Jonesboro Muni, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Jonesboro Muni's primary NOAA station, JONESBORO MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Jonesboro Muni
Water is the standout signal in Jonesboro Muni, Arkansas: 48.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 61°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 61°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 231 days
- frost-free growing season
Jonesboro Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003953 · Jonesboro Muni, AR 61°F mean · 48.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 61°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,283
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Borger Hutchins…
- PRCP-MID 48.5"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00003953
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Borger Hutchinson County, TX (+ 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.
- Jonesboro (this station) 61°F
- Hot Chickasha, OK 61°F
- Near Borger Hutchins…, TX 61°F
- Near Brownsville, TN 61°F
- Near Cabot, AR 61°F
Climate Living Index · Jonesboro Muni
Jonesboro Muni: 71/100 · grade B
Jonesboro Muni publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Jonesboro Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 231 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.9°F · 6.6° from 67.5°F | 79/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 111 calendar days | 70/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 48.5 in · 13.5 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
Jonesboro Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Jonesboro Muni is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 38.7°F and warmest-month mean 81.7°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
- 81.7°F
- Coldest month
- 38.7°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 Jonesboro Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Jonesboro Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 23% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Jonesboro Muni sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 23% wettest
- Jonesboro Muni's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Jonesboro Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Jonesboro Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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) | 31°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.5" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.8" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.2" | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 19.9 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.8" | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.4" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.5" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Jonesboro Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by June 29 and hold at or above 90°F on 66 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 45 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 15 through August 19, covering 66 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 11 to October 24.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 7, then returns to freezing around December 25, covering 45 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 8, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 10 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 10 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 Jonesboro Muni.
Where Jonesboro Muni Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 66 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Jonesboro Muni 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
9.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Jonesboro Muni spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Jonesboro Muni has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.2" and June 3.0". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Jonesboro Muni, it arrives in quantity
48.5" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.43 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 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 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 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
231 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,451
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,994
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Jonesboro Muni 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 (61°F here).
- Brownsville, TN 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Chickasha, OK 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Dalton, GA 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Eddyville, KY 61°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Centerport, NY 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Kane, PA 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Lowell, MA 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Providence, KY 48.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Jonesboro Muni's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Jonesboro Muni averages 48.5 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 Jonesboro Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.0°F. The annual average is 61°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Jonesboro Muni's normal, at 3,451 and 1,994 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 231-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 Jonesboro Muni'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 Jonesboro Muni, 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 Jonesboro Muni's primary station: JONESBORO MUNI AP (USW00003953). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Jonesboro Muni; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Jonesboro Muni 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.