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Fort Smith, Arkansas
Christmas Day Records

Last White Christmas (at least 1" of snow on the ground) - 2012 (previous - 2009, 1990, 1975, 1963)

Last Christmas with measurable snowfall was 2012 - 4.0" of snow

Highest Maximum Temperatures
	Year	High
1	2025	79
2	2021	77
3	1889	75
4	2019	73
5	2016	73
6	1971	72
7	1950	70
8	1955	70
9	1942	68
10	1960	68

Lowest Minimum Temperatures
	Year	Low
1	1983	-1
2	1985	11
3	1884	13
4	1924	13
5	1980	13
6	2004	13
7	1953	14
8	2022, 1966	16
9	1981	17
10	1998	17

Lowest Maximum Temperatures
	Year	High
1	1983	10
2	1884	22
3	1985	25
4	1918	27
5	1980	29
6	1924	30
7	1921	31
8	2000	31
9	2009	33
10	1995, 1952	34

Highest Minimum Temperatures
	Year	Low
1	1889	61
2	2016	54
3	1888	54
4	2021	52
5	2025	51
6	1936	50
7	2024	49
8	1940	48
9	1971	48
10	1955, 1942	45

Highest Mean Temperatures
	Year	Mean	High	Low
1	1889	68	75	61
2	2025	65	79	51
3	2021	64	77	52
4	2016	64	73	54
5	1971	60	72	48
6	2019	58	73	42
7	1955	58	70	45
8	1942	57	68	45
9	1936	57	68	45
10	1888	57	59	54

Lowest Mean Temperatures
	Year	Mean	High	Low
1	1983	5	10	-1
2	1985	18	25	11
3	1884	18	22	13
4	1980	21	29	13
5	1924	22	30	13
6	1918	24	27	20
7	1921	25	31	19
8	2004	27	41	13
9	2009	28	33	23
9	1990	28	37	18
9	1966	28	40	16
9	1935	28	37	19

Maximum Precipitation
	Year	Precip	Snow
1	1888	1.98	0.0
2	1987	1.65	0.0
3	1890	1.12	0.0
4	2012	0.76	4.0
5	1949	0.72	0.0
6	1975	0.70	6.7
7	1941	0.53	0.0
8	1957	0.51	0.0
9	1944	0.46	0.0
10	1992	0.40	0.0

Maximum Snowfall
	Year	Snow	Precip
1	1975	6.70	0.70
2	2012	4.00	0.76
3	1913	0.40	0.01
4	1914	Trace	0.16
5	1918	Trace	Trace
6	1926	Trace	Trace
7	2009	Trace	Trace
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Temperature records since December 1882

Precipitation records since December 1882
Snow records since December 1883

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Updated: January 23, 2026

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