Paragould, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Paragould's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 51.7 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,314 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationParagould (1 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00035563
- Location36.03°N 90.50°W
- Elevation270 ft (82 m)
- Population30,680
On October 23, the normal high in Paragould is 70°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Paragould.
- Jan 46° 28°
- Feb 50° 31°
- Mar 60° 40°
- Apr 70° 49°
- May 79° 59°
- Jun 87° 68°
- Jul 90° 71°
- Aug 89° 69°
- Sep 83° 62°
- Oct 73° 50°
- Nov 59° 39°
- Dec 49° 32°
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 Paragould each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.19 in), the least in September (3.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 28°F | 37.0°F | 3.89 | 1.0 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 50°F | 31°F | 40.9°F | 4.03 | 0.8 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 40°F | 49.6°F | 4.88 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 49°F | 59.8°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 5.14 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 68°F | 77.5°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 71°F | 80.4°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 9 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 69°F | 79.0°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 3.31 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 50°F | 61.1°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 39°F | 49.0°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 49°F | 32°F | 40.2°F | 4.62 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 50°F | 59.7°F | 51.74 | 2.5 | 115 | 52 | 63 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −2°C | 2.8°C | 99 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 10°C | 0°C | 4.9°C | 102 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 15°C | 4°C | 9.8°C | 124 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 10°C | 15.4°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | 0°C | 4.6°C | 117 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035563; 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 Paragould?
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 USC00035563.
When is the last frost in Paragould?
In Paragould, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 26 in half of years and after April 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 6 in half of years and before October 26 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 261 year in 10 after April 10; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 61 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paragould in zone 7b in ZIP code 72450. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Paragould's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (29 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arkansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00035563; 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 Paragould?
In a normal year in Paragould, 52 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 63 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 115 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 63a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 115a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1979) is 106°F, on July 15, 1980; the lowest is −14°F, on January 17, 1982.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 73.34 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 15.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00035563; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00035563. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Paragould?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Paragould, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) 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 | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 74% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 83% | 6.4 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 67% | 2.0 |
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 Paragould need?
A normal year in Paragould brings 3,710 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,795 cooling degree days, 98% more than 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 4,879 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 869 | 0 |
| February | 675 | 0 |
| March | 482 | 5 |
| April | 195 | 37 |
| May | 43 | 170 |
| June | 1 | 378 |
| July | 0 | 477 |
| August | 0 | 434 |
| September | 17 | 236 |
| October | 174 | 54 |
| November | 484 | 4 |
| December | 769 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,710 | 1,795 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035563. 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 Paragould been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 59.6°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 59.7°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 59.6°F | −0.1°F | 49.45 | 3.5 |
Over 42 complete years from 1980 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.3°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00035563; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Paragould's climate compare?
Paragould is warmer than 22 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.7°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Paragould 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 Paragould share this climate record?
8 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.
- Monette, AR1,558 people · 13 mi SE
- Oak Grove Heights, AR1,163 people · 6 mi N
- Cardwell, MO534 people · 12 mi E
- Lafe, AR417 people · 12 mi N
- Arbyrd, MO389 people · 14 mi E
- Walcott, AR341 people · 10 mi W
- Black Oak, AR229 people · 15 mi SE
- Hollywood, MO0 people · 17 mi E
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 Paragould's climate
What is the coldest month in Paragould?
January, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Paragould?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Paragould?
April, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Paragould in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Paragould in zone 7b in ZIP code 72450. By the same method at Paragould's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Paragould?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 26; in one year in ten it comes after April 10. Waiting until April 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Jonesboro, AR16 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Kennett, MO27 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Corning, AR27 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Pocahontas, AR30 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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