Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In October its highs average 21.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Little Rock, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 218th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 388th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Little Rock is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in OctoberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Fort Smith in OctoberUnited States · 205 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Memphis in OctoberUnited States · 209 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in OctoberUnited States · 224 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Springdale in OctoberUnited States · 231 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Shreveport in OctoberUnited States · 282 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in OctoberUnited States · 289 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Jackson in OctoberUnited States · 335 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 91 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.