Blue Mountain, AR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BLUE MTN DAM, AR US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Blue Mountain has an annual average temperature of 60.5°F with about 49.6 inches of precipitation per year and 2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.05 in) and February the driest (3.36 in). Snow typically falls from January through March.

Annual swing
41.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,237
Cooling need
1,629

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

81 of 366 (22.1%) of Blue Mountain's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
16
1970s
39
1980s
60
1990s
45
2000s
67
2010s
81
2020s
58

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 50.4°F 27.6°F 39.0°F 3.40 in 0.6 in 8
February 55.6°F 31.1°F 43.4°F 3.36 in 0.6 in 8
March 64.0°F 38.4°F 51.2°F 4.86 in 0.7 in 10
April 73.4°F 47.1°F 60.2°F 4.91 in 9
May 80.3°F 56.9°F 68.6°F 5.05 in 10
June 88.2°F 65.4°F 76.8°F 3.70 in 8
July 93.0°F 68.9°F 80.9°F 3.79 in 8
August 93.0°F 67.5°F 80.2°F 3.62 in 7
September 85.6°F 60.0°F 72.8°F 3.96 in 7
October 74.9°F 48.4°F 61.7°F 3.84 in 8
November 62.4°F 37.9°F 50.2°F 4.64 in 8
December 52.4°F 30.4°F 41.4°F 4.52 in 0.1 in 8

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