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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