Hot Springs climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hot Springs?

Hot Springs has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 1,161 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hot Springs?

The hottest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hot Springs?

The coldest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -20.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hot Springs?

Yes. Hot Springs gets on average 10.6 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Hot Springs warmed?

Yes: Hot Springs warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hot Springs?

The wettest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1980, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hot Springs?

The windiest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hot Springs?

The warmest month in Hot Springs is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hot Springs?

Hot Springs receives on average 1,161 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hot Springs?

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

Hot Springs (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 1,161 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Hot Springs averages 44 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.

Hot Springs has warmed by +1.5 °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 49 to 39 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -20.4 °C (on 2 February 1951).

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

Hot SpringsArkansas

coords: 34.50°, -93.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

16.4°C

Average daily high

21.9°C

Average daily low

11.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,161mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

22.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

44 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

113 d/yr

Annual snowfall

10.6 cm

Average feels-like high

22.0 °C

Average feels-like low

10.5 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

88 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

3 August 2011

Coldest day

-20.4 °C

2 February 1951

Wettest day

151 mm

28 September 1980

Windiest day

39.6 km/h

13 September 2008

Strongest gust

111.6 km/h

14 September 2008

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

1 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-26.1 °C

2 February 1951

Snowiest day

17.9 cm

5 January 1960

Sunniest day

13.9 h

25 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.7 °C30 July 2025	-11.9 °C20 February 2025	18.0 °C	1,171 mm	106	40
2024	38.8 °C18 August 2024	-13.5 °C16 January 2024	17.8 °C	1,390 mm	93	29
2023	40.1 °C26 August 2023	-4.1 °C14 January 2023	18.3 °C	1,214 mm	117	26
2022	39.5 °C8 July 2022	-16.3 °C23 December 2022	17.3 °C	1,217 mm	107	57
2021	36.8 °C31 July 2021	-19.0 °C16 February 2021	17.3 °C	1,322 mm	98	31
2020	35.5 °C14 July 2020	-4.7 °C20 January 2020	17.0 °C	1,468 mm	81	23
2019	37.5 °C8 September 2019	-8.0 °C13 November 2019	17.0 °C	1,479 mm	112	36
2018	38.5 °C20 July 2018	-14.8 °C17 January 2018	17.0 °C	1,448 mm	122	43
2017	34.8 °C20 July 2017	-11.2 °C7 January 2017	17.5 °C	1,303 mm	73	28
2016	38.1 °C4 August 2016	-10.6 °C19 December 2016	17.8 °C	1,118 mm	98	34
2015	38.9 °C7 August 2015	-12.8 °C8 January 2015	17.2 °C	1,520 mm	102	40
2014	35.0 °C24 August 2014	-13.8 °C7 January 2014	15.4 °C	1,057 mm	66	59
2013	37.3 °C27 June 2013	-5.6 °C28 November 2013	16.1 °C	1,334 mm	96	47
2012	39.9 °C20 July 2012	-7.8 °C27 December 2012	18.3 °C	990 mm	109	22
2011	43.2 °C3 August 2011	-14.2 °C11 February 2011	17.7 °C	1,106 mm	120	37
2010	39.7 °C2 August 2010	-11.9 °C8 January 2010	17.3 °C	906 mm	128	54
2009	38.3 °C13 July 2009	-7.7 °C16 January 2009	16.1 °C	1,947 mm	64	48
2008	39.5 °C2 August 2008	-8.3 °C22 December 2008	16.2 °C	1,428 mm	81	55
2007	40.6 °C14 August 2007	-9.9 °C16 February 2007	17.5 °C	1,056 mm	97	42
2006	38.5 °C20 July 2006	-8.5 °C8 December 2006	17.5 °C	1,184 mm	106	27
2005	38.0 °C20 September 2005	-9.5 °C9 December 2005	17.5 °C	765 mm	120	30
2004	35.8 °C3 August 2004	-9.9 °C25 December 2004	16.6 °C	1,451 mm	62	45
2003	35.8 °C18 August 2003	-10.7 °C24 January 2003	16.2 °C	1,074 mm	70	47
2002	36.0 °C8 July 2002	-9.1 °C4 March 2002	16.2 °C	1,282 mm	85	45
2001	37.0 °C11 July 2001	-11.6 °C2 January 2001	16.7 °C	1,213 mm	79	29
2000	40.2 °C30 August 2000	-8.4 °C17 December 2000	16.6 °C	1,163 mm	87	49
