Climate averages 1991–2020
Jonesboro weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Jonesboro: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Memphis (97 km away). In December its highs average 10.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Jonesboro, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jonesboro ranks 267th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 435th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Jonesboro is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Jonesboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 93 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 126 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 127 | 10.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 113 | 11.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 82 | 9.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 70 | 8.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 79 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 96 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 107 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 112 | 8.7 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Memphis in DecemberUnited States · 97 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Little Rock in DecemberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in DecemberUnited States · 278 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Clarksville in DecemberUnited States · 310 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Springdale in DecemberUnited States · 310 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in DecemberUnited States · 312 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 76 mm rain
- St. Louis in DecemberUnited States · 313 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 65 mm rain
- O'Fallon in DecemberUnited States · 330 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jonesboro) is explained once on the Jonesboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.