| Fort Smith,
AR |
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual |
| Average
High Temperature |
|
48 |
55 |
64 |
73 |
80 |
88 |
93 |
93 |
85 |
75 |
61 |
51 |
72 |
| Average
Low Temperature |
|
27 |
33 |
41 |
49 |
59 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
63 |
51 |
39 |
31 |
49 |
| Average
Mean Temperature |
|
38 |
44 |
53 |
61 |
69 |
77 |
82 |
81 |
74 |
63 |
51 |
41 |
61 |
| * Record
High Temperature |
|
81 |
87 |
94 |
95 |
99 |
106 |
111 |
113 |
109 |
96 |
86 |
82 |
113 |
| * Record
Low Temperature |
|
-11 |
-15 |
7 |
22 |
34 |
47 |
50 |
45 |
33 |
22 |
8 |
-5 |
-15 |
| **Average
Days Above 90 Degrees |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
23 |
22 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
| **Average
Days Below 32 Degrees |
|
24 |
17 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
20 |
78 |
| Average
Rainfall |
|
2.37 |
2.70 |
3.94 |
3.91 |
5.29 |
4.28 |
3.19 |
2.56 |
3.61 |
3.94 |
4.80 |
3.39 |
43.98 |
| * Record
Rainfall |
|
11.33 |
9.21 |
13.03 |
10.32 |
13.67 |
15.02 |
14.99 |
10.89 |
10.49 |
12.05 |
14.01 |
10.09 |
71.81 |
| * Record
Rainfall in 24 Hours |
|
5.42 |
4.45 |
3.62 |
5.12 |
5.56 |
3.48 |
7.13 |
5.09 |
3.95 |
5.90 |
6.91 |
5.78 |
7.13 |
| * Record
Least Rainfall |
|
0.20 |
0.14 |
0.68 |
0.36 |
0.79 |
0.38 |
0.07 |
T |
0.05 |
0.00 |
0.26 |
0.09 |
19.18 |
| **Average
Number of Rain Days |
|
7 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
97 |
| **Average
Number of Thunderstorm Days |
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
57 |
| Average
Snowfall |
|
3.0 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
T |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T |
0.5 |
0.9 |
6.7 |
| * Record
Snowfall |
|
12.9 |
14.0 |
4.5 |
T |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
22.2 |
| Measurable
Snowfall: |
|
Latest
/ April 15 (0.7") |
Earliest
/ November 2 (2.0") |
| **Average
Sunshine (%) |
|
49 |
55 |
56 |
61 |
62 |
69 |
73 |
72 |
66 |
65 |
55 |
50 |
61 |
| **Average
Wind Speed (mph) |
|
8.4 |
8.6 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
7.7 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
6.6 |
6.9 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
| Average
Heating Degree Days |
|
851 |
611 |
409 |
172 |
32 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
145 |
448 |
745 |
3437 |
| Average
Cooling Degree Days |
|
0 |
0 |
8 |
43 |
157 |
364 |
520 |
495 |
275 |
61 |
5 |
1 |
1929 |
| Average
Date Of: |
|
Last
Killing Frost / March 22 |
First
Killing Frost / November 9 |
| Freezing
Temperature: |
|
Latest
Recorded / April 17 |
Earliest
Recorded / October 8 |
Temperatures
are reported in Fahrenheit and rainfall/snowfall totals are
reported in inches.
* Records are for the period 1882-Present. Record Rainfall in
24 Hours for the period 1944-Present.
** Averages are for the period 1961-1990.
Averages are for the period 1971-2000.
(Annual totals may be slightly different than monthly totals
due to rounding) |
