Mount Ida, AR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mount Ida's primary NOAA station, MOUNT IDA ASOS.
The climate verdict for Mount Ida
Water is the standout signal in Mount Ida, Arkansas: 55.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°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.
- 62°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 212 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Mount Ida: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053921 · Mount Ida, AR 62°F mean · 55.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Antlers
- PRCP-WET 55.8"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00053921
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Antlers, OK (+ 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.
- Mount Ida (this station) 62°F
- Hot Byars, OK 62°F
- Near Antlers, OK 62°F
- Near Auberry, CA 62°F
- Near Batesville, MS 62°F
Climate Living Index · Mount Ida
Mount Ida: 63/100 · grade C
Mount Ida publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mount Ida, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 61.7°F · 5.8° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 212 days/year | 73/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 125 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 55.8 in · 20.8 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
Mount Ida · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mount Ida is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 41.8°F and warmest-month mean 81.0°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
- 81.0°F
- Coldest month
- 41.8°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 Mount Ida sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mount Ida's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Mount Ida sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Mount Ida's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 32nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mount Ida compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mount Ida'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 | 53°F (12°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.8" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.0" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.0" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 6.2" | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 21.5 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 9.9 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.4" | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.3" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 4.8" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Mount Ida works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 29 and hold at or above 90°F on 74 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 51 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 2.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 22 through September 3, covering 74 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 31 to October 29.
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 3, then returns to freezing around December 15, covering 51 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 12, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 12 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 116 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mount Ida.
Where Mount Ida Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 74 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Mount Ida earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.6 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Mount Ida spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mount Ida has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.2" and August 3.7". 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 Mount Ida, it arrives in quantity
55.8" of precipitation falls across only about 115 wet days here, averaging 0.48 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 115 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.48 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 8
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
October 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
212 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,084
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,929
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Mount Ida 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 (62°F here).
- Antlers, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Auberry, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Batesville, MS 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Byars, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Manning, SC 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Moorhead, MS 55.8" · 0.0" off
- Covington, TN 55.8" · 0.0" off
- Cuthbert, GA 55.7" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mount Ida's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Mount Ida averages 55.8 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 Mount Ida's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.2°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Mount Ida's normal, at 3,084 and 1,929 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 212-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 Mount Ida'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 Mount Ida, 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 Mount Ida's primary station: MOUNT IDA ASOS (USW00053921). 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 0547690). Match rule for Mount Ida: 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 Mount Ida 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.