National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

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