Russellville climate — normals and trends
Russellville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,157 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Russellville averages 49 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Russellville 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 55 to 43 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -19.7 °C (on 19 January 1977).
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
RussellvilleArkansas
- coords
- 35.28°, -93.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
21.4°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,157mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
84 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.8 cm
Average feels-like high
21.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
84 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
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
43.6 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-19.7 °C
19 January 1977
Wettest day
121 mm
7 June 1974
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
2 April 1983
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
13 October 2014
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
20 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-24.8 °C
19 January 1977
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
8 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 115 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 11.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 105 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 53 mm | -70 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 220 mm | +80 mm |
| May | 26.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 128 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 32.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 130 mm | +43 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 74 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 72 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 30.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 79 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 89 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 93 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 14 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Russellville?
Russellville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,157 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Russellville?
The hottest day measured in Russellville between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Russellville?
The coldest day measured in Russellville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1977, at -19.7 °C.
Does it snow in Russellville?
Yes. Russellville gets on average 12.8 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Russellville warmed?
Yes: Russellville warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Russellville?
The wettest day measured in Russellville between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1974, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Russellville?
The windiest day measured in Russellville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1983, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Russellville?
The warmest month in Russellville is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Russellville?
Russellville receives on average 1,157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Russellville?
Russellville 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 Russellville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Russellville between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2010, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Russellville?
Yes: Russellville has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Russellville?
In Russellville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 20 August 2023, and the lowest was -24.8 °C on 19 January 1977.
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