Waldron, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waldron's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 53.2 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 −2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,352 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaldron
- Station IDUSC00037488
- Location34.92°N 94.09°W
- Elevation716 ft (218 m)
- Population3,337
On October 24, the normal high in Waldron is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Waldron.
- Jan 51° 28°
- Feb 56° 31°
- Mar 64° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 79° 56°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 92° 68°
- Aug 92° 67°
- Sep 85° 60°
- Oct 74° 48°
- Nov 62° 38°
- Dec 53° 30°
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 Waldron each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.95 in), the least in February (3.17 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 28°F | 39.1°F | 3.43 | 1.1 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 31°F | 43.4°F | 3.17 | 1.0 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 39°F | 51.3°F | 4.63 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.7°F | 5.35 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 56°F | 67.8°F | 5.95 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 75.9°F | 4.67 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 68°F | 80.3°F | 3.89 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 92°F | 67°F | 79.5°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 4.21 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 48°F | 61.0°F | 4.66 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 38°F | 49.6°F | 4.93 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 30°F | 41.6°F | 4.59 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 53.22 | 2.9 | 95 | 64 | 82 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 87 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 81 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 118 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 151 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 26.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00037488; 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 Waldron?
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 USC00037488.
When is the last frost in Waldron?
In Waldron, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 13 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
- April 81 year in 10 after April 24; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 203 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 227 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waldron in zone 7b in ZIP code 72958, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waldron's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (19 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 USC00037488; 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 Waldron?
In a normal year in Waldron, 64 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 82 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 64a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 82a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1919) is 114°F, on September 8, 1922; the lowest is −20°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 85.16 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 28.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00037488; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00037488. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waldron?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waldron, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.6 |
| February | 64% | 3.0 |
| March | 68% | 4.1 |
| April | 71% | 5.1 |
| May | 72% | 5.6 |
| June | 80% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 76% | 3.8 |
| November | 72% | 2.8 |
| December | 69% | 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 Waldron need?
A normal year in Waldron brings 3,477 heating degree days, 35% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,732 cooling degree days, 91% 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 4,859 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 802 | 0 |
| February | 606 | 1 |
| March | 431 | 7 |
| April | 197 | 36 |
| May | 52 | 138 |
| June | 2 | 329 |
| July | 0 | 474 |
| August | 0 | 448 |
| September | 21 | 238 |
| October | 177 | 54 |
| November | 466 | 6 |
| December | 724 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,477 | 1,732 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00037488. 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 Waldron been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.0°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.1°F | at normal | 53.67 | 10.0 |
| 2022 | 60.4°F | +0.3°F | 57.70 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 61.9°F | +1.8°F | 56.93 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 62.9°F | +2.8°F | 51.50 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 62.0°F | +1.9°F | 59.96 | 10.0 |
Over 68 complete years from 1920 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.1°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 USC00037488; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Waldron's climate compare?
Waldron is warmer than 27 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 58. 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, Waldron 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 Waldron 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.
- Mansfield, AR1,063 people · 13 mi NW
- Huntington, AR488 people · 15 mi NW
- Boles, AR185 people · 10 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 Waldron's climate
What is the coldest month in Waldron?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Waldron?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Waldron?
May, with 5.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.17 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waldron in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waldron in zone 7b in ZIP code 72958, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Waldron's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Waldron?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Booneville, AR15 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Mena, AR25 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Blue Mountain, AR29 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Fort Smith, AR32 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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