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January Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 142 year period of January 1883 through January 2024

 

Wettest January was 11.33 recorded in 1949

Driest January was 0.20 recorded in 1986

Difference between the wettest and driest January was 11.13

 

Driest January      Wettest January
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1986 0.20 71 1991 2.21
2 1943 0.22 72 2015 2.22
3 1936 0.22 73 2018 2.23
4 1976 0.33 74 1966 2.23
5 2003 0.37 75 1895 2.24
6 2016 0.39 76 2021 2.27
7 1911 0.40 77 1975 2.27
8 1961 0.44 78 2017 2.34
9 1947 0.46 79 1953 2.37
10 1931 0.48 80 2001 2.39
11 2011 0.51 81 1960 2.42
12 1997 0.56 82 1922 2.44
13 2008 0.61 83 1907 2.44
14 1959 0.61 84 1899 2.49
15 1909 0.62 85 1987 2.50
16 1964 0.63 86 1886 2.52
17 1972 0.68 87 1935 2.63
18 1917 0.68 88 1902 2.65
19 1963 0.70 89 1915 2.66
20 1970 0.75 90 1979 2.67
21 2014 0.79 91 1883 2.71
22 1948 0.79 92 1968 2.81
23 1887 0.79 93 2004 2.82
24 1984 0.80 94 1969 2.84
25 1914 0.93 95 1918 2.86
26 1974 0.96 96 2010 2.92
27 1901 0.96 97 1898 2.97
28 1980 0.99 98 1996 3.05
29 1967 0.99 99 1962 3.08
30 1945 1.03 100 2006 3.09
31 1940 1.07 101 1957 3.13
32 1893 1.09 102 1905 3.25
33 1910 1.18 103 1994 3.46
34 1952 1.20 104 1904 3.48
35 1888 1.22 105 2009 3.50
36 1958 1.23 106 1995 3.51
37 1956 1.32 107 1938 3.51
38 1912 1.34 108 1973 3.56
39 1884 1.35 109 1923 3.62
40 1921 1.39 110 1926 3.67
41 1925 1.41 111 1891 3.69
42 1992 1.43 112 2002 3.79
43 1919 1.47 113 1951 3.81
44 1955 1.51 114 2024 3.92
45 1903 1.52 115 2019 3.94
46 1981 1.54 116 1920 3.89
47 1988 1.62 117 1930 3.96
48 1985 1.65 118 2013 3.97
49 1971 1.65 119 1890 3.97
50 1965 1.69 120 1993 4.05
51 2022 1.71 121 1982 4.15
52 1900 1.71 122 1941 4.18
53 1983 1.72 123 1929 4.26
54 2000 1.88 124 1937 4.41
55 1896 1.89 125 2012 4.42
56 1908 1.91 126 1989 4.43
57 2023 1.93 127 1927 4.60
58 1977 1.93 128 1946 4.72
59 1894 1.94 129 1906 4.81
60 1939 1.97 130 1897 4.83
61 1892 1.98 131 1954 4.87
62 1885 1.99 132 2005 4.91
63 1924 2.02 133 1990 5.13
64 1944 2.07 134 1913 5.29
65 1933 2.08 135 1889 5.33
66 1928 2.08 136 1950 5.75
67 1934 2.11 137 2020 5.87
68 1999 2.12 138 1932 5.96
69 1978 2.15 139 2007 6.13
70 1942 2.19 140 1916 7.28
      141 1998 7.76
        1949 11.33
           
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1949 11.33 71 2015 2.22
2 1998 7.76 72 1991 2.21
3 1916 7.28 73 1942 2.19
4 2007 6.13 74 1978 2.15
5 1932 5.96 75 1999 2.12
6 2020 5.87 76 1934 2.11
7 1950 5.75 77 1933 2.08
8 1889 5.33 78 1928 2.08
9 1913 5.29 79 1944 2.07
10 1990 5.13 80 1924 2.02
11 2005 4.91 81 1885 1.99
12 1954 4.87 82 1892 1.98
13 1897 4.83 83 1939 1.97
14 1906 4.81 84 1894 1.94
15 1946 4.72 85 2023 1.93
16 1927 4.60 86 1977 1.93
17 1989 4.43 87 1908 1.91
18 2012 4.42 88 1896 1.89
19 1937 4.41 89 2000 1.88
20 1929 4.26 90 1983 1.72
21 1941 4.18 91 2022 1.71
22 1982 4.15 92 1900 1.71
23 1993 4.05 93 1965 1.69
24 2013 3.97 94 1985 1.65
25 1890 3.97 95 1971 1.65
26 1930 3.96 96 1988 1.62
27 2019 3.94 97 1981 1.54
28 2024 3.92 98 1903 1.52
29 1920 3.89 99 1955 1.51
30 1951 3.81 100 1919 1.47
31 2002 3.79 101 1992 1.43
32 1891 3.69 102 1925 1.41
33 1926 3.67 103 1921 1.39
34 1923 3.62 104 1884 1.35
35 1973 3.56 105 1912 1.34
36 1995 3.51 106 1956 1.32
37 1938 3.51 107 1958 1.23
38 2009 3.50 108 1888 1.22
39 1904 3.48 109 1952 1.20
40 1994 3.46 110 1910 1.18
41 1905 3.25 111 1893 1.09
42 1957 3.13 112 1940 1.07
43 2006 3.09 113 1945 1.03
44 1962 3.08 114 1980 0.99
45 1996 3.05 115 1967 0.99
46 1898 2.97 116 1974 0.96
47 2010 2.92 117 1901 0.96
48 1918 2.86 118 1914 0.93
49 1969 2.84 119 1984 0.80
50 2004 2.82 120 2014 0.79
51 1968 2.81 121 1948 0.79
52 1883 2.71 122 1887 0.79
53 1979 2.67 123 1970 0.75
54 1915 2.66 124 1963 0.70
55 1902 2.65 125 1972 0.68
56 1935 2.63 126 1917 0.68
57 1886 2.52 127 1964 0.63
58 1987 2.50 128 1909 0.62
59 1899 2.49 129 2008 0.61
60 1922 2.44 130 1959 0.61
61 1907 2.44 131 1997 0.56
62 1960 2.42 132 2011 0.51
63 2001 2.39 133 1931 0.48
64 1953 2.37 134 1947 0.46
65 2017 2.34 135 1961 0.44
66 2021 2.27 136 1911 0.40
67 1975 2.27 137 2016 0.39
68 1895 2.24 138 2003 0.37
69 2018 2.23 139 1976 0.33
70 1966 2.23 140 1943 0.22
      141 1936 0.22
      142 1986 0.20
           
           

 

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Updated: February 28, 2024