Alicia, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Alicia's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 47.5 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,207 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlicia (2 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00030064
- Location35.93°N 91.06°W
- Elevation258 ft (79 m)
- Population136
On October 12, the normal high in Alicia is 74°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Alicia.
- Jan 44° 28°
- Feb 49° 31°
- Mar 59° 39°
- Apr 69° 49°
- May 78° 59°
- Jun 86° 69°
- Jul 88° 72°
- Aug 87° 69°
- Sep 82° 61°
- Oct 72° 49°
- Nov 58° 39°
- Dec 47° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Alicia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.22 in), the least in June (3.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 28°F | 36.2°F | 3.43 | 1.3 | 7 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 49°F | 31°F | 40.2°F | 3.33 | 1.1 | 7 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 39°F | 49.0°F | 4.45 | 0.7 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 49°F | 58.9°F | 5.22 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 78°F | 59°F | 68.4°F | 4.94 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 69°F | 77.4°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 72°F | 79.7°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 69°F | 78.2°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 82°F | 61°F | 71.1°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 49°F | 60.4°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 39°F | 48.3°F | 4.14 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 47°F | 32°F | 39.5°F | 4.63 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 50°F | 58.9°F | 47.51 | 3.5 | 83 | 55 | 67 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −2°C | 2.3°C | 87 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 10°C | 0°C | 4.6°C | 85 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 113 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 21°C | 9°C | 14.9°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 15°C | 20.2°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.2°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 22°C | 26.5°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 21°C | 25.7°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 4°C | 9.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | 0°C | 4.2°C | 118 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00030064; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Alicia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00030064.
When is the last frost in Alicia?
In Alicia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 5 in half of years and before October 22 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 271 year in 10 after April 10; 9 in 10 after March 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 51 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 224 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 249 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alicia in zone 8a in ZIP code 72410, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Alicia's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arkansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00030064; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Alicia?
In a normal year in Alicia, 55 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 67 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 83 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 55a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 67a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 83a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 113°F, on July 16, 1980; the lowest is −10°F, on January 11, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 64.27 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 25.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00030064; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00030064. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Alicia?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Alicia, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Alicia need?
A normal year in Alicia brings 3,857 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,679 cooling degree days, 85% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,682 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 893 | 0 |
| February | 694 | 0 |
| March | 500 | 4 |
| April | 211 | 28 |
| May | 49 | 153 |
| June | 1 | 373 |
| July | 0 | 456 |
| August | 0 | 408 |
| September | 23 | 206 |
| October | 190 | 48 |
| November | 505 | 4 |
| December | 790 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,857 | 1,679 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00030064. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Alicia been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.6°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.1°F | +0.2°F | 41.88 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 61.1°F | +2.2°F | 49.74 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 61.2°F | +2.3°F | 44.56 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 60.6°F | +1.7°F | 50.96 | 10.0 |
Over 34 complete years from 1964 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00030064; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Alicia's climate compare?
Alicia is warmer than 17 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.9°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Alicia is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Alicia share this climate record?
13 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Walnut Ridge, AR5,508 people · 12 mi NE
- Hoxie, AR2,589 people · 9 mi NE
- Swifton, AR709 people · 8 mi SW
- Black Rock, AR630 people · 12 mi N
- Portia, AR473 people · 11 mi N
- Cash, AR283 people · 11 mi SE
- Strawberry, AR261 people · 15 mi W
- Lynn, AR252 people · 12 mi NW
- Sedgwick, AR157 people · 11 mi E
- Egypt, AR108 people · 8 mi SE
- Powhatan, AR102 people · 11 mi N
- Minturn, AR84 people · 4 mi NE
- Smithville, AR83 people · 17 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Alicia's climate
What is the coldest month in Alicia?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Alicia?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Alicia?
April, with 5.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 3.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Alicia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Alicia in zone 8a in ZIP code 72410, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Alicia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Alicia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 10. Waiting until April 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pocahontas, AR24 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Jonesboro, AR24 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Newport, AR25 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Paragould, AR32 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
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