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Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

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

 

Wettest Winter was 21.06 recorded in 1948-49

Driest Winter was 2.56 recorded in 1962-63

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 18.50

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1962-63 2.56 71 2004-05 8.03
2 1958-59 2.94 72 1994-95 8.03
3 1900-01 2.96 73 2008-09 8.07
4 1966-67 3.52 74 1918-19 8.08
5 1908-09 3.55 75 1960-61 8.25
6 1916-17 3.57 76 1974-75 8.31
7 1951-52 3.91 77 1965-66 8.39
8 1957-58 3.99 78 1936-37 8.40
9 2005-06 4.11 79 1912-13 8.42
10 1985-86 4.15 80 1953-54 8.44
11 1917-18 4.17 81 1995-96 8.59
12 1934-35 4.39 82 1928-29 8.59
13 1979-80 4.47 83 1893-94 8.59
14 1939-40 4.57 84 1922-23 8.66
15 1975-76 4.69 85 1996-97 8.93
16 1935-36 4.72 86 2002-03 8.94
17 1933-34 4.73 87 1982-83 8.96
18 1919-20 4.78 88 1905-06 9.00
19 1894-95 4.95 89 1938-39 9.03
20 1909-10 5.18 90 1932-33 9.05
21 1976-77 5.21 91 1930-31 9.15
22 1983-84 5.32 92 1967-68 9.18
23 1970-71 5.51 93 1959-60 9.30
24 1980-81 5.54 94 2019-20 9.33
25 1910-11 5.56 95 1899-00 9.39
26 2016-17 5.59 96 1961-62 9.68
27 1901-02 5.61 97 1915-16 9.70
28 1896-97 5.61 98 1895-96 9.77
29 1904-05 5.67 99 1897-98 9.82
30 1981-82 5.75 100 2022-23 9.92
31 2010-11 5.83 101 1884-85 9.98
32 1898-99 5.83 102 1929-30 9.99
33 2013-14 5.87 103 1956-57 10.02
34 1886-87 5.97 104 1926-27 10.03
35 1963-64 6.08 105 2011-12 10.04
36 1977-78 6.11 106 1882-83 10.07
37 1911-12 6.15 107 1931-32 10.08
38 1885-86 6.16 108 1914-15 10.09
39 1964-65 6.18 109 1902-03 10.11
40 1952-53 6.18 110 1993-94 10.28
41 1972-73 6.27 111 1945-46 10.31
42 1998-99 6.33 112 1892-93 10.32
43 1942-43 6.35 113 1943-44 10.44
44 2003-04 6.40 114 1978-79 10.48
45 1973-74 6.54 115 1947-48 10.58
46 1920-21 6.56 116 1954-55 10.68
47 1941-42 6.70 117 2001-02 10.71
48 1969-70 6.89 118 2021-22 10.77
49 1891-92 6.90 119 2012-13 11.18
50 1946-47 6.91 120 1968-69 11.26
51 2014-15 6.92 121 2006-07 11.27
52 1903-04 6.97 122 1940-41 11.27
53 1925-26 6.99 123 1949-50 11.31
54 1890-91 7.03 124 2018-19 11.54
55 1906-07 7.10 125 1927-28 11.54
56 1921-22 7.11 126 1888-89 11.59
57 1986-87 7.16 127 1988-89 11.61
58 1907-08 7.18 128 1889-90 11.67
59 1887-88 7.21 129 1971-72 11.78
60 2023-24 7.29 130 1989-90 11.82
61 1991-92 7.34 131 1987-88 11.83
62 2009-10 7.49 132 1950-51 12.28
63 1924-25 7.51 133 1992-93 12.61
64 1955-56 7.56 134 2000-01 12.69
65 2020-21 7.68 135 2015-16 12.96
66 2007-08 7.79 136 1984-85 13.52
67 1923-24 7.83 137 1944-45 13.93
68 1990-91 7.87 138 2018-19 14.50
