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Heavy rainfall from scattered thunderstorms is expected across the Southwest, Intermountain West, and Plains. Isolated dry thunderstorms may initiate additional fires across the west. The coastal Carolinas may experience flash floods in the coming days due to repeated thunderstorms. Additionally, a wave of intense summer heat will hit the Southern Plains and central Gulf Coast States this week. Read More >

 

Average Winter (December, January, February) Temperatures for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All temperatures in °F

For the 141 year period of Winter 1882-83 through Winter 2022-23

 

Warmest Winter was 50.8 recorded in 1889-90

Coldest Winter was 33.1 recorded in 1978-79

Difference between the warmest and coldest Winter was 17.7

 

Coldest Winter      Warmest Winter
           
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1978-79 33.1 71 1924-25 41.7
2 1977-78 33.3 72 2007-08 41.8
3 1917-18 35.0 73 1929-30 41.8
4 1904-05 35.2 74 2003-04 41.9
5 1983-84 35.5 75 1989-90 41.9
6 1976-77 35.6 76 1923-24 41.9
7 1885-86 36.2 77 1954-55 42.0
8 1884-85 36.2 78 1891-92 42.0
9 1935-36 36.9 79 2017-18 42.1
10 1898-99 36.9 80 1982-83 42.1
11 1894-95 36.9 81 1946-47 42.2
12 2000-01 37.4 82 2008-09 42.3
13 2009-10 37.5 83 1948-49 42.3
14 1972-73 37.5 84 1936-37 42.3
15 1981-82 37.6 85 1927-28 42.4
16 1962-63 37.6 86 1925-26 42.4
17 1928-29 37.8 87 1986-87 42.5
18 1911-12 37.9 88 1888-89 42.5
19 1901-02 38.0 89 1975-76 42.6
20 1909-10 38.1 90 1913-14 42.6
21 1939-40 38.2 91 1893-94 42.6
22 1963-64 38.4 92 2001-02 42.7
23 2013-14 38.6 93 1996-97 42.7
24 1892-93 38.6 94 1952-53 42.8
25 1984-85 39.1 95 1934-35 42.8
26 1958-59 39.2 96 1890-91 42.8
27 1969-70 39.4 97 1953-54 42.9
28 1882-83 39.4 98 1943-44 42.9
29 1887-88 39.6 99 1895-96 42.9
30 1947-48 39.8 100 2006-07 43.0
31 1914-15 39.8 101 1971-72 43.0
32 1886-87 39.8 102 1915-16 43.0
33 1960-61 39.9 103 1994-95 43.1
34 1883-84 39.9 104 1932-33 43.2
35 1902-03 40.0 105 1897-98 43.2
36 1967-68 40.1 106 1896-97 43.4
37 1961-62 40.1 107 2018-19 43.5
38 2002-03 40.2 108 1940-41 43.5
39 1987-88 40.2 109 1907-08 43.5
40 1979-80 40.2 110 1938-39 43.6
41 2020-21 40.3 111 1918-19 43.6
42 2014-15 40.4 112 2005-06 43.7
43 1995-96 40.4 113 1942-43 43.7
44 1944-45 40.4 114 1921-22 43.7
45 1988-89 40.5 115 1997-98 43.8
46 1966-67 40.5 116 1956-57 44.4
47 1950-51 40.5 117 1900-01 44.4
48 1912-13 40.5 118 1926-27 44.5
49 2010-11 40.6 119 1937-38 44.6
50 1985-86 40.6 120 1930-31 44.6
51 1974-75 40.6 121 2012-13 44.7
52 1992-93 40.7 122 2004-05 44.8
53 1965-66 40.7 123 1949-50 44.9
54 1959-60 40.7 124 1933-34 44.9
55 1919-20 40.7 125 1908-09 44.9
56 1990-91 40.8 126 2019-20 45.1
57 1973-74 40.8 127 1951-52 45.1
58 1968-69 40.8 128 1920-21 45.1
59 1955-56 40.8 129 2021-22 45.2
60 1945-46 40.9 130 1998-99 45.2
61 1899-00 41.0 131 1991-92 45.5
62 1905-06 41.1 132 1922-23 45.5
63 1993-94 41.2 133 1910-11 45.6
64 1980-81 41.2 134 1999-00 45.8
65 1957-58 41.2 135 2015-16 45.9
66 1916-17 41.2 136 2022-23 46.1
67 1903-04 41.3 137 2011-12 46.1
68 1964-65 41.5 138 1906-07 46.3
69 1970-71 41.6 139 2016-17 47.0
70 1941-42 41.6 140 1931-32 47.9
      141 1889-90 50.8
           
