Batesville Metro Area, AR Climate

The climate in Batesville, AR Metro Area is generally mild throughout the year. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures reaching highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s. Winters are cool to cold with temperatures ranging from the 30s to mid-50s. Spring and fall have moderate temperatures with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 40s. Rainfall is spread evenly throughout the year, although it tends to be more frequent during spring and summer months. The area gets an average of 52 inches of snowfall each winter, allowing for plenty outdoor activities like skiing, sledding, and ice skating.

Batesville Metro Area, Arkansas gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Batesville Metro Area averages 4 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 219 sunny days per year in Batesville Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Batesville Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 99 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 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 4 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Batesville metro area is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Arkansas.

6.1 Summer - 6.3 Winter

May, September and October are the most pleasant months in the Batesville metro area, while July and January 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.

July is the hottest month for the Batesville metro area with an average high temperature of 91.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Arkansas. In the Batesville metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Batesville metro area are May, October and September.

In the Batesville metro area, there are 52.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Arkansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Batesville metro area with an average of 25.9°. This is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In the Batesville metro area, there are 81.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In the Batesville metro area, there are 0.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the Batesville metro area 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 the Batesville metro area.

November is the wettest month in the Batesville metro area with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 2.9 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.2 inches in the Batesville metro area means that it is drier than most places in Arkansas.

May is the rainiest month in the Batesville metro area with 10.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 6.5 rainy days. There are 99.1 rainy days annually in the Batesville metro area, which is rainier than most places in Arkansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 4.3 inches in the Batesville metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Arkansas. January is the snowiest month in the Batesville metro area with 1.9 inches of snow, and 3 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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