Little Rock climate — normals and trends
Little Rock (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 1,115 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Little Rock averages 44 frost days, 96 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Little Rock has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.8 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -26.1 °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
Little RockArkansas
- coords
- 34.75°, -92.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,115mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
96 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
96 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001
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
43.8 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
189 mm
3 September 2008
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
14 September 2008
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
5 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
2 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
8 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 86 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 124 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 21.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 62 mm | -60 mm |
| Apr | 25.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 320 mm | +197 mm |
| May | 26.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 174 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 142 mm | +65 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 43 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 74 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 31.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 70 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 88 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 19.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 55 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 13.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | -81 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Little Rock?
Little Rock has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Little Rock?
The hottest day measured in Little Rock between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Little Rock?
The coldest day measured in Little Rock between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Little Rock?
Yes. Little Rock gets on average 10.7 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Little Rock warmed?
Yes: Little Rock warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Little Rock?
The wettest day measured in Little Rock between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2008, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Little Rock?
The windiest day measured in Little Rock between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Little Rock?
The warmest month in Little Rock is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Little Rock?
Little Rock receives on average 1,115 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Little Rock?
Little Rock 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 Little Rock?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Little Rock between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2010, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Little Rock?
Yes: Little Rock has on average 96 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Little Rock?
In Little Rock, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 2 August 2011, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 2 February 1951.
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