1999	38.0 °C19 August 1999	-10.3 °C4 January 1999	17.1 °C	1,129 mm	84	22
1998	38.3 °C28 August 1998	-7.1 °C12 March 1998	17.7 °C	1,237 mm	121	21
1997	37.4 °C28 July 1997	-10.9 °C11 January 1997	15.8 °C	1,220 mm	77	36
1996	36.5 °C7 July 1996	-13.2 °C4 February 1996	15.9 °C	1,209 mm	80	52
1995	39.2 °C20 August 1995	-9.7 °C10 December 1995	16.6 °C	888 mm	86	43
1994	36.6 °C28 June 1994	-9.8 °C19 January 1994	16.4 °C	1,334 mm	67	38
1993	38.3 °C26 July 1993	-7.4 °C18 February 1993	15.9 °C	1,261 mm	91	44
1992	33.9 °C6 July 1992	-10.5 °C16 January 1992	16.0 °C	1,367 mm	55	33
1991	35.9 °C5 August 1991	-7.4 °C1 January 1991	16.7 °C	1,548 mm	91	38
1990	39.2 °C28 August 1990	-11.6 °C24 December 1990	17.2 °C	1,600 mm	89	23
1989	35.7 °C27 August 1989	-17.1 °C23 December 1989	15.5 °C	1,452 mm	65	57
1988	38.4 °C7 August 1988	-12.6 °C11 January 1988	16.1 °C	1,050 mm	101	51
1987	38.0 °C4 August 1987	-5.2 °C21 January 1987	16.7 °C	1,268 mm	108	39
1986	42.0 °C31 July 1986	-8.7 °C12 February 1986	16.8 °C	1,056 mm	92	38
1985	37.2 °C1 August 1985	-15.3 °C20 January 1985	15.8 °C	1,190 mm	73	61
1984	36.1 °C23 June 1984	-14.0 °C21 January 1984	16.0 °C	1,610 mm	76	48
1983	37.8 °C22 August 1983	-16.9 °C25 December 1983	15.4 °C	1,009 mm	90	57
1982	36.9 °C20 July 1982	-17.3 °C11 January 1982	16.1 °C	1,347 mm	87	51
1981	36.7 °C24 July 1981	-14.4 °C11 February 1981	16.1 °C	941 mm	79	51
1980	40.2 °C17 July 1980	-9.8 °C2 March 1980	16.4 °C	1,178 mm	110	55
1979	34.7 °C7 August 1979	-15.5 °C9 February 1979	15.1 °C	1,375 mm	70	63
1978	37.4 °C30 July 1978	-14.1 °C19 February 1978	15.4 °C	974 mm	91	72
1977	35.9 °C8 July 1977	-17.2 °C11 January 1977	16.4 °C	1,060 mm	98	56
1976	36.6 °C26 July 1976	-11.7 °C8 January 1976	15.4 °C	959 mm	62	49
1975	36.0 °C3 September 1975	-9.9 °C13 January 1975	15.9 °C	1,106 mm	72	49
1974	37.4 °C22 July 1974	-9.0 °C1 January 1974	16.0 °C	1,171 mm	63	42
1973	35.4 °C4 July 1973	-9.9 °C12 January 1973	16.2 °C	1,564 mm	65	42
1972	37.3 °C20 August 1972	-11.3 °C16 January 1972	16.1 °C	848 mm	106	46
1971	38.0 °C14 July 1971	-11.3 °C9 February 1971	16.3 °C	824 mm	85	36
1970	38.4 °C3 July 1970	-16.8 °C7 January 1970	16.0 °C	951 mm	93	53
1969	37.9 °C14 July 1969	-7.5 °C5 January 1969	15.9 °C	818 mm	91	48
1968	33.4 °C20 August 1968	-11.1 °C8 January 1968	15.2 °C	1,137 mm	61	64
1967	35.0 °C7 August 1967	-9.1 °C18 January 1967	15.7 °C	921 mm	60	55
1966	37.8 °C15 July 1966	-18.6 °C30 January 1966	15.4 °C	887 mm	62	56
1965	35.8 °C24 July 1965	-9.5 °C25 February 1965	16.4 °C	804 mm	83	47
1964	39.1 °C4 August 1964	-11.5 °C14 January 1964	16.3 °C	1,129 mm	94	54
1963	37.8 °C26 August 1963	-15.7 °C24 January 1963	16.2 °C	669 mm	104	64
1962	37.2 °C19 August 1962	-18.2 °C11 January 1962	16.0 °C	1,029 mm	97	46
1961	35.7 °C5 August 1961	-9.9 °C25 January 1961	15.4 °C	1,119 mm	70	44
1960	35.9 °C4 September 1960	-9.5 °C6 March 1960	15.3 °C	1,028 mm	94	75
1959	34.2 °C8 July 1959	-11.9 °C5 January 1959	15.8 °C	1,116 mm	70	52
1958	35.9 °C18 July 1958	-14.5 °C15 December 1958	15.5 °C	1,047 mm	94	56
1957	36.9 °C15 July 1957	-10.7 °C17 January 1957	16.3 °C	1,574 mm	80	32
1956	39.6 °C6 August 1956	-7.7 °C20 January 1956	16.8 °C	932 mm	106	38
1955	36.8 °C8 September 1955	-9.6 °C11 February 1955	16.5 °C	935 mm	87	46
1954	40.1 °C13 July 1954	-7.7 °C11 January 1954	17.4 °C	853 mm	115	37
1953	38.7 °C20 June 1953	-8.9 °C23 December 1953	17.1 °C	1,097 mm	114	25
1952	38.3 °C27 July 1952	-5.4 °C28 November 1952	16.6 °C	1,022 mm	109	43
1951	38.7 °C31 August 1951	-20.4 °C2 February 1951	15.9 °C	1,032 mm	94	54
1950	36.9 °C26 June 1950	-12.3 °C7 December 1950	15.8 °C	1,457 mm	47	54
1949	35.6 °C20 July 1949	-11.1 °C31 January 1949	16.5 °C	1,304 mm	73	29
1948	36.1 °C7 June 1948	-12.8 °C24 January 1948	15.9 °C	1,012 mm	93	54
1947	39.8 °C29 July 1947	-11.1 °C4 January 1947	15.9 °C	812 mm	92	53
1946	36.5 °C18 August 1946	-5.8 °C27 January 1946	16.9 °C	1,384 mm	76	27
1945	38.8 °C23 July 1945	-7.4 °C19 December 1945	16.1 °C	1,310 mm	75	39
1944	38.8 °C17 July 1944	-13.9 °C9 January 1944	16.7 °C	1,059 mm	93	33
1943	40.3 °C10 August 1943	-7.4 °C20 January 1943	16.6 °C	715 mm	96	38
1942	36.8 °C14 July 1942	-11.0 °C8 January 1942	15.6 °C	1,094 mm	69	43
1941	35.5 °C10 July 1941	-7.5 °C21 February 1941	15.7 °C	989 mm	78	50
1940	33.4 °C31 July 1940	-15.3 °C19 January 1940	14.5 °C	1,220 mm	43	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.6 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

