Fort Smith, AR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FT SMITH RGNL AP, AR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fort Smith has an annual average temperature of 62.4°F with about 47.3 inches of precipitation per year and 2.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 94.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 29.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.63 in) and February the driest (2.69 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
Best time to visit Fort Smith
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →63 of 366 (17.2%) of Fort Smith's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 79 | |
| 1960s | 58 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 31 | |
| 1990s | 20 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 63 | |
| 2020s | 46 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51.3°F | 29.6°F | 40.4°F | 2.91 in | 1.4 in | 8 |
| February | 56.6°F | 33.4°F | 45.0°F | 2.69 in | 0.6 in | 8 |
| March | 65.6°F | 41.5°F | 53.5°F | 3.90 in | 0.3 in | 10 |
| April | 74.5°F | 49.8°F | 62.1°F | 4.87 in | — | 9 |
| May | 81.4°F | 59.5°F | 70.4°F | 5.63 in | — | 11 |
| June | 89.4°F | 68.3°F | 78.8°F | 4.56 in | — | 9 |
| July | 94.1°F | 72.1°F | 83.1°F | 3.39 in | — | 7 |
| August | 93.7°F | 70.9°F | 82.3°F | 3.60 in | — | 7 |
| September | 86.5°F | 63.1°F | 74.8°F | 4.04 in | — | 7 |
| October | 75.9°F | 51.0°F | 63.5°F | 4.42 in | — | 8 |
| November | 63.4°F | 40.0°F | 51.7°F | 3.85 in | — | 7 |
| December | 53.3°F | 32.3°F | 42.8°F | 3.48 in | 0.6 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Fort Smith
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).