Average Sunshine in Arkansas for August

Number of Sunny Days

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Arkansas is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.

Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.

Days of sunshine in August
City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days
With Sun
Fort Smith 12 11 23
Little Rock 12 11 23

Amount of Sun

Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.

Percent sunshine for August
City % Sun
Fort Smith 72
Little Rock 73
North Little Rock 80
Reference

National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.

Arkansas Sunshine
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