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Best Time for The Ozarks: Bentonville to the Buffalo
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Sweet spot: February, March, November. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Float season on America's first national river — spring water levels carry canoes past 150-metre bluffs — with dogwood and redbud lighting the hollows.
- Ozark hardwood color peaks and the elk bugle in Boxley Valley at dawn — the river drops too low to float but the overlooks compensate.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.9°C | 6.3°C | 66 mm | 9.8 h | ❄ |
| February | −2.2°C | 8.6°C | 71 mm | 10.6 h | ❄ |
| March | 2.9°C | 14.7°C | 111 mm | 11.7 h | |
| April | 8.3°C | 20.2°C | 128 mm | 12.9 h | |
| May | 13.8°C | 24.3°C | 148 mm | 13.9 h | |
| June | 18.8°C | 29.4°C | 101 mm | 14.5 h | |
| July | 20.9°C | 32.7°C | 97 mm | 14.2 h | |
| August | 20.1°C | 32.4°C | 98 mm | 13.4 h | |
| September | 15.6°C | 28.2°C | 93 mm | 12.2 h | |
| October | 8.6°C | 21.1°C | 107 mm | 11.0 h | |
| November | 2.6°C | 14.3°C | 84 mm | 10.0 h | |
| December | −2.1°C | 8.0°C | 77 mm | 9.5 h | ❄ |