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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