106 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

40 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1171 mm

+10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	8.7 °C	-1.1 °C	96 mm	+8 mm
Feb	12.8 °C	+0.5 °C	121 mm	+23 mm
Mar	21.9 °C	+4.9 °C	56 mm	-72 mm
Apr	24.9 °C	+2.9 °C	316 mm	+187 mm
May	26.2 °C	+0.1 °C	157 mm	+27 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	135 mm	+55 mm
Jul	34.8 °C	+2.2 °C	40 mm	-38 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+0.2 °C	76 mm	+9 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	36 mm	-45 mm
Oct	25.4 °C	+2.1 °C	66 mm	-18 mm
Nov	19.7 °C	+3.3 °C	55 mm	-46 mm
Dec	13.8 °C	+2.4 °C	18 mm	-81 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-11.9 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

111.3 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

87.8 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-17.6 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

14.6 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hot Springs?

Hot Springs has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 1,161 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hot Springs?

The hottest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hot Springs?

The coldest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -20.4 °C.

Does it snow in Hot Springs?

Yes. Hot Springs gets on average 10.6 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.

Has the climate of Hot Springs warmed?

Yes: Hot Springs warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hot Springs?

The wettest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1980, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hot Springs?

The windiest day measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hot Springs?

The warmest month in Hot Springs is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Hot Springs?

Hot Springs receives on average 1,161 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hot Springs?

Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1960, with 17.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Hot Springs?

Yes: Hot Springs has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hot Springs?

In Hot Springs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 2 February 1951.

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