Appleton, AR Climate

Appleton, AR enjoys a typical humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. The city's average annual temperature is 72°F (22°C) with an average of 47 inches (119 cm) of precipitation each year. Winters are usually mild with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing during the day; however, temperatures can dip into the low 20s at night on occasion. Summers tend to be very warm and can reach into the high 90s or even low 100s on hot days, yet it is usually cooled off nicely by refreshing afternoon thunderstorms. Appleton experiences all four seasons throughout the year and has generally pleasant weather for most of the year.

Climate	Appleton, Arkansas	United States
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Climate

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.