Stuttgart, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stuttgart's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 50.6 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.3°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,286 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStuttgart (9 mi ESE)
- Station IDUSC00036920
- Location34.47°N 91.42°W
- Elevation198 ft (60 m)
- Population7,638
On October 23, the normal high in Stuttgart is 73°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stuttgart.
- Jan 50° 33°
- Feb 55° 37°
- Mar 64° 44°
- Apr 73° 53°
- May 81° 63°
- Jun 89° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 91° 72°
- Sep 86° 64°
- Oct 76° 53°
- Nov 63° 43°
- Dec 53° 36°
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 Stuttgart each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.96 in), the least in September (2.82 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 33°F | 41.8°F | 3.92 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 37°F | 46.0°F | 4.41 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 64°F | 44°F | 54.0°F | 5.20 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 53°F | 63.1°F | 5.96 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 63°F | 72.2°F | 4.60 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 71°F | 79.8°F | 3.66 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 82.3°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 72°F | 81.2°F | 3.19 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 64°F | 75.2°F | 2.82 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 53°F | 64.3°F | 4.35 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 43°F | 52.9°F | 4.18 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 36°F | 44.7°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 54°F | 63.1°F | 50.63 | 1.3 | 93 | 75 | 50 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | 1°C | 5.4°C | 100 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 13°C | 3°C | 7.8°C | 112 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 18°C | 7°C | 12.2°C | 132 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 12°C | 17.3°C | 151 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 17°C | 22.3°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 22°C | 26.6°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.9°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 24.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 6°C | 11.6°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 2°C | 7.1°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00036920; 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 Stuttgart?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October 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 USC00036920.
When is the last frost in Stuttgart?
In Stuttgart, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 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 111 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 250 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 276 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stuttgart in zone 8b in ZIP code 72160, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stuttgart's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 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 USC00036920; 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 Stuttgart?
In a normal year in Stuttgart, 75 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 50 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 93 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 75a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 50a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 93a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1936) is 107°F, on August 16, 1943; the lowest is −6°F, on December 24, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 79.32 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 13.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00036920; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00036920. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stuttgart?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stuttgart, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 66% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.5 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 75% | 2.9 |
| December | 70% | 2.3 |
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 Stuttgart need?
A normal year in Stuttgart brings 2,886 heating degree days, 46% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,236 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 5,652 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 720 | 1 |
| February | 534 | 2 |
| March | 353 | 14 |
| April | 129 | 70 |
| May | 19 | 240 |
| June | 0 | 443 |
| July | 0 | 538 |
| August | 0 | 502 |
| September | 9 | 316 |
| October | 119 | 99 |
| November | 375 | 12 |
| December | 630 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,886 | 2,236 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00036920. 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 Stuttgart been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 65.2°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.1°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.3°F | +0.2°F | 55.50 | 12.0 |
| 2022 | 63.3°F | +0.2°F | – | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 65.2°F | +2.1°F | – | 0.0 |
Over 63 complete years from 1939 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00036920; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stuttgart's climate compare?
Stuttgart is warmer than 71 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.1°F is warmer than 83%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart share this climate record?
3 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.
- Humphrey, AR441 people · 17 mi W
- Almyra, AR244 people · 5 mi S
- Ulm, AR178 people · 7 mi N
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 Stuttgart's climate
What is the coldest month in Stuttgart?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Stuttgart?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 0 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Stuttgart?
April, with 5.96 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 2.82 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stuttgart in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stuttgart in zone 8b in ZIP code 72160, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Stuttgart's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Stuttgart?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 11; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Clarendon, AR17 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- St. Charles, AR18 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Brinkley, AR30 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Arkansas Post, AR31 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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