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 |
2021 |
77 |
2 |
1889 |
75 |
3 |
2019 |
73 |
4 |
2016 |
73 |
5 |
1971 |
72 |
6 |
1950 |
70 |
7 |
1955 |
70 |
8 |
1942 |
68 |
9 |
1960 |
68 |
10 |
1954, 1922 |
67 |
|
|
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, 52 |
34 |
|
|
Highest
Minimum
Temperatures |
|
Year |
Low |
1 |
1889 |
61 |
2 |
2016 |
54 |
3 |
1888 |
54 |
4 |
2021 |
52 |
5 |
1936 |
50 |
6 |
1940 |
48 |
7 |
1971 |
48 |
8 |
1942 |
45 |
9 |
1955 |
45 |
10 |
1893 |
43 |
|
|
Highest Mean
Temperatures |
|
Year |
Mean |
High |
Low |
1 |
1889 |
68 |
75 |
61 |
2 |
2021 |
64 |
77 |
52 |
3 |
2016 |
64 |
73 |
54 |
4 |
1971 |
60 |
72 |
48 |
5 |
2019 |
58 |
73 |
42 |
6 |
1955 |
58 |
70 |
45 |
7 |
1942 |
57 |
68 |
45 |
8 |
1936 |
57 |
68 |
45 |
9 |
1888 |
57 |
59 |
54 |
10 |
1940 |
55 |
61 |
48 |
|
|
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 |
8 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
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Temperature records since December 1882
Precipitation records since December 1882
Snow records since December 1883
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Updated: December 7, 2023