Counties in Arkansas by average annual temperature

Ashley County had the highest average annual temperature of 75 counties in 2017, at 66 °F. Madison County had the lowest, at 58.6 °F. The median was 62.8 °F and the figure for Arkansas was 62.5 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest66Ashley County

Lowest58.6Madison County

Median62.875 counties

Arkansas62.5History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 60
60 to 62
62 to 63
63 to 64
64 and over

°F, 2017. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 °F	Change on 2016
1	Ashley County	66	+0.2%
2	Miller County	65.7	-0.5%
3	Chicot County	65.6	-0.5%
4	Lafayette County	65.5	-0.5%
5	Union County	65.4	-0.3%
6	Bradley County	65.3	-0.3%
7	Columbia County	65	-0.5%
7	Drew County	65	-0.5%
7	Little River County	65	-0.6%
10	Desha County	64.7	-0.2%
11	Calhoun County	64.6	-0.5%
12	Lincoln County	64.5	-0.3%
13	Arkansas County	64.3	-0.5%
13	Hempstead County	64.3	-0.3%
13	Nevada County	64.3	-0.3%
13	Ouachita County	64.3	-0.6%
17	Cleveland County	64.1	-0.3%
17	Phillips County	64.1	-0.6%
17	Sevier County	64.1	-0.9%
20	Clark County	63.9	-0.3%
20	Jefferson County	63.9	-0.3%
22	Lee County	63.8	-0.3%
23	Dallas County	63.7	-0.3%
23	Grant County	63.7	-0.2%
23	Monroe County	63.7	-0.5%
26	Hot Spring County	63.6	0%
27	Crittenden County	63.5	-0.6%
28	Howard County	63.4	-0.6%
28	Lonoke County	63.4	-0.6%
28	Prairie County	63.4	-0.3%
31	St. Francis County	63.3	-0.5%
32	Garland County	63.1	+0.2%
32	Pike County	63.1	-0.5%
32	Pulaski County	63.1	-0.9%
35	Saline County	63	-0.5%
36	Sebastian County	62.9	-0.2%
37	Perry County	62.8	-0.5%
37	Yell County	62.8	-0.2%
39	Cross County	62.7	-0.8%
39	Woodruff County	62.7	-0.3%
41	Montgomery County	62.6	-0.2%
41	White County	62.6	-0.2%
43	Faulkner County	62.4	-0.8%
43	Logan County	62.4	+0.2%
43	Mississippi County	62.4	-1.1%
46	Poinsett County	62.3	-0.6%
46	Scott County	62.3	0%
48	Polk County	62.2	-0.2%
49	Conway County	62.1	-0.5%
50	Craighead County	61.9	-0.5%
50	Jackson County	61.9	-0.5%
52	Crawford County	61.6	-0.3%
53	Franklin County	61.5	0%
54	Greene County	61.2	-0.5%
54	Lawrence County	61.2	-0.2%
56	Pope County	61.1	-0.2%
57	Cleburne County	61	-0.8%
57	Independence County	61	-0.8%
59	Johnson County	60.9	+0.2%
60	Clay County	60.7	-0.7%
61	Randolph County	60.5	0%
62	Sharp County	60.2	-0.5%
63	Van Buren County	60.1	-0.7%
64	Benton County	59.8	-0.3%
65	Fulton County	59.5	-0.8%
65	Stone County	59.5	-1%
67	Izard County	59.4	-1.2%
67	Washington County	59.4	-0.2%
69	Baxter County	59.3	-0.7%
69	Marion County	59.3	-0.2%
71	Carroll County	59.1	-0.2%
71	Searcy County	59.1	-0.5%
73	Boone County	59	0%
74	Newton County	58.7	0%
75	Madison County	58.6	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean air temperature from January to December, in degrees Fahrenheit: the average of the 12 monthly mean temperatures. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.

Values are area averages, so a county with mountains and valleys has one value for very different local climates. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties (Counties in Arkansas by average annual temperature, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Arkansas by average annual temperature, 2017. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/arkansas-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Counties in Arkansas by average annual temperature, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/arkansas-counties?period=2017.

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_arkansas_by_2017,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Arkansas by average annual temperature, 2017}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/arkansas-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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