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United States / Arkansas / Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area / Benton County / Sulphur Springs / Zip Codes
Sulphur Springs, AR has a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and hot, humid summers. The temperature typically ranges from an average low of 36°F in January to an average high of 92°F in July. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 5 inches per month. Snowfall is minimal, usually about an inch or two per year. The humidity levels tend to be high with an average relative humidity of 71%.

Sulphur Springs, Arkansas gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Sulphur Springs averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 217 sunny days per year in Sulphur Springs. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Sulphur Springs gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 87 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Sulphur Springs is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Arkansas.

7.2 Summer - 6.2 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Sulphur Springs, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for Sulphur Springs with an average high temperature of 89.9°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Arkansas. In Sulphur Springs, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Sulphur Springs are May, September and June.
In Sulphur Springs, there are 37.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Arkansas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Sulphur Springs with an average of 24.5°. This is one of the coldest places in Arkansas.
In Sulphur Springs, there are 87.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.
In Sulphur Springs, there are 1.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Arkansas.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Sulphur Springs during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Sulphur Springs.
May is the wettest month in Sulphur Springs with 5.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 17% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.8 inches in Sulphur Springs means that it is one of the driest places in Arkansas.
May is the rainiest month in Sulphur Springs with 9.7 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 5.6 rainy days. There are 86.5 rainy days annually in Sulphur Springs, which is one of the least rainy places in Arkansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 11.4 inches in Sulphur Springs means that it is one of the snowiest places in Arkansas. January is the snowiest month in Sulphur Springs with 3.1 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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