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Blakely Mtn Dam, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Blakely Mtn Dam's primary NOAA station, BLAKELY MTN DAM.

The climate verdict for Blakely Mtn Dam

Water is the standout signal in Blakely Mtn Dam, Arkansas: 57.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.

60°F
annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
73/100
comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
57.9"
annual precipitation · 1" snow
215 days
frost-free days per growing season

Blakely Mtn Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00030764 · Blakely Mtn Dam, AR 60°F mean · 57.9" precip

TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cleveland Fltr Plt, TN (+ 0 °F mean)

Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.

Mean-temperature neighbourhood

Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AR station list.

Climate Living Index · Blakely Mtn Dam

Blakely Mtn Dam: 64/100 · grade C

Blakely Mtn Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

C
64/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Blakely Mtn Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Blakely Mtn Dam Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Snowfall burden 1.4 inches/year 80/100 · B
Annual temperature balance 59.6°F · 7.9° from 67.5°F 75/100 · B
Frost-free season 215 days/year 75/100 · B
Normal heat + freeze calendar 112 calendar days 69/100 · C
Precipitation balance 57.9 in · 22.9 from 35 in 19/100 · F

Blakely Mtn Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Blakely Mtn Dam is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa

Coldest-month mean 39.7°F and warmest-month mean 78.5°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.

Köppen code
Cfa
Group
Temperate
Warmest month
78.5°F
Coldest month
39.7°F

Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.

National standing · heating-led station

Where Blakely Mtn Dam sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Blakely Mtn Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 26% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Blakely Mtn Dam sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
Top 7% wettest
Blakely Mtn Dam's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 70%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Blakely Mtn Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Blakely Mtn Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Blakely Mtn Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores

0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Blakely Mtn Dam's measured station temperature trend

Methodology

Across 51 complete annual observations from 1957 to 2025, BLAKELY MTN DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.

Blakely Mtn Dam fitted annual mean temperature change, 1957-2025 Fitted station-temperature change from 1957 to 2025, relative to the fitted first year. The linear trend warmed at 0.15 °C per decade. -0.2°C +0.3°C +0.8°C 1960198020002020
  • Blakely Mtn Dam primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-M v4, quality-controlled monthly mean temperature. PlainClimate fits ordinary least squares over complete calendar years; minimum 30 years, record must reach 2015 or later.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 50°F (10°C) 29°F (-2°C) 40°F (4°C)
February 54°F (12°C) 32°F (0°C) 43°F (6°C)
March 63°F (17°C) 38°F (4°C) 51°F (10°C)
April 72°F (22°C) 46°F (8°C) 59°F (15°C)
May 79°F (26°C) 56°F (13°C) 67°F (19°C)
June 87°F (30°C) 63°F (17°C) 75°F (24°C)
July 91°F (33°C) 67°F (19°C) 79°F (26°C)
August 91°F (33°C) 66°F (19°C) 78°F (26°C)
September 84°F (29°C) 60°F (15°C) 72°F (22°C)
October 73°F (23°C) 48°F (9°C) 61°F (16°C)
November 61°F (16°C) 38°F (4°C) 50°F (10°C)
December 52°F (11°C) 32°F (0°C) 42°F (6°C)

The year, day by day

Blakely Mtn Dam works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by August 2 and hold at or above 90°F on 45 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 67 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 13.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Blakely Mtn Dam, January through December Peaks 92°F around August 2. Bottoms 29°F around January 13. 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, BLAKELY MTN DAM.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from July 11 through August 24, covering 45 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 7 to October 24.

This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.

The freezing stretch

The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 17, then returns to freezing around December 13, covering 67 dates in all.

Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is March 3, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 28 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 104 wet dates a year.

The widest day

April 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Blakely Mtn Dam.

Where Blakely Mtn Dam Stands Nationally

This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 58 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.

Blakely Mtn Dam earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall and snowfall

January 3.9"

Snow: 0.4"

9.0 days with precipitation

February 4.6"

Snow: 0.2"

8.7 days with precipitation

March 5.3"

Snow: 0.2"

10.5 days with precipitation

April 5.8"

9.3 days with precipitation

May 6.5"

10.1 days with precipitation

June 4.5"

8.0 days with precipitation

July 4.4"

7.9 days with precipitation

August 3.3"

7.2 days with precipitation

September 4.1"

6.8 days with precipitation

October 4.7"

7.7 days with precipitation

November 5.5"

9.0 days with precipitation

December 5.3"

Snow: 0.6"

9.8 days with precipitation

Blakely Mtn Dam spreads its precipitation across the year

Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Blakely Mtn Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.8°F seasonal spread.

The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.5" and August 3.3". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.

Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.

When it rains in Blakely Mtn Dam, it arrives in quantity

57.9" of precipitation falls across only about 104 wet days here, averaging 0.56 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.

Days with measurable precipitation
about 104 a year, 28% of all days
Average depth per wet day
0.56 inches
Most wet days
March, about 11
Fewest wet days
September, about 7

A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.

Snow reaches Blakely Mtn Dam, but rarely amounts to much

The normals record 1.4 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.

A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.

NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.

Frost Dates & Growing Season

First Fall Freeze

November 4

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

April 3

50% probability date

Growing Season

215 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

3,477

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

1,545

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Blakely Mtn Dam on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.

Closest by average temperature

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (60°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (57.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Arkansas climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Blakely Mtn Dam's climate pattern fits together

heating led · wet · mid swing

Blakely Mtn Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,477 annual heating degree days against 1,545 for cooling. Its 38.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.

Blakely Mtn Dam's frost-free season lasts about 215 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.

July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Blakely Mtn Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.8°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Alongside its heating load, Blakely Mtn Dam carries 57.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 1.4 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.

These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Blakely Mtn Dam's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Blakely Mtn Dam, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.

Questions about Blakely Mtn Dam's climate

How much rain does Blakely Mtn Dam get?
Blakely Mtn Dam receives 57.9 inches of precipitation, including 1.4 inches of snow. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Blakely Mtn Dam get?
Blakely Mtn Dam averages about 58 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Blakely Mtn Dam?
Blakely Mtn Dam has 3,477 heating degree days and 1,545 cooling degree days annually, a heating-dominated climate. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Blakely Mtn Dam's primary station: BLAKELY MTN DAM (USC00030764). For informational purposes only.

Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Blakely Mtn Dam; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Blakely Mtn Dam comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.