Huntsville, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Huntsville's primary NOAA station, HUNTSVILLE 1 SSW.
The climate verdict for Huntsville
Water is the standout signal in Huntsville, Arkansas: 45.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 59°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.
- 59°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 222 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Huntsville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00033544 · Huntsville, AR 59°F mean · 45.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,940
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lenoir City
- PRCP-MID 45.6"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,659 HDD
- STN-1 USC00033544
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lenoir City, TN (+ 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.
- Huntsville (this station) 59°F
- Hot Mt Ida, AR 59°F
- Near Lenoir City, TN 59°F
- Near Louisburg, NC 59°F
- Near Mena, AR 59°F
Climate Living Index · Huntsville
Huntsville: 77/100 · grade B
Huntsville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Huntsville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 56 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 222 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.1°F · 8.4° from 67.5°F | 73/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 45.6 in · 10.6 from 35 in | 63/100 · C |
Huntsville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Huntsville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 38.2°F and warmest-month mean 78.8°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
- 78.8°F
- Coldest month
- 38.2°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 Huntsville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Huntsville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 28% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Huntsville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 30% wettest
- Huntsville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Huntsville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Huntsville'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.7" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.5" | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (15°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.0" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.0" | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 14.3 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 4.3" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.0" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 56 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near January 13.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 11, then returns to freezing around December 18, covering 56 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 25, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 9 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 79 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Huntsville.
Where Huntsville Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
Huntsville earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.3 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
Huntsville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Huntsville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.1" and February 2.5". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Huntsville, it arrives in quantity
45.6" of precipitation falls across only about 78 wet days here, averaging 0.58 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 78 a year, 21% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.58 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 5
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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
222 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,659
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,541
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Huntsville 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 (59°F here).
- Durham, NC 59°F · 0.0°F off
- El Reno, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Gage, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Lebanon, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sparta, IL 45.6" · 0.0" off
- Centrahoma, OK 45.6" · 0.0" off
- Marshfield, MO 45.6" · 0.0" off
- Girard, KS 45.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Huntsville's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Huntsville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,659 annual heating degree days against 1,541 for cooling. Its 40.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Huntsville's frost-free season lasts about 222 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 Huntsville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.6°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Huntsville carries 45.6 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 Huntsville'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 Huntsville, 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 Huntsville's primary station: HUNTSVILLE 1 SSW (USC00033544). 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 0533970). Match rule for Huntsville: 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 Huntsville 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.