Helena-West Helena, AR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HELENA, AR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Helena-West Helena has an annual average temperature of 62.2°F with about 49.7 inches of precipitation per year and 0.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 32.2°F). April is typically the wettest month (5.66 in) and September the driest (2.63 in). Snow typically falls from January through January.
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All-time records →6 of 366 (1.6%) of Helena-West Helena'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 | 23 | |
| 1910s | 27 | |
| 1920s | 118 | |
| 1930s | 53 | |
| 1940s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 42 | |
| 1960s | 17 | |
| 1970s | 7 | |
| 1980s | 17 | |
| 1990s | 9 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 6 | |
| 2020s | 3 |
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 | 49.3°F | 32.2°F | 40.7°F | 4.63 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| February | 54.3°F | 34.7°F | 44.5°F | 4.20 in | — | 7 |
| March | 63.1°F | 43.1°F | 53.1°F | 5.03 in | — | 9 |
| April | 72.6°F | 52.0°F | 62.3°F | 5.66 in | — | 7 |
| May | 80.9°F | 61.5°F | 71.2°F | 4.89 in | — | 8 |
| June | 88.1°F | 69.6°F | 78.9°F | 3.48 in | — | 6 |
| July | 90.4°F | 72.7°F | 81.6°F | 3.41 in | — | 6 |
| August | 90.1°F | 71.7°F | 80.9°F | 2.80 in | — | 5 |
| September | 84.9°F | 64.9°F | 74.9°F | 2.63 in | — | 4 |
| October | 74.4°F | 52.5°F | 63.5°F | 3.46 in | — | 6 |
| November | 61.5°F | 42.1°F | 51.8°F | 4.43 in | — | 7 |
| December | 52.3°F | 34.7°F | 43.5°F | 5.12 in | 0.1 in | 8 |
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