Donaldson, AR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ARKADELPHIA 2 N, AR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Donaldson has an annual average temperature of 63.2°F with about 54.8 inches of precipitation per year and 1.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 93.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 30.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (6.60 in) and August the driest (3.32 in). Snow typically falls from January through March.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →19 of 366 (5.2%) of Donaldson'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.
| 1890s | 0 | |
| 1900s | 50 | |
| 1910s | 26 | |
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 57 | |
| 1940s | 50 | |
| 1950s | 89 | |
| 1960s | 18 | |
| 1970s | 8 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2010s | 33 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
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 | 54.7°F | 30.7°F | 42.7°F | 4.03 in | 0.4 in | 7 |
| February | 58.8°F | 33.8°F | 46.3°F | 4.20 in | 0.6 in | 7 |
| March | 67.5°F | 41.5°F | 54.5°F | 4.88 in | 0.3 in | 7 |
| April | 76.3°F | 50.0°F | 63.2°F | 5.33 in | — | 7 |
| May | 82.8°F | 59.8°F | 71.3°F | 6.60 in | — | 7 |
| June | 90.1°F | 68.0°F | 79.1°F | 3.89 in | — | 6 |
| July | 93.6°F | 71.2°F | 82.4°F | 4.09 in | — | 6 |
| August | 93.8°F | 69.8°F | 81.8°F | 3.32 in | — | 5 |
| September | 87.7°F | 62.9°F | 75.3°F | 3.77 in | — | 5 |
| October | 77.6°F | 50.5°F | 64.0°F | 4.92 in | — | 6 |
| November | 65.2°F | 40.1°F | 52.6°F | 4.40 in | — | 7 |
| December | 57.1°F | 33.7°F | 45.4°F | 5.41 in | 0.1 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Donaldson
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