Horseshoe Bend weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hardy, 22 km from Horseshoe Bend; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 51.4 in1307 mm
- Snow a year
- 7 in17 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 28
- Heating degree days
- 3,944
- Cooling degree days
- 1,559
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 10°−12° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Horseshoe Bend in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−3°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1906)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 897
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horseshoe Bend in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2024)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 699
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Horseshoe Bend in March
Highs average 60°15° and lows 38°3°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1911)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 506
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Horseshoe Bend in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 48°9°, with 5.3 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1918)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 222
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Horseshoe Bend in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 57°14°, with 5.5 in140 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1921)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 124
Horseshoe Bend in June
Highs average 85°30° and lows 65°19°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1914)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 313
Horseshoe Bend in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 69°21°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1901)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 439
Horseshoe Bend in August
Highs average 89°31° and lows 68°20°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1918)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 405
Horseshoe Bend in September
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°15°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 191
Horseshoe Bend in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1921)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Horseshoe Bend in November
Highs average 58°15° and lows 38°3°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1903)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 516
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Horseshoe Bend in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2021)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0