El Dorado weather by month
What a typical year looks like in El Dorado, Arkansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at EL DORADO GOODWIN FIELD, 14 km from El Dorado; records cover 1892–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 52.1 in1324 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 27
- First fall freeze
- Nov 3
- Heating degree days
- 2,557
- Cooling degree days
- 2,283
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 20°−7° (heating, 99%) and 102°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
El Dorado in January
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1950)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 630
- Cooling degree days
- 3
El Dorado in February
Highs average 60°16° and lows 37°3°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1917)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 467
- Cooling degree days
- 6
El Dorado in March
Highs average 69°20° and lows 44°7°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1927)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1892)
- Heating degree days
- 293
- Cooling degree days
- 24
El Dorado in April
Highs average 76°25° and lows 51°11°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1987)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 111
- Cooling degree days
- 77
El Dorado in May
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 234
El Dorado in June
Highs average 91°33° and lows 68°20°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 428
El Dorado in July
Highs average 94°34° and lows 71°22°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1930)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 541
El Dorado in August
Highs average 94°34° and lows 70°21°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 522
El Dorado in September
Highs average 88°31° and lows 63°17°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2000)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 330
El Dorado in OctoberThis month
Highs average 78°25° and lows 52°11°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1929)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 98
El Dorado in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°5°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1912)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 351
- Cooling degree days
- 15
El Dorado in December
Highs average 58°14° and lows 36°2°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1924)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 569
- Cooling degree days
- 5