Hot Springs, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hot Springs's primary NOAA station, HOT SPRINGS ASOS - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Hot Springs
Water is the standout signal in Hot Springs, Arkansas: 52.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 63°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.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.9"
- yearly precipitation total
- 230 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Hot Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003962 · Hot Springs, AR 63°F mean · 52.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alamogordo
- PRCP-WET 52.9"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USW00003962
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alamogordo, NM (+ 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.
- Hot Springs (this station) 63°F
- Hot Brantley Dam, NM 63°F
- Near Alamogordo, NM 63°F
- Near Anniston Metro, AL 63°F
- Near Appling, GA 63°F
Climate Living Index · Hot Springs
Hot Springs: 75/100 · grade B
Hot Springs publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hot Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.1°F · 4.4° from 67.5°F | 87/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 78 calendar days | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 230 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 52.9 in · 17.9 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
Hot Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hot Springs is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 42.6°F and warmest-month mean 82.8°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
- 82.8°F
- Coldest month
- 42.6°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 Hot Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hot Springs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Hot Springs sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Hot Springs's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 36th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hot Springs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hot Springs'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
Hot Springs's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 36 complete annual observations from 1987 to 2025, HOT SPRINGS ASOS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hot Springs primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.4" | N/A | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.1" | N/A | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.1" | N/A | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.9" | N/A | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 16.1 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.0" | N/A | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.3" | N/A | 0.0 | 22.8 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.6" | N/A | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.6" | N/A | 13.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Hot Springs runs from a mild 33°F around January 10 to 94°F at the peak near July 30, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through September 3, covering 78 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 29 to October 28.
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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 14, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 8 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 109 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 6 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 Hot Springs.
Where Hot Springs Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 78 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Hot Springs earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.7 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
Hot Springs spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Hot Springs has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.9" and August 3.3". 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.
When it rains in Hot Springs, it arrives in quantity
52.9" of precipitation falls across only about 109 wet days here, averaging 0.49 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 109 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
230 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,858
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,207
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Hot Springs 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 (63°F here).
- Alamogordo, NM 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Appling, GA 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Burneyville, OK 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Gilmer, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Crestwood, KY 52.9" · 0.0" off
- Cedartown, GA 52.8" · 0.0" off
- Jonesboro, GA 52.9" · 0.1" off
- Norfolk, CT 52.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hot Springs's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Hot Springs averages 52.9 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 Hot Springs's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.2°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Hot Springs's normal, at 2,858 and 2,207 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 230-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 Hot Springs'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 Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs's primary station: HOT SPRINGS ASOS (USW00003962). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Hot Springs area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 0533400). Match rule for Hot Springs: 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 Hot Springs 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.