Searcy climate — normals and trends
Searcy (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 1,174 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Searcy averages 52 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Searcy has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -28.2 °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
SearcyArkansas
- coords
- 35.25°, -91.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
21.4°C
Average daily low
11.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,174mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
52 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
86 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
90 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
43.0 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
133 mm
29 August 1978
Windiest day
42.7 km/h
14 September 2008
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
25 September 2005
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
25 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
8 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 102 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 11.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 135 mm | +36 mm |
| Mar | 21.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 66 mm | -64 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 316 mm | +184 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 156 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 137 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 73 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 55 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 30.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 85 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 67 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 12.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 21 mm | -83 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Searcy?
Searcy has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 1,174 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Searcy?
The hottest day measured in Searcy between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Searcy?
The coldest day measured in Searcy between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Searcy?
Yes. Searcy gets on average 12.9 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.
Has the climate of Searcy warmed?
Yes: Searcy warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Searcy?
The wettest day measured in Searcy between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1978, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Searcy?
The windiest day measured in Searcy between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Searcy?
The warmest month in Searcy is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Searcy?
Searcy receives on average 1,174 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Searcy?
Searcy 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 Searcy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Searcy between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2010, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Searcy?
Yes: Searcy has on average 90 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Searcy?
In Searcy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 25 August 2023, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 2 February 1951.
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