Madison County, AR Climate

Madison County, AR has a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and warm, humid summers. The average annual temperature is 64°F and the average precipitation is 53 inches per year. Summers in Madison County tend to be hot and humid with temperatures often reaching the high 80s and 90s. Winters are mild, usually ranging between 30-50°F. Due to its location in the interior of Arkansas, snowfall is rare but flooding can occur during winter months due to heavy rain or thawing snow. Spring and fall bring mild temperatures between 40-70°F.

Madison County, Arkansas gets 50 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Madison County averages 10 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 Madison County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Madison County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 92 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 50 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 10 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Madison County is 7.5 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Arkansas.

7.6 Summer - 6.2 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Madison County, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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.

August is the hottest month for Madison County with an average high temperature of 87.9°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Arkansas. In Madison County, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Madison County are September, May and June.

In Madison County, there are 27.4 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 Madison County with an average of 26.4°. This is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In Madison County, there are 76.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In Madison County, 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 Madison County 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 Madison County.

May is the wettest month in Madison County with 5.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.9 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.9 inches in Madison County means that it is about average compared to other places in Arkansas.

May is the rainiest month in Madison County with 10.3 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 5.9 rainy days. There are 91.6 rainy days annually in Madison County, which is less rainy than most 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 10.2 inches in Madison County means that it is one of the snowiest places in Arkansas. January is the snowiest month in Madison County with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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