Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In February its highs average 10.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Little Rock, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 241st of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 396th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Little Rock is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in FebruaryUnited States · 189 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Fort Smith in FebruaryUnited States · 205 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Memphis in FebruaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 224 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Springdale in FebruaryUnited States · 231 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Shreveport in FebruaryUnited States · 282 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 289 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Jackson in FebruaryUnited States · 335 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 120 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.