National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

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

All temperatures in °F

For the 142 year period of Winter 1882-83 through Winter 2023-24

 

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 2023-24 45.4
62 1905-06 41.1 132 1991-92 45.5
63 1993-94 41.2 133 1922-23 45.5
64 1980-81 41.2 134 1910-11 45.6
65 1957-58 41.2 135 1999-00 45.8
66 1916-17 41.2 136 2015-16 45.9
67 1903-04 41.3 137 2022-23 46.1
68 1964-65 41.5 138 2011-12 46.1
69 1970-71 41.6 139 1906-07 46.3
70 1941-42 41.6 140 2016-17 47.0
      141 1931-32 47.9
      142 1889-90 50.8
           
 
           
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1889-90 50.8 71 1929-30 41.8
2 1931-32 47.9 72 1924-25 41.7
3 2016-17 47.0 73 1970-71 41.6
4 1906-07 46.3 74 1941-42 41.6
5 2022-23 46.1 75 1964-65 41.5
6 2011-12 46.1 76 1903-04 41.3
7 2015-16 45.9 77 1993-94 41.2
8 1999-00 45.8 78 1980-81 41.2
9 1910-11 45.6 79 1957-58 41.2
10 1991-92 45.5 80 1916-17 41.2
11 1922-23 45.5 81 1905-06 41.1
12 2023-24 45.4 82 1899-00 41.0
13 2021-22 45.2 83 1945-46 40.9
14 1998-99 45.2 84 1990-91 40.8
15 2019-20 45.1 85 1973-74 40.8
16 1951-52 45.1 86 1968-69 40.8
17 1920-21 45.1 87 1955-56 40.8
18 1949-50 44.9 88 1992-93 40.7
19 1933-34 44.9 89 1965-66 40.7
20 1908-09 44.9 90 1959-60 40.7
21 2004-05 44.8 91 1919-20 40.7
22 2012-13 44.7 92 2010-11 40.6
23 1937-38 44.6 93 1985-86 40.6
24 1930-31 44.6 94 1974-75 40.6
25 1926-27 44.5 95 1988-89 40.5
26 1956-57 44.4 96 1966-67 40.5
27 1900-01 44.4 97 1950-51 40.5
28 1997-98 43.8 98 1912-13 40.5
29 2005-06 43.7 99 2014-15 40.4
30 1942-43 43.7 100 1995-96 40.4
31 1921-22 43.7 101 1944-45 40.4
32 1938-39 43.6 102 2020-21 40.3
33 1918-19 43.6 103 2002-03 40.2
34 2018-19 43.5 104 1987-88 40.2
35 1940-41 43.5 105 1979-80 40.2
36 1907-08 43.5 106 1967-68 40.1
37 1896-97 43.4 107 1961-62 40.1
38 1932-33 43.2 108 1902-03 40.0
39 1897-98 43.2 109 1960-61 39.9
40 1994-95 43.1 110 1883-84 39.9
41 2006-07 43.0 111 1947-48 39.8
42 1971-72 43.0 112 1914-15 39.8
43 1915-16 43.0 113 1886-87 39.8
44 1953-54 42.9 114 1887-88 39.6
45 1943-44 42.9 115 1969-70 39.4
46 1895-96 42.9 116 1882-83 39.4
47 1952-53 42.8 117 1958-59 39.2
48 1934-35 42.8 118 1984-85 39.1
49 1890-91 42.8 119 2013-14 38.6
50 2001-02 42.7 120 1892-93 38.6
51 1996-97 42.7 121 1963-64 38.4
52 1975-76 42.6 122 1939-40 38.2
53 1913-14 42.6 123 1909-10 38.1
54 1893-94 42.6 124 1901-02 38.0
55 1986-87 42.5 125 1911-12 37.9
56 1888-89 42.5 126 1928-29 37.8
57 1927-28 42.4 127 1981-82 37.6
58 1925-26 42.4 128 1962-63 37.6
59 2008-09 42.3 129 2009-10 37.5
60 1948-49 42.3 130 1972-73 37.5
61 1936-37 42.3 131 2000-01 37.4
62 1946-47 42.2 132 1935-36 36.9
63 2017-18 42.1 133 1898-99 36.9
64 1982-83 42.1 134 1894-95 36.9
65 1954-55 42.0 135 1885-86 36.2
66 1891-92 42.0 136 1884-85 36.2
67 2003-04 41.9 137 1976-77 35.6
68 1989-90 41.9 138 1983-84 35.5
69 1923-24 41.9 139 1904-05 35.2
70 2007-08 41.8 140 1917-18 35.0
      141 1977-78 33.3
      142 1978-79 33.1
           

 

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Updated: August 14, 2024