National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 141 year period of Winter 1882-83 through Winter 2022-23

 

Wettest Winter was 21.06 recorded in 1948-49

Driest Winter was 2.56 recorded in 1962-63

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 18.50

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1962-63 2.56 71 1994-95 8.03
2 1958-59 2.94 72 2008-09 8.07
3 1900-01 2.96 73 1918-19 8.08
4 1966-67 3.52 74 1960-61 8.25
5 1908-09 3.55 75 1974-75 8.31
6 1916-17 3.57 76 1965-66 8.39
7 1951-52 3.91 77 1936-37 8.40
8 1957-58 3.99 78 1912-13 8.42
9 2005-06 4.11 79 1953-54 8.44
10 1985-86 4.15 80 1995-96 8.59
11 1917-18 4.17 81 1928-29 8.59
12 1934-35 4.39 82 1893-94 8.59
13 1979-80 4.47 83 1922-23 8.66
14 1939-40 4.57 84 1996-97 8.93
15 1975-76 4.69 85 2002-03 8.94
16 1935-36 4.72 86 1982-83 8.96
17 1933-34 4.73 87 1905-06 9.00
18 1919-20 4.78 88 1938-39 9.03
19 1894-95 4.95 89 1932-33 9.05
20 1909-10 5.18 90 1930-31 9.15
21 1976-77 5.21 91 1967-68 9.18
22 1983-84 5.32 92 1959-60 9.30
23 1970-71 5.51 93 2019-20 9.33
24 1980-81 5.54 94 1899-00 9.39
25 1910-11 5.56 95 1961-62 9.68
26 2016-17 5.59 96 1915-16 9.70
27 1901-02 5.61 97 1895-96 9.77
28 1896-97 5.61 98 1897-98 9.82
29 1904-05 5.67 99 2022-23 9.92
30 1981-82 5.75 100 1884-85 9.98
31 2010-11 5.83 101 1929-30 9.99
32 1898-99 5.83 102 1956-57 10.02
33 2013-14 5.87 103 1926-27 10.03
34 1886-87 5.97 104 2011-12 10.04
35 1963-64 6.08 105 1882-83 10.07
36 1977-78 6.11 106 1931-32 10.08
37 1911-12 6.15 107 1914-15 10.09
38 1885-86 6.16 108 1902-03 10.11
39 1964-65 6.18 109 1993-94 10.28
40 1952-53 6.18 110 1945-46 10.31
41 1972-73 6.27 111 1892-93 10.32
42 1998-99 6.33 112 1943-44 10.44
43 1942-43 6.35 113 1978-79 10.48
44 2003-04 6.40 114 1947-48 10.58
45 1973-74 6.54 115 1954-55 10.68
46 1920-21 6.56 116 2001-02 10.71
47 1941-42 6.70 117 2021-22 10.77
48 1969-70 6.89 118 2012-13 11.18
49 1891-92 6.90 119 1968-69 11.26
50 1946-47 6.91 120 2006-07 11.27
51 2014-15 6.92 121 1940-41 11.27
52 1903-04 6.97 122 1949-50 11.31
53 1925-26 6.99 123 2018-19 11.54
54 1890-91 7.03 124 1927-28 11.54
55 1906-07 7.10 125 1888-89 11.59
56 1921-22 7.11 126 1988-89 11.61
57 1986-87 7.16 127 1889-90 11.67
58 1907-08 7.18 128 1971-72 11.78
59 1887-88 7.21 129 1989-90 11.82
60 1991-92 7.34 130 1987-88 11.83
61 2009-10 7.49 131 1950-51 12.28
62 1924-25 7.51 132 1992-93 12.61
63 1955-56 7.56 133 2000-01 12.69
64 2020-21 7.68 134 2015-16 12.96
65 2007-08 7.79 135 1984-85 13.52
66 1923-24 7.83 136 1944-45 13.93
67 1990-91 7.87 137 2018-19 14.50
68 1913-14 7.93 138 1883-84 15.16
