Cost to Own
United StatesArkansasCleveland CountyClimate Station PINE BLUFF GRIDER FLD, AR US Distance 24.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Cleveland County home comfortable runs roughly $444 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Cleveland County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

91.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 33.8°F.

Cleveland County gets 50.81" of precipitation a year, and 30% of it falls in Mar, Apr, May.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 51.8° 33.8° 3.82"
February 56.1° 37.0° 4.27"
March 64.8° 44.3° 5.29"
April 73.8° 52.5° 5.35"
May 81.6° 61.6° 4.80"
June 88.9° 69.3° 3.27"
July 91.7° 72.1° 3.69"
August 91.3° 70.6° 3.38"
September 85.9° 63.5° 3.09"
October 75.3° 52.0° 4.58"
November 63.0° 42.1° 3.97"
December 54.0° 36.0° 5.30"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 30% falling in the wettest three months (Mar, Apr, May).

January 3.82"
February 4.27"
March 5.29"
April 5.35"
May 4.80"
June 3.27"
July 3.69"
August 3.38"
September 3.09"
October 4.58"
November 3.97"
December 5.30"
Annual total 50.81"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,150
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,833
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, Arkansas average $304
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $140

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Cleveland County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Cleveland County?

Cleveland County averages a high of 91.7°F in July and a low of 33.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 50.81 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Cleveland County?

The wettest stretch is Mar, Apr, May, which accounts for 30% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Cleveland County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 91.7°F. That drives 2,150 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Cleveland County?

The weather station used for Cleveland County, PINE BLUFF GRIDER FLD, AR US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 50.81 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station PINE BLUFF GRIDER FLD, AR US (USW00093988), 24.3 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Arkansas residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.