Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 36 min5:43 am – 8:19 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 44 min7:06 am – 4:49 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 73°FColdest month January: highs 45°F, lows 30°F52 in of rain a year, on about 75 dayswettest month May3 in of snow a year, on about 2 days58 days above 90°F, 58 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Blytheville station, 6 mi away
Parks and public landsBig Lake National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 7.0 mi · 10,911 acresCypress Parkpark · 4.8 miBig Lakestate recreation area · 7.1 mi · 10,804 acresWilliams Parkpark · 5.8 miHerman Davis State Parkstate park · 10.9 miJohn Tully Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 11.3 mi · 13,392 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes88 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.6 on 25 Mar 197634 mi away, near Marked Tree, ArkansasMost recent: magnitude 4.0 on 23 Apr 202616 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateMississippi County, AR, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Very HighDrought Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality77% of days had good air in 2025276 of 359 days measured83 moderate daysMedian index 34, worst day 72main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Dyer County, TN, 35 mi away
Drinking waterBlytheville Waterworksserves 12,981 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation237 ft72 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalGreat River Medical Center7.0 miPost officeBurdette Post Office2.9 miTown hallDell Town Hall3.9 miPoliceDell Police Department3.9 miFire stationBurdette Volunteer Fire Department3.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportJonesboro Municipal Airport JBR38 miMajor airportFrederick W. Smith International Airport MEM56 miInterstateI-553.3 miUS highwayUS 613.2 miAmtrakWalnut Ridge, AR WNR57 miCoachBlytheville Blues HwyGreyhound3.9 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 72310 ZIP area.
