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Heavy rain in the lower Mississippi Valley Saturday, then heavy rain and snow in the Northeast starting Sunday

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
December Climate Data (Page 2)

    |-- Temp. Records --||- Precip Records -||------ Degree Day Normals -------|
     Hi        Lo         Record    Record    Heating          Cooling
Day  Mean Year Mean Year  Rain Year Snow Year Day Month Season Day Month Season  Day
 1   66.0*1982 29.5 1896  1.53 1921 1.0 1903   19   19    569    0    0   2186    1 
 2   67.5 2012 23.5 1985* 2.46 1982 2.0 1971   19   38    588    0    0   2186    2 
 3   68.0 2012 24.0 1893  1.64 1973 0.9 1897   19   57    607    0    0   2186    3 
 4   68.0 2001 21.0 1897* 1.76 1930(7.5)1902   20   77    627    0    0   2186    4 
 5   69.0 1956 20.0 1886  1.78 1913 2.7 1984   20   97    647    0    0   2186    5 
 
 6   71.0 1966 14.0 1950  2.52 1935 4.9 2013   20  117    667    0    0   2186    6 
 7  (75.5)1966 15.0 1950  0.90 1986 1.6 1917   20  137    687    0    0   2186    7 
 8   68.5*1991 12.0 1917  2.08 1994 0.5 1917   21  158    708    0    0   2186    8 
 9   65.0 1923 14.5 1917  3.61 1971 0.1 1897   21  179    729    0    0   2186    9 
10   66.0 2021 14.5 1917  2.40 1960 0.6 1955   21  200    750    0    0   2186   10 
 
11   67.0 1965 21.0 1917  1.33 1963 1.1 1941   21  221    771    0    0   2186   11 
12   67.5 1929 15.0 1962  2.38 1892 4.0 1958   22  243    793    0    0   2186   12 
13   67.0 1929 17.0 1917  5.02 1927 1.7 1985   22  265    815    0    0   2186   13 
14   64.0 1889 15.0 1958  2.09 1948 7.2 1916   22  287    837    0    0   2186   14 
15   70.5 2021 13.0 1901  1.54 1992 0.5 1972   22  309    859    0    0   2186   15 
 
16   67.0 1924 14.5 1989  3.54 2001 0.5 1932   23  332    882    0    0   2186   16 
17   65.5 2006 17.5 1901  2.55 1995 0.5 1945   23  355    905    0    0   2186   17 
18   62.5 1895 18.5 1964  2.51 1924 0.5 1909   23  378    928    0    0   2186   18 
19   63.0 1889 13.5 1929* 3.48 1895 0.6 1896   23  401    951    0    0   2186   19 
20   65.0 1949 18.0 1924  1.40 1926 0.3 1894   23  424    974    0    0   2186   20 
 
21   62.0 1889 13.0 1916  2.37 1968 2.1 1896   23  447    997    0    0   2186   21 
22   66.0 1996  8.5 1989  1.14 1899 4.9 1913   24  471   1021    0    0   2186   22 
23   63.0 1885  7.5 1989  3.05 1932 2.1 1912   24  495   1045    0    0   2186   23 
24   66.5 2021 (4.0)1983  1.44 2023 3.0 2009   24  519   1069    0    0   2186   24 
25   68.0 1889  4.5 1983  1.98 1888 6.7 1975   24  543   1093    0    0   2186   25 
 
26   66.5 1889 10.5 1892  3.73 1942 1.8 1990   24  567   1117    0    0   2186   26 
27   68.0 1907 16.5 1892 (5.63)2015 2.5 1939   24  591   1141    0    0   2186   27 
28   64.5 1984 13.0 1894  1.25 1975 3.5 1935   24  615   1165    0    0   2186   28 
29   70.5 1984 15.0 1983  1.53 1969 2.1 1935   25  640   1190    0    0   2186   29 
30   66.5 1992 14.5 1983  1.22 2006 2.4 1969   25  665   1215    0    0   2186   30
31   74.0 1951 13.5 1927  2.43 1947 2.1 1946   25  690   1240    0    0   2186   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years    ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
Period of Record:
Temperature:  June 1882 - Present
Rainfall:     June 1882 - Present
Snowfall:     October 1883 - Present
Normals:      1991-2020 (30 Year Average)
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: February 6, 2024