Poinsett State Park, 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 Poinsett State Park's primary NOAA station, POINSETT SP.
The climate verdict for Poinsett State Park
Water is the standout signal in Poinsett State Park, Arkansas: 51.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 60°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.2"
- annual precipitation
- 224 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Poinsett State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00035831 · Poinsett State Park, AR 60°F mean · 51.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,077
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainview
- PRCP-WET 51.2"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,640 HDD
- STN-1 USC00035831
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Plainview, TX (+ 0.1 °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.
- Poinsett State… (this station) 60°F
- Hot Conchas Dam, NM 60°F
- Near Plainview, TX 60°F
- Near Thompson, TN 60°F
- Near Mtn View, AR 60°F
Climate Living Index · Poinsett State Park
Poinsett State Park: 74/100 · grade B
Poinsett State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Poinsett State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 60 calendar days | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 224 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.6°F · 7.9° from 67.5°F | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 51.2 in · 16.2 from 35 in | 43/100 · D |
Poinsett State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Poinsett State Park is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 37.4°F and warmest-month mean 79.4°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
- 79.4°F
- Coldest month
- 37.4°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 · heating-led station
Where Poinsett State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Poinsett State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 26% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Poinsett State Park sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 17% wettest
- Poinsett State Park's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 45th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Poinsett State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Poinsett State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.5" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.9" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 5.6" | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.2" | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| November | 60°F (15°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.4" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.9" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around August 4, short of 90°F on every date, while 60 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 28°F near January 16.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 13, then returns to freezing around December 16, covering 60 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.
The widest day
October 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Poinsett State Park.
Where Poinsett State Park Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Poinsett State Park earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Poinsett State Park 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. Poinsett State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.7" and September 3.2". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
224 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,640
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,721
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AR closest to Poinsett State Park 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 (60°F here).
- Addison, AL 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, VA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Enid, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Erick, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Boonville, IN 51.2" · 0.0" off
- Montgomery, AL 51.2" · 0.0" off
- Mcdonough, GA 51.1" · 0.0" off
- Talbotton, GA 51.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Poinsett State Park's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Poinsett State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,640 annual heating degree days against 1,721 for cooling. Its 42.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Poinsett State Park's frost-free season lasts about 224 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Poinsett State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.0°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Poinsett State Park carries 51.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Poinsett State Park's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Poinsett State Park, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Poinsett State Park's primary station: POINSETT SP (USC00035831). 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 Poinsett State Park; 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 Poinsett State Park 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.