Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Arkansas
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2020 1-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 41.5°F (5.3°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1983 |
| 46th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2020 2-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 45.6°F (7.6°C) |
2.8°F (1.5°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 2000 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1982, 2003, 2011 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2020 3-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1976 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 2020 4-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 56.5°F (13.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1976 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1940, 1977, 1982, 2010 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2020 5-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 61.0°F (16.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 61st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 1988 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2020 6-Month |
64.6°F (18.1°C) | 64.3°F (17.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 49th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1931, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 1918, 1926, 1942, 2004 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2020 7-Month |
66.3°F (19.1°C) | 66.1°F (18.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 51st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1911, 1944, 1986, 1994, 2003 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2020 8-Month |
66.3°F (19.1°C) | 66.3°F (19.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 77th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1915, 1948, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2002 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 2020 9-Month |
65.5°F (18.6°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1926, 1929, 1937, 1959, 1982 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 2020 10-Month |
64.6°F (18.1°C) | 64.3°F (17.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1917, 1976 |
| 50th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1909, 1919, 1930, 1948, 1955, 1978, 2003 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 2020 11-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1963, 2004 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 2020 12-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1941, 2001, 2010, 2018, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jul 2019–Dec 2020 18-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 61.7°F (16.5°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1968 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1933, 2000 | ||||||
|
Jan 2019–Dec 2020 24-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1923, 1931, 2019 | ||||||
|
Jan 2018–Dec 2020 36-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1905 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012, 2017, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1932, 1938, 2008 | ||||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2020 48-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1905, 1906, 1979 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 1936, 2000 | ||||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2020 60-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1906 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/