 °C	795 mm	64	72
1970	37.9 °C8 August 1970	-19.2 °C8 January 1970	13.6 °C	881 mm	74	84
1969	37.3 °C14 July 1969	-12.2 °C24 January 1969	13.5 °C	1,028 mm	59	89
1968	34.9 °C9 August 1968	-21.5 °C7 January 1968	13.2 °C	1,061 mm	57	90
1967	34.7 °C7 August 1967	-13.0 °C18 January 1967	13.8 °C	1,053 mm	29	73
1966	37.8 °C11 July 1966	-20.0 °C24 December 1966	13.5 °C	746 mm	56	81
1965	35.7 °C24 July 1965	-16.5 °C25 February 1965	14.5 °C	831 mm	65	74
1964	38.8 °C4 August 1964	-15.6 °C18 December 1964	14.3 °C	923 mm	68	78
1963	37.8 °C28 August 1963	-19.5 °C23 January 1963	14.7 °C	638 mm	93	83
1962	38.2 °C19 August 1962	-19.3 °C10 January 1962	13.9 °C	946 mm	59	70
1961	34.0 °C5 August 1961	-15.0 °C21 January 1961	13.3 °C	1,099 mm	43	73
1960	36.0 °C2 July 1960	-14.6 °C5 March 1960	13.4 °C	901 mm	68	95
1959	34.2 °C3 August 1959	-17.7 °C4 January 1959	13.9 °C	1,042 mm	53	80
1958	35.5 °C29 August 1958	-13.9 °C15 December 1958	13.4 °C	1,008 mm	55	83
1957	37.1 °C29 July 1957	-13.8 °C16 January 1957	14.2 °C	1,464 mm	64	59
1956	39.1 °C16 August 1956	-12.9 °C16 January 1956	14.7 °C	777 mm	87	78
1955	36.1 °C30 July 1955	-15.0 °C11 February 1955	14.2 °C	917 mm	66	83
1954	43.2 °C13 July 1954	-14.2 °C22 January 1954	15.8 °C	618 mm	107	65
1953	37.9 °C28 September 1953	-13.0 °C23 December 1953	15.1 °C	837 mm	106	61
1952	37.7 °C29 June 1952	-8.3 °C23 January 1952	14.5 °C	802 mm	92	71
1951	38.3 °C30 August 1951	-22.7 °C2 February 1951	13.6 °C	1,174 mm	59	78
1950	34.3 °C26 June 1950	-15.8 °C6 December 1950	13.4 °C	1,462 mm	20	91
1949	35.2 °C12 August 1949	-15.9 °C30 January 1949	14.1 °C	1,142 mm	56	76
1948	34.9 °C14 June 1948	-20.2 °C12 March 1948	13.7 °C	1,045 mm	55	78
1947	39.2 °C31 July 1947	-21.6 °C5 January 1947	13.8 °C	884 mm	69	80
1946	37.5 °C9 August 1946	-12.9 °C30 December 1946	15.0 °C	1,346 mm	57	48
1945	36.1 °C23 July 1945	-14.4 °C19 December 1945	13.7 °C	1,382 mm	44	74
1944	36.1 °C12 August 1944	-12.4 °C9 January 1944	14.2 °C	967 mm	67	67
1943	38.9 °C3 August 1943	-13.9 °C19 January 1943	14.2 °C	751 mm	75	76
1942	36.3 °C31 July 1942	-14.4 °C10 January 1942	13.4 °C	1,009 mm	50	80
1941	36.0 °C30 July 1941	-13.2 °C18 January 1941	13.5 °C	1,014 mm	57	86
1940	34.5 °C1 August 1940	-21.6 °C18 January 1940	12.3 °C	870 mm	33	90

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

63 d/yr

-9

Annual rainfall

1220 mm

+125 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	5.4 °C	-1.3 °C	64 mm	+8 mm
Feb	9.0 °C	-0.5 °C	60 mm	-9 mm
Mar	19.2 °C	+4.8 °C	74 mm	-32 mm
Apr	20.8 °C	+1.0 °C	238 mm	+104 mm
May	23.0 °C	-0.9 °C	201 mm	+57 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+0.1 °C	162 mm	+56 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+0.3 °C	87 mm	+10 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	-0.2 °C	70 mm	-5 mm
Sep	27.9 °C	+0.8 °C	102 mm	+15 mm
Oct	22.8 °C	+1.6 °C	88 mm	-5 mm
Nov	17.1 °C	+3.2 °C	65 mm	-15 mm
Dec	11.7 °C	+3.1 °C	9 mm	-58 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-20.6 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

54.7 mm

30 Apr 2025

Windiest day

37.5 km/h

19 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

92.2 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-25.8 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

9.9 cm

18 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

3 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bella Vista?

Bella Vista has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bella Vista?

The hottest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1954, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bella Vista?

The coldest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2021, at -24.8 °C.

Does it snow in Bella Vista?

Yes. Bella Vista gets on average 26.7 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.

Has the climate of Bella Vista warmed?

Yes: Bella Vista warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bella Vista?

The wettest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bella Vista?

The windiest day measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1945, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bella Vista?

The warmest month in Bella Vista is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Bella Vista?

Bella Vista receives on average 1,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bella Vista?

Bella Vista gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bella Vista?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bella Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 2000, with 18.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bella Vista?

Yes: Bella Vista has on average 61 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bella Vista?

In Bella Vista, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 14 July 1954, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 30 December 1983.

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