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Weather in Thornton, AR · National Weather Service + NOAA

Thornton is one of the wetter places around

Thornton has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 64°, and lows to 41°.

Winter 55°/34°Spring 74°/51°Summer 91°/69°Fall 75°/51°
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Sunrise 7:30 am · sunset 6:16 pm

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What stands out about Thornton’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
A wet climate56 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 95% of U.S. towns.Plenty of 90° daysAbout 65 days a year reach 90°.Less snow than most of ArkansasAbout 1 inches a winter, less than 536 of 621 Arkansas towns.Barely warmer than a century agoThe last 30 years averaged 0.2° warmer than the 1900s, a smaller shift than 99% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Thornton’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

Full climate →
Winter
55° / 34°
Snow is rare
Spring
74° / 51°
Last frost around Mar 26
Summer
91° / 69°
65 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
75° / 51°
First frost around Nov 6
4 daysuntil the usual first frost (Nov 6)
Best months to be outside
MarAprMayOctNov
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Thornton get?About 1 inches a winter.When is it wettest?April, with 6.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.2° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Thornton itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Fordyce, AR (6 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.