Lead Hill, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lead Hill's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 47.4 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,204 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLead Hill
- Station IDUSC00034106
- Location36.42°N 92.92°W
- Elevation830 ft (253 m)
- Population281
On October 22, the normal high in Lead Hill is 68°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lead Hill.
- Jan 45° 23°
- Feb 49° 26°
- Mar 58° 34°
- Apr 68° 43°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 63°
- Jul 88° 67°
- Aug 87° 65°
- Sep 81° 57°
- Oct 70° 45°
- Nov 58° 35°
- Dec 47° 26°
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 Lead Hill each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.18 in), the least in February (2.75 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 23°F | 33.7°F | 2.89 | 2.6 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| February | 49°F | 26°F | 37.5°F | 2.75 | 2.3 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 4.66 | 2.1 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 43°F | 55.5°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 83°F | 63°F | 73.1°F | 3.85 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 88°F | 67°F | 77.4°F | 4.19 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 87°F | 65°F | 76.2°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 57°F | 68.7°F | 4.09 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 45°F | 57.3°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 35°F | 46.1°F | 4.26 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 47°F | 26°F | 36.8°F | 3.24 | 1.1 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 47.42 | 8.2 | 103 | 43 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 73 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 10°C | −3°C | 3.1°C | 70 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 118 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 82 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00034106; 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 Lead Hill?
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 (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 USC00034106.
When is the last frost in Lead Hill?
In Lead Hill, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after May 1 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 151 year in 10 after May 1; 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 210 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 4 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lead Hill in zone 7a in ZIP code 72644, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lead Hill's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 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 USC00034106; 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 Lead Hill?
In a normal year in Lead Hill, 43 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 103 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 43a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 103a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1927) is 116°F, on August 9, 1934; the lowest is −28°F, on January 22, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 74.29 in; the snowiest season is 2021–22, with 28.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00034106; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00034106. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lead Hill?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lead Hill, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.4 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.9 |
| October | 76% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.1 |
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 Lead Hill need?
A normal year in Lead Hill brings 4,493 heating degree days, 16% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,268 cooling degree days, 40% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,019 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 970 | 0 |
| February | 770 | 0 |
| March | 584 | 3 |
| April | 300 | 14 |
| May | 105 | 82 |
| June | 8 | 251 |
| July | 1 | 383 |
| August | 2 | 349 |
| September | 46 | 157 |
| October | 265 | 28 |
| November | 569 | 2 |
| December | 874 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,493 | 1,268 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00034106. 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 Lead Hill been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.3°F, 3.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.1°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.8°F | +2.7°F | 49.70 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 59.1°F | +3.0°F | 44.52 | 9.0 |
| 2025 | 59.3°F | +3.2°F | – | 12.0 |
Over 68 complete years from 1928 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.8°F per century (+0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00034106; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lead Hill's climate compare?
Lead Hill is warmer than 2 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 9. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.1°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lead Hill 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 Lead Hill share this climate record?
5 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.
- Diamond City, AR836 people · 3 mi N
- Theodosia, MO204 people · 18 mi NE
- Pyatt, AR190 people · 12 mi S
- Zinc, AR90 people · 9 mi S
- South Lead Hill, AR86 people · 2 mi S
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 Lead Hill's climate
What is the coldest month in Lead Hill?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Lead Hill?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lead Hill?
April, with 5.18 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.75 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lead Hill in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lead Hill in zone 7a in ZIP code 72644, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lead Hill's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Lead Hill?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Harrison, AR17 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Branson, MO18 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Ozark Beach, MO21 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Mountain Home, AR25 miles from this station, 58.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
Download these normals (CSV) · JSON · How these figures are made