Fort Smith January Climate Data

     |-----Normals 1991-2020------| |--------- Record Temperatures ---------|
     Temperature   Precipitation     Hi        Lo        Hi        Lo
Day  Mx/Mn  Mean  Day  Month  Year   Max Year  Max Year  Min Year  Min Year    Day

 1   51/30   41  0.10  0.10   0.10   77  2023  16  1928  58  1956   2  1928    1 
 2   51/30   41  0.10  0.20   0.20   77  2023  18  1911  57  2005   6  1979    2 
 3   51/30   41  0.11  0.31   0.31   79  2009  19  1919  63  2004  -4  1887    3 
 4   51/30   41  0.10  0.41   0.41   72  1997  23  1959  58  1955   6  1959    4 
 5   50/30   40  0.10  0.51   0.51   73  1916  16  1884  52 *2008  -5  1884    5 
 
 6   50/30   40  0.10  0.61   0.61   76  2008  19  2014  64  2008   3  1912    6 
 7   50/30   40  0.09  0.70   0.70   76  1907  18  1912 (67) 2008  -1  1912    7 
 8   51/30   41  0.10  0.80   0.80   76  1969  (3) 1886  60  1901  -7  1886    8 
 9   51/29   40  0.10  0.90   0.90   78  1957  10  1886  55  2020  -6  1886    9 
10   51/29   40  0.10  1.00   1.00   75  1990  13  1962  58  1890  -8  1977   10 
 
11   51/29   40  0.09  1.09   1.09   79  1995  13  1886  65  1911 -10  1977   11 
12   51/29   40  0.09  1.18   1.18   76 *2000  10  1918  56  1995(-11) 1918   12 
13   51/29   40  0.10  1.28   1.28   75  1932  21  1918  52  1959  -3  1918   13 
14   51/29   40  0.09  1.37   1.37   78  1932  15  2024  60  1907  -2  1892   14 
15   51/29   40  0.10  1.47   1.47   72 *2020  14  1888  53  1928   1  1888   15 
 
16   51/29   40  0.10  1.57   1.57   77  1894  18 *2024  55  1900   3  2024   16 
17   51/29   40  0.10  1.67   1.67   73  1952  23  1885  56  1913  -6  1930   17 
18   51/29   40  0.09  1.76   1.76   72  1951  16  1930  53  1933  -9  1930   18 
19   51/29   40  0.09  1.85   1.85  (81) 1952  16  1892  51  2006  -2  1940   19 
20   51/29   40  0.09  1.94   1.94   75  1906  14  1985  60  1906  -1  1985   20 
 
21   52/29   41  0.08  2.02   2.02   76  1999  17  1935  56  1933  -1  1930   21 
22   52/30   41  0.09  2.11   2.11   78  1969  14  1930  55  1909  -9  1930   22 
23   52/30   41  0.10  2.21   2.21   78  1967  20  1963  56  1909  -3  1930   23 
24   52/30   41  0.09  2.30   2.30   80  1950  12  1894  65  1950  -7  1894   24 
25   52/30   41  0.08  2.38   2.38   80  1950  19  1940  60  1944   2  1905   25 
 
26   52/30   41  0.09  2.47   2.47   80  1952  21  1897  56  1944   3  1904   26 
27   53/30   42  0.09  2.56   2.56   78  1914  24  1948  53  1911   6  1893   27 
28   53/30   42  0.08  2.64   2.64   79  1970  21  1951  58  1914   8  1979   28 
29   53/30   42  0.09  2.73   2.73   78  1947  18  1966  57  1968   1  1966   29 
30   53/30   42  0.09  2.82   2.82   77  1917  19  1951  55  1884   0  1966   30 
 
31   53/30   42  0.09  2.91   2.91   79  2017  19  1951  57  1988   3  1979   31

* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes

January Monthly Normals 1991-2020:
 
Normal Max Temperature:   51.3F   Monthly Heating Degree Days:        761 
Normal Min Temperature:   29.6F   Season Total Heating Degree Days:  1997 
Normal Mean Temperature:  40.4F   Monthly Cooling Degree Days:          0 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  2.91"   Season Total Cooling Degree Days:     2 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:  1.4" 
 
January Monthly Records:
 
Warmest Month:  48.9F in 1923     Wettest Month:  11.33" in 1949 
Coolest Month:  25.6F in 1979     Driest Month:    0.20" in 1986 
                                  Most Snowfall:   13.6" in 1918

(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)