Gilbert, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gilbert's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 48.1 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.3°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,222 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGilbert
- Station IDUSC00032794
- Location35.99°N 92.72°W
- Elevation606 ft (185 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population20
On October 22, the normal high in Gilbert is 70°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gilbert.
- Jan 48° 24°
- Feb 53° 28°
- Mar 61° 36°
- Apr 70° 45°
- May 77° 55°
- Jun 85° 64°
- Jul 90° 67°
- Aug 90° 65°
- Sep 83° 57°
- Oct 73° 45°
- Nov 60° 35°
- Dec 51° 27°
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 Gilbert each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.31 in), the least in August (3.04 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 24°F | 36.3°F | 3.19 | 1.6 | 7 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 28°F | 40.2°F | 3.32 | 0.6 | 7 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 36°F | 48.6°F | 4.70 | 1.3 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 45°F | 57.7°F | 5.10 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 5.31 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 85°F | 64°F | 74.3°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 67°F | 78.3°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 65°F | 77.5°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 57°F | 70.0°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 45°F | 58.9°F | 3.76 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 35°F | 47.3°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 27°F | 39.0°F | 3.63 | 0.9 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 46°F | 57.8°F | 48.10 | 4.4 | 87 | 60 | 101 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −4°C | 2.4°C | 81 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 4.6°C | 84 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.2°C | 119 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.5°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 7°C | 14.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.5°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −3°C | 3.9°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00032794; 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 Gilbert?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00032794.
When is the last frost in Gilbert?
In Gilbert, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 7 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 141 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 189 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 209 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gilbert in zone 7a in ZIP code 72636, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gilbert's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (20 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 USC00032794; 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 Gilbert?
In a normal year in Gilbert, 60 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 101 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 87 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 60a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 101a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 87a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1936) is 114°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −23°F, on February 3, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1945, with 68.51 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 26.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00032794; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00032794. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gilbert?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gilbert, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August 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 | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| 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 Gilbert need?
A normal year in Gilbert brings 4,028 heating degree days, 25% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,450 cooling degree days, 60% more than 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 4,370 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 890 | 0 |
| February | 696 | 1 |
| March | 515 | 6 |
| April | 248 | 29 |
| May | 76 | 110 |
| June | 4 | 282 |
| July | 0 | 414 |
| August | 1 | 387 |
| September | 31 | 181 |
| October | 226 | 37 |
| November | 535 | 4 |
| December | 807 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 4,028 | 1,450 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00032794. 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 Gilbert been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 59.1°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.8°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.0°F | +0.2°F | 43.82 | 11.5 |
| 2022 | 57.5°F | −0.3°F | 45.36 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 58.9°F | +1.1°F | 51.92 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 59.1°F | +1.3°F | 45.07 | 3.2 |
Over 46 complete years from 1937 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00032794; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gilbert's climate compare?
Gilbert is warmer than 10 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 12. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.8°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gilbert 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 Gilbert share this climate record?
4 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.
- Western Grove, AR347 people · 15 mi NW
- St. Joe, AR130 people · 5 mi NW
- Everton, AR105 people · 16 mi NW
- Pindall, AR101 people · 10 mi NW
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 Gilbert's climate
What is the coldest month in Gilbert?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Gilbert?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Gilbert?
May, with 5.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.04 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gilbert in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gilbert in zone 7a in ZIP code 72636, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gilbert's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Gilbert?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Marshall, AR6 miles from this station, 58.1°F a year
- Dennard (10 mi WSW), AR19 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
- Deer, AR29 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Mountain Home, AR30 miles from this station, 58.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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