69 1999-00 8.01 139 1997-98 15.27
70 2004-05 8.03 140 1937-38 15.87
      141 1948-49 21.06
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1948-49 21.06 71 2004-05 8.03
2 1937-38 15.87 72 1994-95 8.03
3 1997-98 15.27 73 1999-00 8.01
4 1883-84 15.16 74 1913-14 7.93
5 2018-19 14.50 75 1990-91 7.87
6 1944-45 13.93 76 1923-24 7.83
7 1984-85 13.52 77 2007-08 7.79
8 2015-16 12.96 78 2020-21 7.68
9 2000-01 12.69 79 1955-56 7.56
10 1992-93 12.61 80 1924-25 7.51
11 1950-51 12.28 81 2009-10 7.49
12 1987-88 11.83 82 1991-92 7.34
13 1989-90 11.82 83 1887-88 7.21
14 1971-72 11.78 84 1907-08 7.18
15 1889-90 11.67 85 1986-87 7.16
16 1988-89 11.61 86 1921-22 7.11
17 1888-89 11.59 87 1906-07 7.10
18 2017-18 11.54 88 1890-91 7.03
19 1927-28 11.54 89 1925-26 6.99
20 1949-50 11.31 90 1903-04 6.97
21 2006-07 11.27 91 2014-15 6.92
22 1940-41 11.27 92 1946-47 6.91
23 1968-69 11.26 93 1891-92 6.90
24 2012-13 11.18 94 1969-70 6.89
25 2021-22 10.77 95 1941-42 6.70
26 2001-02 10.71 96 1920-21 6.56
27 1954-55 10.68 97 1973-74 6.54
28 1947-48 10.58 98 2003-04 6.40
29 1978-79 10.48 99 1942-43 6.35
30 1943-44 10.44 100 1998-99 6.33
31 1892-93 10.32 101 1972-73 6.27
32 1945-46 10.31 102 1964-65 6.18
33 1993-94 10.28 103 1952-53 6.18
34 1902-03 10.11 104 1885-86 6.16
35 1914-15 10.09 105 1911-12 6.15
36 1931-32 10.08 106 1977-78 6.11
37 1882-83 10.07 107 1963-64 6.08
38 2011-12 10.04 108 1886-87 5.97
39 1926-27 10.03 109 2013-14 5.87
40 1956-57 10.02 110 2010-11 5.83
41 1929-30 9.99 111 1898-99 5.83
42 1884-85 9.98 112 1981-82 5.75
43 2022-23 9.92 113 1904-05 5.67
44 1897-98 9.82 114 1901-02 5.61
45 1895-96 9.77 115 1896-97 5.61
46 1915-16 9.70 116 2016-17 5.59
47 1961-62 9.68 117 1910-11 5.56
48 1899-00 9.39 118 1980-81 5.54
49 2019-20 9.33 119 1970-71 5.51
50 1959-60 9.30 120 1983-84 5.32
51 1967-68 9.18 121 1976-77 5.21
52 1930-31 9.15 122 1909-10 5.18
53 1932-33 9.05 123 1894-95 4.95
54 1938-39 9.03 124 1919-20 4.78
55 1905-06 9.00 125 1933-34 4.73
56 1982-83 8.96 126 1935-36 4.72
57 2002-03 8.94 127 1975-76 4.69
58 1996-97 8.93 128 1939-40 4.57
59 1922-23 8.66 129 1979-80 4.47
60 1995-96 8.59 130 1934-35 4.39
61 1928-29 8.59 131 1917-18 4.17
62 1893-94 8.59 132 1985-86 4.15
63 1953-54 8.44 133 2005-06 4.11
64 1912-13 8.42 134 1957-58 3.99
65 1936-37 8.40 135 1951-52 3.91
66 1965-66 8.39 136 1916-17 3.57
67 1974-75 8.31 137 1908-09 3.55
68 1960-61 8.25 138 1966-67 3.52
69 1918-19 8.08 139 1900-01 2.96
70 2008-09 8.07 140 1958-59 2.94
      141 1962-63 2.56
           

 

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Updated: March 4, 2023