Newport, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newport's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 51.2 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.6°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,300 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewport
- Station IDUSC00035186
- Location35.60°N 91.27°W
- Elevation228 ft (70 m)
- Population8,049
On October 22, the normal high in Newport is 70°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newport.
- Jan 46° 30°
- Feb 51° 33°
- Mar 60° 41°
- Apr 70° 51°
- May 78° 60°
- Jun 86° 69°
- Jul 89° 72°
- Aug 89° 70°
- Sep 83° 62°
- Oct 72° 50°
- Nov 59° 40°
- Dec 49° 33°
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 Newport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.59 in), the least in August (2.97 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 30°F | 37.7°F | 3.67 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 51°F | 33°F | 41.9°F | 3.96 | 0.9 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 41°F | 50.6°F | 5.01 | 0.7 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 51°F | 60.4°F | 5.39 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 78°F | 60°F | 69.3°F | 5.59 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 69°F | 77.6°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 72°F | 80.7°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 70°F | 79.4°F | 2.97 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 62°F | 72.4°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 50°F | 61.1°F | 3.96 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 40°F | 49.6°F | 4.93 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 49°F | 33°F | 40.8°F | 4.93 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 51°F | 60.1°F | 51.19 | 2.6 | 106 | 56 | 60 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −1°C | 3.2°C | 93 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 10°C | 1°C | 5.5°C | 101 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 15°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 127 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 21°C | 10°C | 15.8°C | 137 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 16°C | 20.7°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 5°C | 9.8°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | 0°C | 4.9°C | 125 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035186; 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 Newport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00035186.
When is the last frost in Newport?
In Newport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 18 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 31 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
- March 181 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 240 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 262 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newport in zone 8a in ZIP code 72112, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Newport's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (29 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 USC00035186; 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 Newport?
In a normal year in Newport, 56 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 60 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 106 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 56a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 60a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 106a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1884) is 114°F, on August 9, 1930; the lowest is −17°F, on December 25, 1983.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 84.15 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 17.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00035186; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00035186. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newport?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newport, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.2 |
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 Newport need?
A normal year in Newport brings 3,579 heating degree days, 33% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,836 cooling degree days, 2.0 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,954 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 848 | 0 |
| February | 646 | 0 |
| March | 453 | 7 |
| April | 181 | 43 |
| May | 40 | 173 |
| June | 1 | 379 |
| July | 0 | 487 |
| August | 0 | 448 |
| September | 17 | 239 |
| October | 175 | 54 |
| November | 467 | 5 |
| December | 750 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,579 | 1,836 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035186. 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 Newport been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 61.6°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.1°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.6°F | −0.5°F | 50.69 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 59.5°F | −0.6°F | 49.68 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 61.6°F | +1.5°F | 58.00 | 0.1 |
Over 75 complete years from 1895 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.3°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00035186; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Newport's climate compare?
Newport is warmer than 27 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 37. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.1°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newport 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 Newport share this climate record?
11 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.
- Tuckerman, AR1,664 people · 9 mi NE
- Diaz, AR1,211 people · 3 mi N
- Newark, AR1,177 people · 12 mi NW
- Bradford, AR681 people · 16 mi SW
- Sulphur Rock, AR650 people · 16 mi NW
- Pleasant Plains, AR347 people · 20 mi W
- Grubbs, AR302 people · 12 mi E
- Campbell Station, AR226 people · 5 mi N
- Magness, AR225 people · 14 mi NW
- Oil Trough, AR221 people · 11 mi W
- Jacksonport, AR155 people · 3 mi NW
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 Newport's climate
What is the coldest month in Newport?
January, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Newport?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Newport?
May, with 5.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 2.97 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newport in zone 8a in ZIP code 72112, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Newport's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Newport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 18; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Beedeville, AR16 miles from this station, 60.6°F a year
- Alicia, AR25 miles from this station, 58.9°F a year
- Batesville, AR32 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Poinsett State Park, AR34 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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