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United States / Arkansas / Mountain Home Metro Area / Baxter County / Mountain Home / Zip Codes
Mountain Home, AR has a mild climate with hot and humid summers and cool winters. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 85°F while the average low temperature in the winter months is around 28°F. Precipitation is spread fairly evenly throughout the year, and snowfall is light. During the summer months, thunderstorms are frequent, but rarely severe. In general, Mountain Home enjoys a pleasant climate that makes it an ideal place to visit or live year-round.

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

Mountain Home averages 9 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 209 sunny days per year in Mountain Home. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mountain Home gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 96 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 26
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 9 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Mountain Home is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Arkansas.

6.8 Summer - 6.3 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Mountain Home, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateMountain Home, ArkansasUnited States
  45.3 in.38.1 in.
  9.3 in.27.8 in.
  96.4 days106.2 days
  209 days205 days
  90.5°85.8°
  25.7°21.7°
  7.37
  4.84.3
  817 ft.2443 ft.
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.

August is the hottest month for Mountain Home with an average high temperature of 90.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Arkansas. In Mountain Home, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Mountain Home are May, September and October.
In Mountain Home, there are 47.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Arkansas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Mountain Home with an average of 25.7°. This is colder than most places in Arkansas.
In Mountain Home, there are 83.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.
In Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home.
November is the wettest month in Mountain Home with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.3 inches in Mountain Home means that it is one of the driest places in Arkansas.
May is the rainiest month in Mountain Home with 10.8 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 6.8 rainy days. There are 96.4 rainy days annually in Mountain Home, which is about average compared to other 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 9.3 inches in Mountain Home means that it is one of the snowiest places in Arkansas. February is the snowiest month in Mountain Home with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Robert · Mountain Home, AR
Quit trying to change us!
Over 3 years ago

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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Linda · Reno, NV
Things to appreciate in MH ,Arkansas.
Over 3 years ago

I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Scott · Mountain Home, AR
Yeah, but
Over 6 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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