69 1913-14 7.93 139 1883-84 15.16
70 1999-00 8.01 140 1997-98 15.27
      141 1937-38 15.87
      142 1948-49 21.06
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1948-49 21.06 71 2004-05 8.03
2 1937-38 15.87 72 1994-95 8.03
3 1997-98 15.27 73 1999-00 8.01
4 1883-84 15.16 74 1913-14 7.93
5 2018-19 14.50 75 1990-91 7.87
6 1944-45 13.93 76 1923-24 7.83
7 1984-85 13.52 77 2007-08 7.79
8 2015-16 12.96 78 2020-21 7.68
9 2000-01 12.69 79 1955-56 7.56
10 1992-93 12.61 80 1924-25 7.51
11 1950-51 12.28 81 2009-10 7.49
12 1987-88 11.83 82 1991-92 7.34
13 1989-90 11.82 83 2023-24 7.29
14 1971-72 11.78 84 1887-88 7.21
15 1889-90 11.67 85 1907-08 7.18
16 1988-89 11.61 86 1986-87 7.16
17 1888-89 11.59 87 1921-22 7.11
18 2017-18 11.54 88 1906-07 7.10
19 1927-28 11.54 89 1890-91 7.03
20 1949-50 11.31 90 1925-26 6.99
21 2006-07 11.27 91 1903-04 6.97
22 1940-41 11.27 92 2014-15 6.92
23 1968-69 11.26 93 1946-47 6.91
24 2012-13 11.18 94 1891-92 6.90
25 2021-22 10.77 95 1969-70 6.89
26 2001-02 10.71 96 1941-42 6.70
27 1954-55 10.68 97 1920-21 6.56
28 1947-48 10.58 98 1973-74 6.54
29 1978-79 10.48 99 2003-04 6.40
30 1943-44 10.44 100 1942-43 6.35
31 1892-93 10.32 101 1998-99 6.33
32 1945-46 10.31 102 1972-73 6.27
33 1993-94 10.28 103 1964-65 6.18
34 1902-03 10.11 104 1952-53 6.18
35 1914-15 10.09 105 1885-86 6.16
36 1931-32 10.08 106 1911-12 6.15
37 1882-83 10.07 107 1977-78 6.11
38 2011-12 10.04 108 1963-64 6.08
39 1926-27 10.03 109 1886-87 5.97
40 1956-57 10.02 110 2013-14 5.87
41 1929-30 9.99 111 2010-11 5.83
42 1884-85 9.98 112 1898-99 5.83
43 2022-23 9.92 113 1981-82 5.75
44 1897-98 9.82 114 1904-05 5.67
45 1895-96 9.77 115 1901-02 5.61
46 1915-16 9.70 116 1896-97 5.61
47 1961-62 9.68 117 2016-17 5.59
48 1899-00 9.39 118 1910-11 5.56
49 2019-20 9.33 119 1980-81 5.54
50 1959-60 9.30 120 1970-71 5.51
51 1967-68 9.18 121 1983-84 5.32
52 1930-31 9.15 122 1976-77 5.21
53 1932-33 9.05 123 1909-10 5.18
54 1938-39 9.03 124 1894-95 4.95
55 1905-06 9.00 125 1919-20 4.78
56 1982-83 8.96 126 1933-34 4.73
57 2002-03 8.94 127 1935-36 4.72
58 1996-97 8.93 128 1975-76 4.69
59 1922-23 8.66 129 1939-40 4.57
60 1995-96 8.59 130 1979-80 4.47
61 1928-29 8.59 131 1934-35 4.39
62 1893-94 8.59 132 1917-18 4.17
63 1953-54 8.44 133 1985-86 4.15
64 1912-13 8.42 134 2005-06 4.11
65 1936-37 8.40 135 1957-58 3.99
66 1965-66 8.39 136 1951-52 3.91
67 1974-75 8.31 137 1916-17 3.57
68 1960-61 8.25 138 1908-09 3.55
69 1918-19 8.08 139 1966-67 3.52
70 2008-09 8.07 140 1900-01 2.96
      141 1958-59 2.94
      142 1962-63 2.56
           

 

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Updated: August 14, 2024