Booneville, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Booneville's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 51.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.8°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,312 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBooneville (3 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00030832
- Location35.09°N 93.93°W
- Elevation600 ft (183 m)
- Population3,805
On October 24, the normal high in Booneville is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Booneville.
- Jan 50° 28°
- Feb 55° 31°
- Mar 64° 39°
- Apr 73° 47°
- May 80° 58°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 92° 68°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 75° 50°
- Nov 62° 38°
- Dec 52° 31°
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 Booneville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.82 in), the least in February (3.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 28°F | 39.0°F | 3.75 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 31°F | 43.1°F | 3.20 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 4.78 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 47°F | 59.8°F | 5.04 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 58°F | 68.6°F | 5.82 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.6°F | 4.24 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 81.0°F | 3.56 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 92°F | 68°F | 80.1°F | 3.49 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 73.0°F | 4.39 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 50°F | 62.0°F | 4.40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 38°F | 50.2°F | 4.62 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 31°F | 41.5°F | 4.35 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 49°F | 60.5°F | 51.64 | 98 | 70 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 95 mm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 81 mm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 121 mm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 128 mm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 148 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 108 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.2°C | 90 mm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.7°C | 89 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 112 mm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 112 mm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 117 mm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 110 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Waldron (15 miles away), gets 3 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00030832; 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 Booneville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00030832.
When is the last frost in Booneville?
In Booneville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 18 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
- April 41 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 210 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 233 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Booneville in zone 8a in ZIP code 72927, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Booneville's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (22 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arkansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00030832; 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 Booneville?
In a normal year in Booneville, 70 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 98 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 98a normal year
The highest temperature in Booneville's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1906) is 118°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −18°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1927, with 72.18 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 20.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00030832; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record BVLA4thr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Booneville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Booneville, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 66% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.5 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 70% | 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 Booneville need?
A normal year in Booneville brings 3,461 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,855 cooling degree days, 2.0 times 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 5,014 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 806 | 0 |
| February | 613 | 1 |
| March | 441 | 7 |
| April | 196 | 41 |
| May | 47 | 159 |
| June | 1 | 348 |
| July | 0 | 496 |
| August | 1 | 470 |
| September | 16 | 258 |
| October | 162 | 69 |
| November | 452 | 6 |
| December | 727 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,461 | 1,855 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00030832. 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.
How does Booneville's climate compare?
Booneville is warmer than 31 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 44. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.5°F is warmer than 76%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Booneville 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 Booneville share this climate record?
2 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.
- Charleston, AR2,731 people · 16 mi NW
- Magazine, AR754 people · 8 mi NE
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 Booneville's climate
What is the coldest month in Booneville?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Booneville?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Booneville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Waldron (15 miles away), records 3 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Booneville?
May, with 5.82 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Booneville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Booneville in zone 8a in ZIP code 72927, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Booneville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Booneville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Waldron, AR15 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Blue Mountain, AR16 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Subiaco, AR22 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Ozark, AR29 miles from this station, 60.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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