Conway, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Conway's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 51.2 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.6°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,300 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationConway
- Station IDUSC00031596
- Location35.10°N 92.49°W
- Elevation312 ft (95 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population70,711
On October 22, the normal high in Conway is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Conway.
- Jan 49° 27°
- Feb 54° 30°
- Mar 63° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 79° 58°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 91° 68°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 74° 48°
- Nov 61° 38°
- Dec 52° 30°
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 Conway each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.57 in), the least in September (3.12 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 27°F | 38.1°F | 3.82 | 0.5 | 8 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 30°F | 42.2°F | 4.17 | 1.3 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 5.25 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.7°F | 5.43 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 58°F | 68.4°F | 5.57 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 80.7°F | 3.40 | 0.0 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 68°F | 79.9°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 72.6°F | 3.12 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 4.56 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 30°F | 40.8°F | 4.74 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 49°F | 60.0°F | 51.19 | 2.3 | 95 | 70 | 66 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 3.4°C | 97 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 106 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 133 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 141 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.6°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 4.9°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031596; 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 Conway?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00031596.
When is the last frost in Conway?
In Conway, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 2 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 20 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 21 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 215 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Conway in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 72034, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Conway's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (21 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 USC00031596; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Conway ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Conway's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Conway?
In a normal year in Conway, 70 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 66 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 66a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 115°F, on July 13, 1954; the lowest is −15°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 73.58 in; the snowiest season is 1917–18, with 30.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00031596; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00031596. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Conway?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Conway, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (66%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 276th (with 27 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 66% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| 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 Conway need?
A normal year in Conway brings 3,569 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,796 cooling degree days, 98% 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 4,909 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 836 | 0 |
| February | 637 | 0 |
| March | 441 | 7 |
| April | 194 | 35 |
| May | 44 | 151 |
| June | 1 | 352 |
| July | 0 | 485 |
| August | 0 | 462 |
| September | 17 | 245 |
| October | 175 | 54 |
| November | 474 | 5 |
| December | 750 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,569 | 1,796 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031596. 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 Conway been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.8°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.7°F | +0.7°F | 49.75 | 13.2 |
| 2022 | 60.4°F | +0.4°F | 53.00 | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 62.2°F | +2.2°F | 56.26 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 62.5°F | +2.5°F | 53.96 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 61.8°F | +1.8°F | – | 8.8 |
Over 99 complete years from 1887 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00031596; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Conway's climate compare?
Conway is warmer than 26 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 37. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.0°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Conway 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 Conway share this climate record?
3 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.
- Bigelow, AR359 people · 11 mi SW
- Menifee, AR313 people · 5 mi NW
- Fourche, AR57 people · 11 mi SW
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 Conway's climate
What is the coldest month in Conway?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Conway?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Conway?
May, with 5.57 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Conway in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Conway in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 72034, the largest). By the same method at Conway's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Conway?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 2; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Conway in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Greenbrier, AR12 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Morrilton, AR16 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Marche, AR17 miles from this station, 60.3°F a year
- North Little Rock, AR22 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
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