Dequeen, Arkansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Dequeen's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 55.0 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.7°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,396 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDequeen
- Station IDUSC00031948
- Location34.05°N 94.35°W
- Elevation407 ft (124 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Dequeen is 73°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Dequeen.
- Jan 54° 30°
- Feb 58° 33°
- Mar 66° 41°
- Apr 74° 48°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 88° 67°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 93° 70°
- Sep 87° 63°
- Oct 76° 50°
- Nov 64° 40°
- Dec 55° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Dequeen each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.25 in), the least in August (3.34 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 30°F | 41.8°F | 4.12 | 1.1 | 8 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 33°F | 45.7°F | 4.15 | 1.0 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 41°F | 53.3°F | 5.03 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 48°F | 60.9°F | 5.85 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.4°F | 6.25 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 67°F | 77.4°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 70°F | 81.2°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 50°F | 63.1°F | 4.66 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 40°F | 51.9°F | 4.44 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 33°F | 44.1°F | 5.25 | 0.2 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 50°F | 62.0°F | 54.95 | 2.5 | 92 | 68 | 68 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 149 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 159 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 17.3°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 133 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031948; 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.
Which months are mildest at Dequeen?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00031948.
When is the last frost at Dequeen?
In Dequeen, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 5 in half of years and before October 22 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 291 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 51 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 222 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dequeen in zone 8a in ZIP code 71832, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (29 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 USC00031948; 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 at Dequeen?
In a normal year in Dequeen, 68 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 68 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 92 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 68a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 68a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 92a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 114°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −14°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 77.64 in; the snowiest season is 1999–00, with 12.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00031948; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00031948. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Dequeen?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Dequeen, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.6 |
| February | 64% | 3.0 |
| March | 68% | 4.1 |
| April | 71% | 5.1 |
| May | 72% | 5.6 |
| June | 80% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 76% | 3.8 |
| November | 72% | 2.8 |
| 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Dequeen record?
A normal year at Dequeen brings 3,024 heating degree days, 44% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,980 cooling degree days, 2.2 times 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 5,290 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 719 | 0 |
| February | 542 | 1 |
| March | 373 | 9 |
| April | 164 | 41 |
| May | 31 | 169 |
| June | 1 | 373 |
| July | 0 | 502 |
| August | 0 | 502 |
| September | 9 | 296 |
| October | 136 | 77 |
| November | 401 | 8 |
| December | 648 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,024 | 1,980 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00031948. 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.
Have recent years at Dequeen been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 64.0°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.0°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62.9°F | +0.9°F | 49.14 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 63.3°F | +1.3°F | 64.79 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 64.0°F | +2.0°F | 59.07 | 0.0 |
Over 63 complete years from 1937 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00031948; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Dequeen's climate compare?
Dequeen is warmer than 57 of the 86 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.0°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Dequeen 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 Dequeen 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.
- Horatio, AR916 people · 7 mi S
- Lockesburg, AR595 people · 11 mi SE
- Grannis, AR499 people · 13 mi N
- Gillham, AR156 people · 9 mi N
- Winthrop, AR114 people · 15 mi S
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 Dequeen's climate
What is the coldest month at Dequeen?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow at Dequeen?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Dequeen?
May, with 6.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.34 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Dequeen in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Dequeen in zone 8a in ZIP code 71832, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Dequeen?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- De Queen, AR3 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Broken Bow, OK22 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Idabel, OK29 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Nashville, AR30 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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