Deer, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Deer's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 56.3 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.9°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,430 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDeer
- Station IDUSC00031900
- Location35.83°N 93.20°W
- Elevation2,375 ft (724 m)
- Population (census place)147
On October 24, the normal high in Deer is 63°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 Deer.
- Jan 42° 26°
- Feb 46° 29°
- Mar 55° 36°
- Apr 64° 45°
- May 70° 55°
- Jun 79° 64°
- Jul 83° 68°
- Aug 83° 67°
- Sep 75° 60°
- Oct 65° 49°
- Nov 54° 38°
- Dec 44° 29°
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 Deer each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.58 in), the least in August (3.62 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 26°F | 33.8°F | 3.71 | 2.4 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| February | 46°F | 29°F | 37.5°F | 3.80 | 3.6 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 55°F | 36°F | 45.5°F | 5.77 | 2.3 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 45°F | 54.5°F | 5.70 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 70°F | 55°F | 62.5°F | 6.58 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 79°F | 64°F | 71.2°F | 4.19 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 83°F | 68°F | 75.0°F | 3.85 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 83°F | 67°F | 74.9°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 75°F | 60°F | 67.5°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 49°F | 57.0°F | 4.90 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 54°F | 38°F | 45.8°F | 5.62 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 44°F | 29°F | 36.8°F | 4.02 | 1.3 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 47°F | 55.2°F | 56.29 | 9.7 | 98 | 9 | 89 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −4°C | 1.0°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 8°C | −2°C | 3.1°C | 97 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 13°C | 2°C | 7.5°C | 147 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 18°C | 7°C | 12.5°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 21°C | 13°C | 16.9°C | 167 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 18°C | 21.8°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 20°C | 23.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 16°C | 19.7°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 9°C | 13.9°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 3°C | 7.7°C | 143 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 7°C | −2°C | 2.7°C | 102 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031900; 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 Deer?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, August 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 USC00031900.
When is the last frost in Deer?
In Deer, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 21 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 71 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 231 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 27 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Deer in zone 7b in ZIP code 72628, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Deer's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (19 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 USC00031900; 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 Deer?
In a normal year in Deer, 9 days a year reach 90°F, 89 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 98 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 89a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 98a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1975) is 106°F, on August 4, 2011; the lowest is −20°F, on January 20, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 78.21 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 29.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00031900; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00031900. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Deer?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Deer, 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 Deer need?
A normal year in Deer brings 4,590 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,034 cooling degree days, 14% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,722 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 969 | 0 |
| February | 770 | 0 |
| March | 606 | 1 |
| April | 325 | 10 |
| May | 129 | 51 |
| June | 14 | 198 |
| July | 1 | 311 |
| August | 4 | 312 |
| September | 54 | 129 |
| October | 270 | 20 |
| November | 576 | 1 |
| December | 874 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,590 | 1,034 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031900. 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 Deer's climate compare?
Deer is warmer than 0 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.2°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Deer 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 Deer 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.
- Jasper, AR518 people · 13 mi N
- Wayton, AR213 people · 7 mi NW
- Mount Judea, AR69 people · 11 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 Deer's climate
What is the coldest month in Deer?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Deer?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (3.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Deer?
May, with 6.58 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.62 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Deer in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Deer in zone 7b in ZIP code 72628, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Deer's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Deer?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kingston, AR22 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Clarksville, AR27 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Dennard (10 mi WSW), AR29 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
- Gilbert, AR29 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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