Fort Smith, Arkansas Climatology
Fort Smith, AR | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Average High Temperature | 51.3 | 56.6 | 65.6 | 74.5 | 81.4 | 89.4 | 94.1 | 93.7 | 86.5 | 75.9 | 63.4 | 53.3 | 73.8 | |
Average Low Temperature | 29.6 | 33.4 | 41.5 | 49.8 | 59.5 | 68.3 | 72.1 | 70.9 | 63.1 | 51.0 | 40.0 | 32.3 | 50.9 | |
Average Mean Temperature | 40.4 | 45.0 | 53.5 | 62.1 | 70.4 | 78.8 | 83.1 | 82.3 | 74.8 | 63.5 | 51.7 | 42.8 | 62.4 | |
Record High Temperature | 81 1952 | 88 2017 | 94 1974 | 96 2006 | 99 1934 | 106 2012 | 111 1954 | 115 2011 | 109 1998 | 96 1938 | 87 2017 | 82 1951 | 115 Aug 2011 | |
Record Low Temperature | -11 1918 | -15 1899 | 7 1948 | 22 1975 | 34 1903 | 47 1964 | 50 1972 | 45 1891 | 33 1967 | 22 1917 | 8 1976 | -5 1989 | -15 Feb 1899 | |
Average Days At or Above 100 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | |
Average Days At or Above 90 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 68.9 | |
Average Days At or Below 32 Degrees | 20.5 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 17.4 | 62.8 | |
Average Rainfall | 2.91 | 2.69 | 3.90 | 4.87 | 5.63 | 4.56 | 3.39 | 3.60 | 4.04 | 4.42 | 3.85 | 3.48 | 47.34 | |
Record Rainfall | 11.33 1949 | 10.72 1884 | 13.03 1945 | 10.32 1957 | 19.85 2015 | 15.02 1945 | 14.99 1895 | 11.70 2019 | 10.49 1934 | 12.05 1951 | 14.01 1946 | 10.81 2015 | 73.93 2015 | |
* Record Rainfall in 24 Hours | 5.63 | 4.45 | 4.88 | 5.12 | 5.56 | 5.41 | 7.13 | 5.09 | 5.20 | 5.90 | 6.91 | 5.78 | 7.13 | |
Record Least Rainfall | 0.20 1986 | 0.14 1947 | 0.50 2007 | 0.36 1903 | 0.38 1886 | 0.38 1954 | 0.07 2001 | T 2000 |
T 2017 |
T 1964 | 0.26 1904 | 0.09 1908 | 19.89 1917 | |
Average Number of Rain Days | 7.5 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 98.2 | |
**Average Number of Thunderstorm Days | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 57 | |
Average Snowfall | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.9 | |
Record Snowfall | 13.6 1918 | 18.3 1921 | 7.5 2010 | 0.7 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T 1993 | 4.7 1976 | 8.3 1916 | 22.6 1921 | |
Measurable Snowfall: | Latest / April 15 (0.7" in 1933) | Earliest / November 2 (2.0" in 1951) | ||||||||||||
Trace of Snowfall: | Latest / April 24 (in 1910) | Earliest / October 29 (in 1993) | ||||||||||||
**Average Sunshine (%) | 49 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 65 | 55 | 50 | 61 | |
**Average Wind Speed (mph) | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | |
Average Heating Degree Days | 792 | 582 | 386 | 156 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 137 | 411 | 734 | 3244 | |
Average Cooling Degree Days | 0 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 178 | 385 | 536 | 530 | 283 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 2053 | |
Average Date Of 32 Degrees***: | Last: March 22 | First: November 9 | ||||||||||||
Freezing Temperature: | Latest Recorded: April 21 | Earliest Recorded: October 8 | ||||||||||||
Station Information | Elevation: 447 ft / Latitude: 35 20N / Longitude: 94 22W | |||||||||||||
Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and rainfall/snowfall totals are reported in inches. |
Updated: March 2, 2022