Degray Lake State Park, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Degray Lake State Park's primary NOAA station, DEGRAY LAKE SP.
The climate verdict for Degray Lake State Park
Water is the standout signal in Degray Lake State Park, Arkansas: 58.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 61°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 61°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 58.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 235 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Degray Lake State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00031910 · Degray Lake State Park, AR 61°F mean · 58.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 61°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,283
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Borger Hutchins…
- PRCP-WET 58.1"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00031910
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Borger Hutchinson County, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AR station list.
- Degray Lake Sta… (this station) 61°F
- Hot Chickasha, OK 61°F
- Near Borger Hutchins…, TX 61°F
- Near Brownsville, TN 61°F
- Near Cabot, AR 61°F
Climate Living Index · Degray Lake State Park
Degray Lake State Park: 66/100 · grade C
Degray Lake State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Degray Lake State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 235 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.9°F · 6.6° from 67.5°F | 79/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 102 calendar days | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 58.1 in · 23.1 from 35 in | 18/100 · F |
Degray Lake State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Degray Lake State Park is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.0°F and warmest-month mean 80.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.6°F
- Coldest month
- 40.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Degray Lake State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Degray Lake State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 23% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Degray Lake State Park sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 7% wettest
- Degray Lake State Park's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Degray Lake State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Degray Lake State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.0" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.5" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.3" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 5.6" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 6.2" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.1" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.2" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Degray Lake State Park works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by August 4 and hold at or above 90°F on 47 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 55 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 11.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 9 through August 24, covering 47 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 5 to October 23.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 10, then returns to freezing around December 18, covering 55 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Degray Lake State Park.
Where Degray Lake State Park Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 58 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Degray Lake State Park earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Degray Lake State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Degray Lake State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.2" and January 4.0". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
235 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,286
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,837
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Degray Lake State Park on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (61°F here).
- Brownsville, TN 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Chickasha, OK 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Dalton, GA 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Eddyville, KY 61°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (58.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Collins, MS 58.1" · 0.0" off
- Fort Payne, AL 58.0" · 0.0" off
- Murray, KY 58.1" · 0.0" off
- Owens Cross Roads, AL 58.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Degray Lake State Park's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Degray Lake State Park averages 58.1 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Degray Lake State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.6°F. The annual average is 61°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Degray Lake State Park's normal, at 3,286 and 1,837 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 235-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Degray Lake State Park's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Degray Lake State Park, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Degray Lake State Park's primary station: DEGRAY LAKE SP (USC00031910). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Degray Lake State Park; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Degray Lake State Park comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.