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December Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 142 year period of December 1882 through December 2023

 

Wettest December was 10.81 recorded in 2015

Driest December was 0.09 recorded in 1908

Difference between the wettest and driest December is 10.72

 

Driest December      Wettest December
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1908 0.09 71 1903 2.64
2 1919 0.15 72 1930 2.70
3 1981 0.27 73 1979 2.74
4 1896 0.33 74 2012 2.75
5 1917 0.36 75 1907 2.79
6 2005 0.39 76 2009 2.87
7 1985 0.40 77 1993 2.87
8 1912 0.49 78 1953 3.02
9 1950 0.53 79 1998 3.04
10 1904 0.55 80 2008 3.08
11 1945 0.58 81 1883 3.09
12 1910 0.59 82 1936 3.10
13 1955 0.66 83 1937 3.15
14 1989 0.74 84 2000 3.19
15 2016 0.77 85 1911 3.21
16 1886 0.79 86 1978 3.26
17 1962 0.80 87 1902 3.26
18 2019 0.87 88 1922 3.27
19 1958 0.97 89 1926 3.28
20 1934 1.06 90 2011 3.44
21 1893 1.09 91 1940 3.44
22 1938 1.18 92 1906 3.55
23 1986 1.21 93 2007 3.59
24 1900 1.22 94 1961 3.60
25 1885 1.26 95 1935 3.63
26 1977 1.30 96 1899 3.65
27 1980 1.32 97 1975 3.66
28 1951 1.34 98 1994 3.74
29 1965 1.37 99 1948 3.74
30 1957 1.38 100 1973 3.78
31 1970 1.41 101 2022 3.96
32 1964 1.41 102 1914 4.06
33 1889 1.43 103 2020 4.09
34 1931 1.46 104 2013 4.10
35 2004 1.49 105 1929 4.12
36 1939 1.57 106 1969 4.16
37 1972 1.61 107 1995 4.19
38 1915 1.61 108 1959 4.21
39 1956 1.63 109 1887 4.22
40 1988 1.65 110 1923 4.26
41 1952 1.67 111 1888 4.31
42 1928 1.67 112 1944 4.36
43 1882 1.74 113 1918 4.40
44 1976 1.82 114 1991 4.43
45 2003 1.83 115 2021 4.44
46 1996 1.87 116 1924 4.44
47 1901 1.88 117 1997 4.49
48 1983 1.92 118 1913 4.79
49 1933 1.92 119 1990 4.84
50 2023 1.95 120 1999 5.01
51 1966 1.96 121 1942 5.06
52 1898 1.96 122 1932 5.08
53 1925 2.00 123 1947 5.11
54 2010 2.14 124 2002 5.22
55 1920 2.14 125 1967 5.26
56 1916 2.16 126 1954 5.42
57 1905 2.17 127 1992 5.46
58 1909 2.18 128 2018 5.51
59 1921 2.23 129 1968 5.55
60 1963 2.24 130 1960 5.64
61 1941 2.24 131 2001 5.70
62 2017 2.28 132 1895 6.00
63 2014 2.31 133 1982 6.01
64 1974 2.33 134 1897 6.04
65 1891 2.41 135 1892 6.12
66 1894 2.51 136 1984 6.16
67 1949 2.55 137 1884 6.30
68 1943 2.57 138 1946 6.31
69 1890 2.59 139 1927 7.69
70 2006 2.62 140 1987 8.12
      141 1971 10.09
      142 2015 10.81
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2015 10.81 71 1930 2.70
2 1971 10.09 72 1903 2.64
3 1987 8.12 73 2006 2.62
4 1927 7.69 74 1890 2.59
5 1946 6.31 75 1943 2.57
6 1884 6.30 76 1949 2.55
7 1984 6.16 77 1894 2.51
8 1892 6.12 78 1891 2.41
9 1897 6.04 79 1974 2.33
10 1982 6.01 80 2014 2.31
11 1895 6.00 81 2017 2.28
12 2001 5.70 82 1963 2.24
13 1960 5.64 83 1941 2.24
14 1968 5.55 84 1921 2.23
15 2018 5.51 85 1909 2.18
16 1992 5.46 86 1905 2.17
17 1954 5.42 87 1916 2.16
18 1967 5.26 88 2010 2.14
19 2002 5.22 89 1920 2.14
20 1947 5.11 90 1925 2.00
21 1932 5.08 91 1966 1.96
22 1942 5.06 92 1898 1.96
23 1999 5.01 93 2023 1.95
24 1990 4.84 94 1983 1.92
25 1913 4.79 95 1933 1.92
26 1997 4.49 96 1901 1.88
27 2021 4.44 97 1996 1.87
28 1924 4.44 98 2003 1.83
29 1991 4.43 99 1976 1.82
30 1918 4.40 100 1882 1.74
31 1944 4.36 101 1952 1.67
32 1888 4.31 102 1928 1.67
33 1923 4.26 103 1988 1.65
34 1887 4.22 104 1956 1.63
35 1959 4.21 105 1972 1.61
36 1995 4.19 106 1915 1.61
37 1969 4.16 107 1939 1.57
38 1929 4.12 108 2004 1.49
39 2013 4.10 109 1931 1.46
40 2020 4.09 110 1889 1.43
41 1914 4.06 111 1970 1.41
42 2022 3.96 112 1964 1.41
43 1973 3.78 113 1957 1.38
44 1994 3.74 114 1965 1.37
45 1948 3.74 115 1951 1.34
46 1975 3.66 116 1980 1.32
47 1899 3.65 117 1977 1.30
48 1935 3.63 118 1885 1.26
49 1961 3.60 119 1900 1.22
50 2007 3.59 120 1986 1.21
51 1906 3.55 121 1938 1.18
52 2011 3.44 122 1893 1.09
53 1940 3.44 123 1934 1.06
54 1926 3.28 124 1958 0.97
55 1922 3.27 125 2019 0.87
56 1978 3.26 126 1962 0.80
57 1902 3.26 127 1886 0.79
58 1911 3.21 128 2016 0.77
59 2000 3.19 129 1989 0.74
60 1937 3.15 130 1955 0.66
61 1936 3.10 131 1910 0.59
62 1883 3.09 132 1945 0.58
63 2008 3.08 133 1904 0.55
64 1998 3.04 134 1950 0.53
65 1953 3.02 135 1912 0.49
66 2009 2.87 136 1985 0.40
67 1993 2.87 137 2005 0.39
68 1907 2.79 138 1917 0.36
69 2012 2.75 139 1896 0.33
70 1979 2.74 140 1981 0.27
      141 1919 0.15
      142 1908 0.09
           

 

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Updated: February 6, 2024