#T1Crossett
Ashley County · 4,454 peopleJanuary low·July high 92°·66 freezing nights a year
Crossett, #1 on this list · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Arkansas rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Arkansas
Crossett (tied with 3 more) has the mildest winters of Arkansas’ 126 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 34° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 30°; 23 of the 126 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T134°
#T1McGehee
Desha County · 3,389 peopleJanuary low·July high 92°·47 freezing nights a year
#T1North Crossett
unincorporated, Ashley County · 2,556 peopleJanuary low·July high 92°·66 freezing nights a year
All 126 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 105 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Questions people ask
Which Arkansas town has the mildest winters?
Crossett (Ashley County): January nights average a low of 34°. McGehee (34°) and North Crossett (34°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (126 in Arkansas): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Arkansas page.
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