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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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1986 1-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1907
	Ties: 1949, 2021
Dec 1985–Jan 1986 2-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1918
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1907
	Ties: 1903, 1956, 1988, 2018
Nov 1985–Jan 1986 3-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1932
	Ties: 1955
Oct 1985–Jan 1986 4-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1932
	Ties: 1955, 1975, 1983, 1989
Sep 1985–Jan 1986 5-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1920, 1971
Aug 1985–Jan 1986 6-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1932
	Ties: 1913, 1954, 1965, 1971, 2021
Jul 1985–Jan 1986 7-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1932
	Ties: 1921, 1941, 1983, 1995
Jun 1985–Jan 1986 8-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1932, 1999, 2017
	Ties: 1987
May 1985–Jan 1986 9-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1999
	Ties: 1911, 1920, 1948, 1949, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2021
Apr 1985–Jan 1986 10-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1999
	Ties: 1917, 1971, 1987, 1989, 1995
Mar 1985–Jan 1986 11-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.0°F (16.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2013
	Ties: 1911, 1914, 1942, 1965
Feb 1985–Jan 1986 12-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1911, 1920, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1972, 2004
Aug 1984–Jan 1986 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1964, 2011
Feb 1984–Jan 1986 24-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1905, 1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2013
	Ties: 1941, 1973, 2016
Feb 1983–Jan 1986 36-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1906
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2013
Feb 1982–Jan 1986 48-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1962, 1980
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1904, 1908, 1981, 1984
Feb 1981–Jan 1986 60-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1980
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020
	Ties: 1964, 1982, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/