Texarkana climate — normals and trends
Texarkana (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,178 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Texarkana averages 31 frost days, 105 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Texarkana has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 26 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -19.6 °C (on 12 January 1962).
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
TexarkanaArkansas
- coords
- 33.44°, -94.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
23.2°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,178mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
31 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
105 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
107 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
-19.6 °C
12 January 1962
Wettest day
122 mm
21 August 2022
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
13 September 2008
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
13 September 2008
Hottest feels-like
47.0 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-25.2 °C
12 January 1962
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
27 January 2000
Sunniest day
13.8 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 102 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 14.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 120 mm | +19 mm |
| Mar | 22.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 92 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 25.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 276 mm | +136 mm |
| May | 27.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 204 mm | +65 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 120 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 59 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 47 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 32 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 66 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 21.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 84 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 15.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | -76 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Texarkana?
Texarkana has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,178 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Texarkana?
The hottest day measured in Texarkana between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Texarkana?
The coldest day measured in Texarkana between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1962, at -19.6 °C.
Does it snow in Texarkana?
Yes. Texarkana gets on average 6.0 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.
Has the climate of Texarkana warmed?
Yes: Texarkana warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Texarkana?
The wettest day measured in Texarkana between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 2022, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Texarkana?
The windiest day measured in Texarkana between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Texarkana?
The warmest month in Texarkana is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Texarkana?
Texarkana receives on average 1,178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Texarkana?
Texarkana 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 Texarkana?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Texarkana between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2000, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Texarkana?
Yes: Texarkana has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Texarkana?
In Texarkana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -25.2 °C on 12 January 1962.
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