 
           
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1889-90 50.8 71 1924-25 41.7
2 1931-32 47.9 72 1970-71 41.6
3 2016-17 47.0 73 1941-42 41.6
4 1906-07 46.3 74 1964-65 41.5
5 2022-23 46.1 75 1903-04 41.3
6 2011-12 46.1 76 1993-94 41.2
7 2015-16 45.9 77 1980-81 41.2
8 1999-00 45.8 78 1957-58 41.2
9 1910-11 45.6 79 1916-17 41.2
10 1991-92 45.5 80 1905-06 41.1
11 1922-23 45.5 81 1899-00 41.0
12 2021-22 45.2 82 1945-46 40.9
13 1998-99 45.2 83 1990-91 40.8
14 2019-20 45.1 84 1973-74 40.8
15 1951-52 45.1 85 1968-69 40.8
16 1920-21 45.1 86 1955-56 40.8
17 1949-50 44.9 87 1992-93 40.7
18 1933-34 44.9 88 1965-66 40.7
19 1908-09 44.9 89 1959-60 40.7
20 2004-05 44.8 90 1919-20 40.7
21 2012-13 44.7 91 2010-11 40.6
22 1937-38 44.6 92 1985-86 40.6
23 1930-31 44.6 93 1974-75 40.6
24 1926-27 44.5 94 1988-89 40.5
25 1956-57 44.4 95 1966-67 40.5
26 1900-01 44.4 96 1950-51 40.5
27 1997-98 43.8 97 1912-13 40.5
28 2005-06 43.7 98 2014-15 40.4
29 1942-43 43.7 99 1995-96 40.4
30 1921-22 43.7 100 1944-45 40.4
31 1938-39 43.6 101 2020-21 40.3
32 1918-19 43.6 102 2002-03 40.2
33 2018-19 43.5 103 1987-88 40.2
34 1940-41 43.5 104 1979-80 40.2
35 1907-08 43.5 105 1967-68 40.1
36 1896-97 43.4 106 1961-62 40.1
37 1932-33 43.2 107 1902-03 40.0
38 1897-98 43.2 108 1960-61 39.9
39 1994-95 43.1 109 1883-84 39.9
40 2006-07 43.0 110 1947-48 39.8
41 1971-72 43.0 111 1914-15 39.8
42 1915-16 43.0 112 1886-87 39.8
43 1953-54 42.9 113 1887-88 39.6
44 1943-44 42.9 114 1969-70 39.4
45 1895-96 42.9 115 1882-83 39.4
46 1952-53 42.8 116 1958-59 39.2
47 1934-35 42.8 117 1984-85 39.1
48 1890-91 42.8 118 2013-14 38.6
49 2001-02 42.7 119 1892-93 38.6
50 1996-97 42.7 120 1963-64 38.4
51 1975-76 42.6 121 1939-40 38.2
52 1913-14 42.6 122 1909-10 38.1
53 1893-94 42.6 123 1901-02 38.0
54 1986-87 42.5 124 1911-12 37.9
55 1888-89 42.5 125 1928-29 37.8
56 1927-28 42.4 126 1981-82 37.6
57 1925-26 42.4 127 1962-63 37.6
58 2008-09 42.3 128 2009-10 37.5
59 1948-49 42.3 129 1972-73 37.5
60 1936-37 42.3 130 2000-01 37.4
61 1946-47 42.2 131 1935-36 36.9
62 2017-18 42.1 132 1898-99 36.9
63 1982-83 42.1 133 1894-95 36.9
64 1954-55 42.0 134 1885-86 36.2
65 1891-92 42.0 135 1884-85 36.2
66 2003-04 41.9 136 1976-77 35.6
67 1989-90 41.9 137 1983-84 35.5
68 1923-24 41.9 138 1904-05 35.2
69 2007-08 41.8 139 1917-18 35.0
70 1929-30 41.8 140 1977-78 33.3
      141 1978-79 33.1
           

 

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Updated: March 4, 2023