Greers Ferry, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Greers Ferry's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 53.4 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,356 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGreers Ferry Dam
- Station IDUSC00032978
- Location35.52°N 92.00°W
- Elevation527 ft (161 m)
- From the center10 miles
- Population847
On October 14, the normal high in Greers Ferry is 74°F and the normal low 50°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 Greers Ferry.
- Jan 48° 28°
- Feb 54° 31°
- Mar 62° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 79° 57°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 91° 68°
- Sep 84° 61°
- Oct 73° 49°
- Nov 61° 39°
- Dec 51° 31°
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 Greers Ferry each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.69 in), the least in September (3.65 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 28°F | 38.1°F | 3.79 | 0.6 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 31°F | 42.2°F | 3.84 | 0.6 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 39°F | 50.2°F | 4.94 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.5°F | 5.35 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 57°F | 67.9°F | 5.69 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.1°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.2°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 61°F | 72.4°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 49°F | 61.2°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 39°F | 50.0°F | 5.09 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 31°F | 41.0°F | 4.92 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 49°F | 59.8°F | 53.38 | 2.6 | 100 | 54 | 74 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.4°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 98 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.1°C | 125 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.5°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 4°C | 10.0°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.0°C | 125 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00032978; 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 Greers Ferry?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00032978.
When is the last frost in Greers Ferry?
In Greers Ferry, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 31 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 6 in half of years and before October 26 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 311 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 61 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 222 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 247 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 16 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greers Ferry in zone 7b in ZIP code 72067. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Greers Ferry's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°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 USC00032978; 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 Greers Ferry?
In a normal year in Greers Ferry, 54 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 74 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 54a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 74a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 113°F, on August 10, 1907; the lowest is −7°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 77.19 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 21.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00032978; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00032978. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Greers Ferry?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Greers Ferry, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 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 Greers Ferry need?
A normal year in Greers Ferry brings 3,577 heating degree days, 33% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,725 cooling degree days, 90% 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 4,824 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 836 | 0 |
| February | 639 | 0 |
| March | 467 | 6 |
| April | 200 | 35 |
| May | 48 | 139 |
| June | 2 | 333 |
| July | 0 | 471 |
| August | 0 | 444 |
| September | 16 | 238 |
| October | 171 | 53 |
| November | 457 | 5 |
| December | 743 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,577 | 1,725 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00032978. 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 Greers Ferry been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.5°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.3°F | +0.5°F | – | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 60.2°F | +0.4°F | – | – |
| 2023 | 62.6°F | +2.8°F | – | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 62.7°F | +2.9°F | – | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 60.5°F | +0.7°F | – | 10.5 |
Over 45 complete years from 1963 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00032978; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Greers Ferry's climate compare?
Greers Ferry is warmer than 24 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.8°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Greers Ferry 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 Greers Ferry share this climate record?
10 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.
- Heber Springs, AR7,313 people · 2 mi SW
- Fairfield Bay, AR2,171 people · 16 mi W
- Tumbling Shoals, AR752 people · 3 mi NE
- Pangburn, AR498 people · 11 mi SE
- Rose Bud, AR498 people · 14 mi S
- Wilburn, AR314 people · 6 mi E
- Drasco, AR236 people · 8 mi NE
- Higden, AR118 people · 12 mi W
- Floral, AR80 people · 14 mi E
- Edgemont, AR18 people · 12 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 Greers Ferry's climate
What is the coldest month in Greers Ferry?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Greers Ferry?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Greers Ferry?
May, with 5.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.65 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Greers Ferry in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Greers Ferry in zone 7b in ZIP code 72067. By the same method at Greers Ferry's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Greers Ferry?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 31; 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
- Mountain View, AR23 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
- Searcy, AR24 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Batesville, AR24 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Greenbrier, AR28 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
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