Cotton Plant weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cotton Plant, Arkansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Des Arc, 23 km from Cotton Plant; records cover 1903–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50 in1271 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.3 in5.8 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 15
- First fall freeze
- Nov 10
- Heating degree days
- 3,037
- Cooling degree days
- 2,233
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cotton Plant in January
Highs average 49°9° and lows 33°0°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 752
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Cotton Plant in February
Highs average 54°12° and lows 36°2°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1907)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 562
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cotton Plant in March
Highs average 63°17° and lows 44°7°, with 5.2 in131 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1907)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Cotton Plant in April
Highs average 73°23° and lows 53°12°, with 5.5 in140 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1987)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 135
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Cotton Plant in May
Highs average 81°27° and lows 62°17°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1951)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 231
Cotton Plant in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 71°21°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 443
Cotton Plant in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 73°23°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 549
Cotton Plant in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 72°22°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1986)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 516
Cotton Plant in September
Highs average 85°29° and lows 65°18°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1907)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 302
Cotton Plant in OctoberThis month
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°11°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 131
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Cotton Plant in November
Highs average 62°17° and lows 43°6°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1950)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 396
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Cotton Plant in December
Highs average 52°11° and lows 36°2°, with 5.3 in133 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1906)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 661
- Cooling degree days
- 1