Cane Creek State Park, Arkansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cane Creek State Park's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 56.5 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCane Creek State Park
- Station IDUSC00031191
- Location33.92°N 91.77°W
- Elevation260 ft (79 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Cane Creek State Park is 74°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cane Creek State Park.
- Jan 52° 33°
- Feb 57° 37°
- Mar 66° 44°
- Apr 74° 52°
- May 82° 62°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 76° 53°
- Nov 65° 43°
- Dec 55° 36°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Cane Creek State Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.04 in), the least in September (3.16 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 33°F | 42.9°F | 4.68 | 0.8 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 57°F | 37°F | 47.1°F | 4.94 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 44°F | 55.1°F | 5.81 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 6.04 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 62°F | 71.8°F | 4.96 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 79.0°F | 3.90 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.4°F | 3.69 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.7°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 75.7°F | 3.16 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 53°F | 64.4°F | 4.74 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 43°F | 53.9°F | 4.92 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 36°F | 45.7°F | 6.02 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 53°F | 63.6°F | 56.48 | 1.8 | 99 | 78 | 48 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 119 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 125 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 19°C | 7°C | 12.8°C | 148 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 153 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.0°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 153 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031191; 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.
Which months are mildest at Cane Creek State Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October 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 USC00031191.
When is the last frost at Cane Creek State Park?
In Cane Creek State Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after April 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before November 1 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 151 year in 10 after April 3; 9 in 10 after February 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 246 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 272 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 2 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cane Creek State Park in zone 8b in ZIP code 71667, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (15 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 USC00031191; 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 at Cane Creek State Park?
In a normal year in Cane Creek State Park, 78 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 48 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 48a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00031191.
How sunny is it at Cane Creek State Park?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cane Creek State Park, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.6 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 84% | 6.6 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 76% | 3.0 |
| December | 69% | 2.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Cane Creek State Park record?
A normal year at Cane Creek State Park brings 2,741 heating degree days, 49% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,245 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 5,745 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 688 | 1 |
| February | 507 | 5 |
| March | 328 | 19 |
| April | 125 | 71 |
| May | 20 | 232 |
| June | 0 | 419 |
| July | 0 | 538 |
| August | 0 | 518 |
| September | 6 | 327 |
| October | 119 | 100 |
| November | 346 | 13 |
| December | 603 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,741 | 2,245 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031191. 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 Cane Creek State Park's climate compare?
Cane Creek State Park is warmer than 79 of the 86 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.6°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cane Creek State Park 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 Cane Creek State Park 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.
- Star City, AR2,067 people · 4 mi NW
- Grady, AR287 people · 12 mi N
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 Cane Creek State Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Cane Creek State Park?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Cane Creek State Park?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cane Creek State Park?
April, with 6.04 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cane Creek State Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cane Creek State Park in zone 8b in ZIP code 71667, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Cane Creek State Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 3. Waiting until April 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dumas, AR14 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Monticello, AR19 miles from this station, 64.1°F a year
- Pine Bluff, AR21 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Rison, AR25 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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