Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In January its highs average 8.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Little Rock, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks 242nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 345th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Little Rock is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in JanuaryUnited States · 189 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Fort Smith in JanuaryUnited States · 205 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Memphis in JanuaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 224 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Springdale in JanuaryUnited States · 231 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Shreveport in JanuaryUnited States · 282 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 289 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Jackson in JanuaryUnited States · 335 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 121 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.