Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Little Rock, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 106th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 225th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Little Rock is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Little Rock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 89 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 95 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 122 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 128 | 9.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 138 | 12.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 9.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 85 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 70 | 8.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 6.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 97 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 106 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 116 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
August in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in AugustUnited States · 189 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Fort Smith in AugustUnited States · 205 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Memphis in AugustUnited States · 209 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in AugustUnited States · 224 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Springdale in AugustUnited States · 231 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Shreveport in AugustUnited States · 282 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in AugustUnited States · 289 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Jackson in AugustUnited States · 335 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 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 Little Rock) is explained once on the Little Rock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.