Searcy, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Searcy's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 51.8 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,317 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSearcy
- Station IDUSC00036506
- Location35.27°N 91.72°W
- Elevation230 ft (70 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population23,997
On October 24, the normal high in Searcy is 70°F and the normal low 48°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 Searcy.
- Jan 49° 30°
- Feb 54° 33°
- Mar 63° 42°
- Apr 73° 50°
- May 82° 61°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 93° 73°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 85° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 61° 40°
- Dec 52° 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 Searcy each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.93 in), the least in June (3.02 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 30°F | 39.6°F | 3.58 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 33°F | 43.6°F | 3.90 | 0.6 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 42°F | 52.3°F | 5.07 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 50°F | 61.7°F | 5.42 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 61°F | 71.1°F | 5.93 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.4°F | 3.02 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 93°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 8 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.5°F | 3.41 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 63°F | 74.2°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.2°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 40°F | 50.8°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 33°F | 42.3°F | 4.91 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 51°F | 61.8°F | 51.84 | 1.8 | 100 | 76 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −1°C | 4.2°C | 91 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 12°C | 1°C | 6.4°C | 99 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 129 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 151 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.5°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 5°C | 10.4°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 1°C | 5.7°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00036506; 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 Searcy?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00036506.
When is the last frost in Searcy?
In Searcy, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 24 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 271 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 24; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 228 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 12 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Searcy in zone 8a in ZIP code 72143, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Searcy's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (27 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 USC00036506; 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 Searcy?
In a normal year in Searcy, 76 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 76a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 115°F, on August 4, 1918; the lowest is −20°F, on January 12, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 87.02 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 14.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00036506; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00036506. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Searcy?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Searcy, 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 Searcy need?
A normal year in Searcy brings 3,287 heating degree days, 39% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,153 cooling degree days, 2.4 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 5,398 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 789 | 1 |
| February | 599 | 1 |
| March | 408 | 12 |
| April | 158 | 59 |
| May | 28 | 217 |
| June | 0 | 434 |
| July | 0 | 552 |
| August | 0 | 511 |
| September | 12 | 288 |
| October | 156 | 71 |
| November | 433 | 7 |
| December | 704 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,287 | 2,153 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00036506. 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 Searcy been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 63.2°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.8°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 63.2°F | +1.4°F | 52.45 | 0.0 |
Over 73 complete years from 1916 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.4°F per century (+0.02°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00036506; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Searcy's climate compare?
Searcy is warmer than 51 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.8°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Searcy 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 Searcy share this climate record?
12 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.
- Bald Knob, AR2,533 people · 9 mi E
- Judsonia, AR1,900 people · 4 mi E
- Augusta, AR1,848 people · 20 mi E
- Kensett, AR1,407 people · 3 mi SE
- Higginson, AR905 people · 5 mi S
- Floyd, AR800 people · 15 mi W
- McRae, AR618 people · 12 mi SW
- Letona, AR235 people · 9 mi NW
- Garner, AR210 people · 9 mi S
- Russell, AR185 people · 13 mi NE
- West Point, AR172 people · 8 mi SE
- Griffithville, AR161 people · 11 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 Searcy's climate
What is the coldest month in Searcy?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Searcy?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Searcy?
May, with 5.93 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 3.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Searcy in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Searcy in zone 8a in ZIP code 72143, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Searcy's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Searcy?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Searcy in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Des Arc, AR24 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Greers Ferry, AR24 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Cabot, AR25 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Newport, AR34 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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