Dennard, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dennard's primary NOAA station, DENNARD 10 WSW.
The climate verdict for Dennard
Water is the standout signal in Dennard, Arkansas: 57.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 57.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 212 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Dennard: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00031935 · Dennard, AR 56°F mean · 57.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cape May
- PRCP-WET 57.2"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,323 HDD
- STN-1 USC00031935
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cape May, NJ ( -0.1 °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.
- Hot Mccarty Rch, NM 57°F
- Near Huntington Tri…, WV 57°F
- Dennard (this station) 56°F
- Cold Cape May, NJ 56°F
- Near Monticello, KY 56°F
Climate Living Index · Dennard
Dennard: 61/100 · grade C
Dennard publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dennard, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 93 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 212 days/year | 73/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.3°F · 11.2° from 67.5°F | 64/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 57.2 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Dennard · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dennard is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.0°F and warmest-month mean 76.8°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
- 76.8°F
- Coldest month
- 34.0°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 · heating-led station
Where Dennard sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dennard's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 65th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 8% wettest
- Dennard's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dennard compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dennard's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 44°F (7°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.9" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.0" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 6.1" | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 6.1" | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| September | 80°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.3" | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.3" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.6" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 31, short of 90°F on every date, while 93 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 5, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 93 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
February 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dennard.
Where Dennard Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Dennard earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Dennard 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 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dennard has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.1" and September 3.9". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
212 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,323
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,196
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Dennard 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 (56°F here).
- Benton, IL 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Billings, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlottesville, VA 56°F · 0.0°F off
- English, IN 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (57.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wallace, NC 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Union Springs, AL 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Spruce Pine, NC 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Miami Beach, FL 57.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Dennard's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Dennard's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,323 annual heating degree days against 1,196 for cooling. Its 42.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Dennard's frost-free season lasts about 212 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Dennard's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.8°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Dennard carries 57.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Dennard's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Dennard, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Dennard's primary station: DENNARD 10 WSW (USC00031935). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0518340), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Dennard: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Dennard 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.