Little Rock climate

Name: Little Rock
Address: US

Little Rock is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.7 °C. May is the wettest month (138 mm) and August the driest (69 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Little Rock averages 1,205 mm of rain, 164 days above 25 °C and 33 days below freezing.

United States · 102 m elevation · population 202,591 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month January 1.7 °C
Driest month August 69 mm
Wettest month May 138 mm
Least cloud September 40 % cloud
Hottest on record August 43 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectLittle Rock through the year

Little Rock has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 92 of them reach 30 °C, 33 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 138 mm against 69 mm in August — 2.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.6 °C	90 mm	56 %
February	13.1 °C	93 mm	59 %
March	17.8 °C	119 mm	57 %
April	22.6 °C	125 mm	52 %
May	26.9 °C	138 mm	56 %
June	31.2 °C	80 mm	49 %
July	33.2 °C	82 mm	47 %
August	32.9 °C	69 mm	44 %
September	29.3 °C	92 mm	40 %
October	23.5 °C	92 mm	42 %
November	16.6 °C	109 mm	50 %
December	11.7 °C	115 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	10.6 °C	1.7 °C	5.3 °C	23.6 °C	-15.7 °C	0	0	12
February	13.1 °C	3.4 °C	7.5 °C	26.8 °C	-11.9 °C	0	0	8
March	17.8 °C	7.5 °C	12.0 °C	28.4 °C	-7.0 °C	2	0	2
April	22.6 °C	12.2 °C	16.9 °C	34.3 °C	-0.6 °C	10	0	0
May	26.9 °C	17.1 °C	21.6 °C	35.6 °C	3.3 °C	22	6	0
June	31.2 °C	21.6 °C	26.1 °C	40.3 °C	12.9 °C	29	20	0
July	33.2 °C	23.7 °C	28.1 °C	41.5 °C	16.0 °C	31	26	0
August	32.9 °C	23.2 °C	27.8 °C	43.4 °C	14.6 °C	31	24	0
September	29.3 °C	19.5 °C	24.0 °C	39.7 °C	9.2 °C	26	13	0
October	23.5 °C	13.6 °C	18.0 °C	35.0 °C	-1.2 °C	13	2	0
November	16.6 °C	7.7 °C	11.5 °C	29.4 °C	-6.7 °C	1	0	2
December	11.7 °C	3.3 °C	6.8 °C	23.7 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	90 mm	9	10 h/day	56 %	71 %	16 km/h
February	93 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	71 %	17 km/h
March	119 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	69 %	18 km/h
April	125 mm	10	13 h/day	52 %	68 %	18 km/h
May	138 mm	12	14 h/day	56 %	71 %	16 km/h
June	80 mm	10	14 h/day	49 %	70 %	13 km/h
July	82 mm	10	14 h/day	47 %	68 %	12 km/h
August	69 mm	9	13 h/day	44 %	66 %	12 km/h
September	92 mm	7	12 h/day	40 %	67 %	13 km/h
October	92 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	67 %	14 km/h
November	109 mm	8	10 h/day	50 %	71 %	15 km/h
December	115 mm	9	9.8 h/day	55 %	74 %	16 km/h

How Little Rock compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Little Rock	33 °C	1.7 °C	1,205 mm	164
Memphis · United States	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,232 mm	160
Shreveport · United States	34 °C	4.6 °C	1,233 mm	186
Springfield · United States	31 °C	-2.6 °C	1,117 mm	129

Where Little Rock ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in October	23rdof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Little Rock.

QuestionsCommon questions about Little Rock’s climate

When is the best time to visit Little Rock?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Little Rock get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 92 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 33 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Little Rock?

May, averaging 138 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 69 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,205 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Little Rock rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.