Best time to visit Hot Springs National Park
February is the best balance at Hot Springs: mild and dry for the park (an average high of 56°F), with busy crowds. June is busiest, with about 351,000 visitors. October is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Hot Springs 1 NNE, AR USC00033466
- Lat / lon
- 34.51, -93.05
- Elevation
- 626 ft
- From park center
- 1.6 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Febbest | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 52° | 56° | 65° | 74° | 80° | 88° | 93° | 93° | 86° | 75° | 63° | 53° | 73° |
| Low, °F | 32° | 35° | 42° | 51° | 60° | 68° | 72° | 71° | 64° | 52° | 42° | 35° | 52° |
| Precipitation, in | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 58.0 |
| Snow, in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 10:04 | 10:53 | 11:52 | 13:00 | 13:57 | 14:27 | 14:15 | 13:27 | 12:21 | 11:15 | 10:19 | 9:51 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 141 | 236 | 278 | 246 | 203 | 351 | 274 | 255 | 127 | 123 | 125 | 128 | 2,486 |
| Crowds | Moderate | Busy | Busy | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Busy | Busy | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Weather | Cool | Mild | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Hot | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Hot | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Cool |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 32° | 3.8 | 0.6 | 10:04 | 141,000 | Moderate | Cool |
| Februarybest | 56° | 35° | 4.6 | 0.4 | 10:53 | 236,000 | Busy | Mild |
| March | 65° | 42° | 5.5 | 0.1 | 11:52 | 278,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| April | 74° | 51° | 5.9 | 0 | 13:00 | 246,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| May | 80° | 60° | 6.5 | 0 | 13:57 | 203,000 | Busy | Hot |
| June | 88° | 68° | 4.3 | 0 | 14:27 | 351,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| July | 93° | 72° | 4.5 | 0 | 14:15 | 274,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| August | 93° | 71° | 3.6 | 0 | 13:27 | 255,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| September | 86° | 64° | 4.2 | 0 | 12:21 | 127,000 | Moderate | Hot |
| October | 75° | 52° | 5.1 | 0 | 11:15 | 123,000 | Moderate | Mild, wet |
| November | 63° | 42° | 4.9 | 0 | 10:19 | 125,000 | Moderate | Mild, wet |
| December | 53° | 35° | 5.0 | 0 | 9:51 | 128,000 | Moderate | Cool |
| Year | 73° | 52° | 58.0 | 1.1 | 2,486,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 93°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 32°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 2,486,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Arkansas
Closures, reservations and alerts: Hot Springs National Park on nps.gov
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