Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock 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 Little Rock: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 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 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In December its highs average 9.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Little Rock, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 242nd of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 448th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Little Rock is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 89 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in DecemberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Fort Smith in DecemberUnited States · 205 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Memphis in DecemberUnited States · 209 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in DecemberUnited States · 224 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Springdale in DecemberUnited States · 231 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Shreveport in DecemberUnited States · 282 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in DecemberUnited States · 289 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Jackson in DecemberUnited States · 335 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 119 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.