Hot Springs, AR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HOT SPRINGS 1 NNE, AR US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

30° 50° 70° 90° J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Hot Springs has an annual average temperature of 62.6°F with about 58 inches of precipitation per year and 1.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 32.0°F). May is typically the wettest month (6.51 in) and August the driest (3.60 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
40.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,757
Cooling need
1,899

Best time to visit Hot Springs

Full guide →

Climate change signal

All-time records →

16 of 366 (4.4%) of Hot Springs'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.

1870s
0
1880s
14
1890s
9
1900s
8
1910s
35
1920s
0
1930s
84
1940s
24
1950s
40
1960s
17
1970s
12
1980s
42
1990s
30
2000s
30
2010s
10
2020s
11

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 51.7°F 32.0°F 41.8°F 3.76 in 0.6 in 10
February 56.3°F 34.9°F 45.6°F 4.64 in 0.4 in 10
March 64.9°F 42.3°F 53.6°F 5.53 in 0.1 in 11
April 73.7°F 50.6°F 62.2°F 5.86 in 10
May 80.4°F 60.4°F 70.4°F 6.51 in 11
June 88.3°F 68.4°F 78.3°F 4.33 in 8
July 93.1°F 72.1°F 82.6°F 4.52 in 9
August 93.0°F 71.0°F 82.0°F 3.60 in 8
September 86.2°F 63.9°F 75.0°F 4.18 in 8
October 74.8°F 52.2°F 63.5°F 5.10 in 8
November 62.5°F 42.0°F 52.3°F 4.94 in 9
December 53.4°F 34.7°F 44.1°F 4.99 in 10

Climate twins of Hot Springs

Why these? →

The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).

Frost dates
Last spring / first fall frost
All-time records
Hottest, coldest, wettest
Planting calendar
What to plant, and when

Compare Hot Springs to another city