Heavy rains will bring potential flash flooding to portions of the lower Mississippi Valley early this weekend. Across the Pacific Northwest, an atmospheric river event is set to arrive by Sunday, bringing heavy coastal rains and high elevation snowfall. Above average temperatures continue for much of the country through the weekend. Read More >
Fort Smith, Arkansas
May Climate Data (Page 1)
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|-----Normals 1991-2020------| |--------- Record Temperatures ---------| Temperature Precipitation Hi Lo Hi Lo Day Mx/Mn Mean Day Month Year Max Year Max Year Min Year Min Year Day |
1 78/55 67 0.19 0.19 14.56 93 1959 58 1956 70 1936 (34) 1903 1 2 78/55 67 0.18 0.37 14.74 93 1943 (49) 1994 70 *2018 37 1989 2 3 78/55 67 0.19 0.56 14.93 90 1955 53 1978 70 1938 37 *2013 3 4 78/56 67 0.18 0.74 15.11 93 2014 (49) 2013 72 1950 35 1954 4 5 79/56 68 0.18 0.92 15.29 93 2014 56 1935 70 *2003 39 2013 5 6 79/56 68 0.20 1.12 15.49 92 2023 56 1931 72 1943 40 1944 6 7 79/57 68 0.19 1.31 15.68 92 *2018 62 1917 74 1961 38 1989 7 8 79/57 68 0.19 1.50 15.87 95 1918 61 1924 75 2002 40 1982 8 9 80/57 69 0.19 1.69 16.06 92 2018 61 1924 75 1933 40 1980 9 10 80/58 69 0.18 1.87 16.24 92 1962 52 1924 73 *2011 42 1885 10 11 80/58 69 0.19 2.06 16.43 94 1963 58 1931 73 1922 42 1969 11 12 80/58 69 0.19 2.25 16.62 93 2022 53 2020 74 1886 40 1960 12 13 81/59 70 0.20 2.45 16.82 93 1962 62 *2014 73 1956 41 1971 13 14 81/59 70 0.18 2.63 17.00 92 1915 58 2014 70 1963 41 1973 14 15 81/59 70 0.18 2.81 17.18 91 1990 56 1910 70 1990 38 1973 15 16 81/60 71 0.19 3.00 17.37 93 *2001 57 1945 70 1889 41 1973 16 17 82/60 71 0.18 3.18 17.55 92 *2001 61 *2014 75 1943 41 1973 17 18 82/60 71 0.19 3.37 17.74 95 1956 65 1952 73 1898 41 1976 18 19 82/61 72 0.18 3.55 17.92 96 1956 65 1952 72 2013 45 1894 19 20 82/61 72 0.19 3.74 18.11 95 2005 66 1892 (76) 1902 40 1894 20 21 83/61 72 0.19 3.93 18.30 93 1962 53 1892 75 1902 44 1894 21 22 83/62 73 0.19 4.12 18.49 94 1953 61 1953 (76) 1953 42 1892 22 23 83/62 73 0.18 4.30 18.67 95 2000 64 1963 75 1927 43 1963 23 24 84/62 73 0.17 4.48 18.85 95 1962 67 1924 74 1953 45 1983 24 25 84/63 74 0.17 4.65 19.02 95 1964 66 1992 74 1918 47 *2001 25 26 84/63 74 0.17 4.82 19.19 95 *2024 67 2022 74 2024 44 1988 26 27 84/63 74 0.16 4.98 19.35 95 *2012 62 1976 75 1912 44 1961 27 28 85/64 75 0.16 5.14 19.51 97 2012 54 1907 75 2006 48 1961 28 29 85/64 75 0.16 5.30 19.67 98 1951 59 1902 (76) 1945 46 1947 29 30 85/64 75 0.17 5.47 19.84 97 2003 61 1964 74 1942 45 1947 30 31 86/64 75 0.16 5.63 20.20 (99) 1934 60 1903 (76)*2018 42 1889 31 * Indicates occurrences in previous years ( ) Indicates monthly extremes |
May Monthly Normals 1991-2020: Normal Max Temperature: 81.4F Monthly Heating Degree Days: 28 Normal Min Temperature: 59.5F Season Total Heating Degree Days: 3097 Normal Mean Temperature: 70.5F Monthly Cooling Degree Days: 197 Normal Monthly Rainfall: 5.63" Season Total Cooling Degree Days: 270 Normal Monthly Snowfall: 0.0" May Monthly Records: Warmest Month: 76.8F in 2018 Wettest Month: 13.67" in 1943 Coolest Month: 63.6F in 1907 Driest Month: 0.38" in 1886 (Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data and then dividing by the number of days in the month) |
Updated: July 22, 2024