October
October · April · May
76climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Hot Springs.
October leads for comfortable weather in Hot Springs: typically 24°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 128 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortOctober
Typical high24°C
Typical low10.4°C
Rain in October128 mm
June
June · August · September
72climate match
October
October · March · April
67climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 18 against October’s 76 — days reach only 11.2°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -0.6°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
1811.2° / -0.6°
Feb
2713.8° / 1.3°
Mar
4518.5° / 5.2°
Apr
6823.5° / 9.7°
May
6727.2° / 15.2°
Jun
5331.5° / 19.7°
Jul
4034.1° / 21.6°
Aug
4534.1° / 20.8°
Sep
6430.3° / 16.7°
Oct
7624° / 10.4°
Nov
4217.2° / 4.9°
Dec
1812.1° / 0.8°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C | -0.6°C | 91 mm | 7.3 | 10 h 05 | 18 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.8°C | 1.3°C | 112 mm | 7.6 | 10 h 53 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| March | 18.5°C | 5.2°C | 138 mm | 8.7 | 11 h 52 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.5°C | 9.7°C | 147 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 00 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.2°C | 15.2°C | 157 mm | 8.7 | 13 h 57 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.5°C | 19.7°C | 105 mm | 7.3 | 14 h 27 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| July | 34.1°C | 21.6°C | 109 mm | 7.4 | 14 h 15 | 40 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.1°C | 20.8°C | 94 mm | 6.4 | 13 h 27 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.3°C | 16.7°C | 102 mm | 6.1 | 12 h 21 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24°C | 10.4°C | 128 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 15 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.2°C | 4.9°C | 126 mm | 7.7 | 10 h 19 | 42 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.1°C | 0.8°C | 129 mm | 7.9 | 9 h 51 | 18 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Hot Springs runs -0.2°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+0.6
Feb
-0.4
Mar
0.0
Apr
-0.9
May
-0.7
Jun
-0.1
Jul
-0.8
Aug
-1.2
Sep
+0.3
Oct
-0.4
Nov
-0.3
Dec
+1.4
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C25 Jan 1950 | -22.8°C22 Jan 1930 | 152 mm2 Jan 1907 | 384 mm1937 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 114 |
| February | 30.6°C21 Feb 1986 | -23.9°C18 Feb 1910 | 141 mm15 Feb 1956 | 407 mm1956 · driest 22 mm in 1947 | 115 |
| March | 33.9°C9 Mar 1911 | -13.9°C3 Mar 1943 | 117 mm30 Mar 1945 | 352 mm1945 · driest 14 mm in 2003 | 112 |
| April | 36.1°C21 Apr 1987 | -4.4°C8 Apr 2007 | 184 mm9 Apr 1913 | 369 mm1964 · driest 9 mm in 1930 | 111 |
| May | 39.4°C31 May 1934 | -0.6°C1 May 1909 | 329 mm20 May 1990 | 514 mm1990 · driest 9 mm in 2012 | 111 |
| June | 44.4°C20 Jun 1936 | 6.7°C1 Jun 1889 | 137 mm17 Jun 1997 | 306 mm1974 · driest 5 mm in 1952 | 111 |
| July | 45.6°C31 Jul 1986 | 10.6°C1 Jul 1891 | 212 mm16 Jul 1963 | 412 mm1963 · driest 2 mm in 1993 | 113 |
| August | 46.1°C1 Aug 1986 | 7.2°C24 Aug 1891 | 220 mm31 Aug 1888 | 325 mm1966 · driest 6 mm in 1969 | 111 |
| September | 44.4°C1 Sep 2000 | 1.7°C27 Sep 1942 | 169 mm3 Sep 2008 | 323 mm1890 · driest 1 mm in 2017 | 113 |
| October | 37.2°C2 Oct 1953 | -6.7°C14 Oct 2006 | 144 mm19 Oct 1984 | 526 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 114 |
| November | 31.1°C10 Nov 1934 | -10.0°C29 Nov 1976 | 184 mm19 Nov 1988 | 345 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1912 | 112 |
| December | 27.8°C24 Dec 1889 | -20.6°C24 Dec 1989 | 169 mm24 Dec 2009 | 365 mm1987 · driest 10 mm in 1889 | 114 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| March | 6 | <1 | 6 | 5 |
| April | 14 | 2 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 23 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 26 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 15 | 5 | <1 | 4 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8% | 25% | 11% | 26% | 8.5–14.3°C |
| February | 17% | 26% | 11% | 27% | 10.9–17.2°C |
| March | 36% | 27% | 13% | 28% | 15.0–22.4°C |
| April | 60% | 28% | 15% | 30% | 21.8–26.1°C |
| May | 69% | 29% | 15% | 31% | 25.5–29.8°C |
| June | 75% | 25% | 12% | 25% | 29.8–34.0°C |
| July | 75% | 25% | 11% | 26% | 31.8–36.8°C |
| August | 79% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 31.1–37.6°C |
| September | 79% | 21% | 9% | 16% | 28.2–33.1°C |
| October | 70% | 19% | 10% | 17% | 22.5–27.1°C |
| November | 31% | 23% | 12% | 23% | 14.8–20.0°C |
| December | 8% | 25% | 12% | 28% | 9.9–14.7°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 4115412
- NOAA station
- USC00033466 · HOT SPRINGS 1 NNE
- Station distance
- 1.2 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 29 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 34.50°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.