Cost to Own
United StatesArkansasNewton CountyClimate Station DEER, AR US Distance 5.8 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Newton County home comfortable runs roughly $373 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Newton County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

82.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 25.7°F.

Newton County gets 56.29" of precipitation a year and 9.7" of snow, and 32% 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 PrecipSnow
January 41.8° 25.7° 3.71" 2.4"
February 46.4° 28.6° 3.80" 3.6"
March 55.0° 36.0° 5.77" 2.3"
April 63.8° 45.2° 5.70" 0.0"
May 70.4° 54.6° 6.58" 0.0"
June 78.5° 63.8° 4.19" 0.0"
July 82.5° 67.5° 3.85" 0.0"
August 82.9° 67.0° 3.62" 0.0"
September 75.0° 60.0° 4.53" 0.0"
October 65.0° 48.9° 4.90" 0.0"
November 54.2° 37.5° 5.62" 0.1"
December 44.4° 29.2° 4.02" 1.3"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 32% falling in the wettest three months (Mar, Apr, May).

January 3.71"
February 3.80"
March 5.77"
April 5.70"
May 6.58"
June 4.19"
July 3.85"
August 3.62"
September 4.53"
October 4.90"
November 5.62"
December 4.02"
Annual total 56.29"

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 1,034
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,590
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, Arkansas average $146
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $227

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 Newton County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Newton County?

Newton County averages a high of 82.9°F in August and a low of 25.7°F in January. Annual precipitation is 56.29 inches, including 9.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Newton County?

The wettest stretch is Mar, Apr, May, which accounts for 32% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Newton County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 82.9°F. That drives 1,034 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Newton County?

Yes. Newton County averages 9.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station DEER, AR US (USC00031900), 5.8 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.