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United States / Arkansas / No Metro Area / Searcy County / Marshall / Zip Codes
Marshall, Arkansas has an overall mild climate with hot and humid summers and cool to cold winters. The average temperature in July is around 83°F and the average low in January is around 29°F. Rainfall is plentiful throughout the year, with about 48 inches annually. Snowfall amounts vary greatly from year to year, ranging anywhere from 0 inches to over 10 inches in a single season. Overall, Marshall has a pleasant climate that is ideal for outdoor activities throughout the entire year.

Marshall, Arkansas gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Marshall averages 5 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 220 sunny days per year in Marshall. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Marshall gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 86 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 91 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 24
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 5 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

7 Summer - 6.4 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Marshall, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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.

July is the hottest month for Marshall with an average high temperature of 90.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Arkansas. In Marshall, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Marshall are May, September and October.
In Marshall, there are 46.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Arkansas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Marshall with an average of 24.4°. This is one of the coldest places in Arkansas.
In Marshall, there are 93.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Arkansas.
In Marshall, there are 1.2 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 Marshall 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 Marshall.
May is the wettest month in Marshall with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.2 inches in Marshall means that it is one of the driest places in Arkansas.
May is the rainiest month in Marshall with 9.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 6.0 rainy days. There are 85.7 rainy days annually in Marshall, which is one of the least rainy places in Arkansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 4.7 inches in Marshall means that it is snowier than most places in Arkansas. January is the snowiest month in Marshall with 2.0 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Terri · Marshall, AR
Picher Oklahoma as "one of the best"
Over 16 years ago

as a child and teen, i was raised in Picher. it was, at that time(70s & 80s), on the "oklahoma ghost town registry" due to the closing of the last producing mine, in the  More

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