Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Little Rock, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 92nd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 279th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Little Rock is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in JulyUnited States · 189 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Fort Smith in JulyUnited States · 205 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Memphis in JulyUnited States · 209 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in JulyUnited States · 224 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Springdale in JulyUnited States · 231 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Shreveport in JulyUnited States · 282 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JulyUnited States · 289 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Jackson in JulyUnited States · 335 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 102 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.