Crossett, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Crossett's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 56.7 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.3 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.4°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,439 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCrossett (2 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00031730
- Location33.11°N 91.95°W
- Elevation180 ft (55 m)
- Population4,506
On October 22, the normal high in Crossett is 78°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 Crossett.
- Jan 57° 34°
- Feb 62° 37°
- Mar 70° 44°
- Apr 78° 51°
- May 85° 61°
- Jun 92° 69°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 90° 64°
- Oct 80° 52°
- Nov 68° 42°
- Dec 59° 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 in Crossett each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.79 in), the least in September (3.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 34°F | 45.6°F | 5.52 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 37°F | 49.2°F | 5.51 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 44°F | 56.9°F | 5.37 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 51°F | 64.5°F | 5.65 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 61°F | 72.8°F | 4.98 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 69°F | 80.2°F | 3.67 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.4°F | 4.23 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 82.9°F | 3.62 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 64°F | 77.1°F | 3.60 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 52°F | 66.0°F | 4.29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 42°F | 55.1°F | 4.44 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 36°F | 47.9°F | 5.79 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 53°F | 65.1°F | 56.67 | 89 | 79 | 66 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 140 mm |
| February | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 140 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 13.8°C | 136 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 144 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 126 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 93 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 107 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 92 mm |
| September | 32°C | 18°C | 25.1°C | 91 mm |
| October | 27°C | 11°C | 18.9°C | 109 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 113 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 147 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031730; 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 Crossett?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00031730.
When is the last frost in Crossett?
In Crossett, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 18 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 28 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 181 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 267 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 3 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crossett in zone 8b in ZIP code 71635, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Crossett's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 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 USC00031730; 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 Crossett?
In a normal year in Crossett, 79 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 66 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 89 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 79a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 66a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 89a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1915) is 113°F, on July 30, 1930; the lowest is −9°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1975, with 80.59 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 9.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00031730; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00031730. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Crossett?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Crossett, 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 much heating and cooling does Crossett need?
A normal year in Crossett brings 2,414 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,494 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,147 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 605 | 4 |
| February | 450 | 7 |
| March | 278 | 28 |
| April | 108 | 93 |
| May | 16 | 258 |
| June | 0 | 456 |
| July | 0 | 572 |
| August | 0 | 555 |
| September | 5 | 367 |
| October | 95 | 126 |
| November | 319 | 22 |
| December | 538 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 2,414 | 2,494 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031730. 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 Crossett been warmer than normal lately?
Over 69 complete years from 1929 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Crossett's climate compare?
Crossett is warmer than 85 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 77. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.1°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Crossett 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 Crossett share this climate record?
5 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.
- North Crossett, AR2,583 people · 4 mi N
- Hamburg, AR2,384 people · 12 mi NE
- West Crossett, AR1,214 people · 5 mi NW
- Bonita, LA160 people · 21 mi SE
- Fountain Hill, AR102 people · 18 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 Crossett's climate
What is the coldest month in Crossett?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Crossett?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.3 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Crossett?
December, with 5.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Crossett in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Crossett in zone 8b in ZIP code 71635, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Crossett's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Crossett?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 18; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Monroe (26 mi N), LA19 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Bastrop, LA26 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Portland, AR27 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Calion, AR34 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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