National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Average Winter (December, January, February) Temperatures for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All temperatures in °F

For the 143-year period of Winter 1882-83 through Winter 2024-25

 

Warmest Winter was 50.8 recorded in 1889-90

Coldest Winter was 33.1 recorded in 1978-79

Difference between the warmest and coldest Winter was 17.7

 

Coldest Winter      Warmest Winter
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1978-79 33.1 76 1923-24 41.9
2 1977-78 33.3 77 1954-55 42.0
3 1917-18 35.0 78 1891-92 42.0
4 1904-05 35.2 79 2017-18 42.1
5 1983-84 35.5 80 1982-83 42.1
6 1976-77 35.6 81 1946-47 42.2
7 1885-86 36.2 82 2008-09 42.3
8 1884-85 36.2 83 1948-49 42.3
9 1935-36 36.9 84 1936-37 42.3
10 1898-99 36.9 85 1927-28 42.4
11 1894-95 36.9 86 1925-26 42.4
12 2000-01 37.4 87 1986-87 42.5
13 2009-10 37.5 88 1888-89 42.5
14 1972-73 37.5 89 1975-76 42.6
15 1981-82 37.6 90 1913-14 42.6
16 1962-63 37.6 91 1893-94 42.6
17 1928-29 37.8 92 2024-25 42.7
18 1911-12 37.9 93 2001-02 42.7
19 1901-02 38.0 94 1996-97 42.7
20 1909-10 38.1 95 1952-53 42.8
21 1939-40 38.2 96 1934-35 42.8
22 1963-64 38.4 97 1890-91 42.8
23 2013-14 38.6 98 1953-54 42.9
24 1892-93 38.6 99 1943-44 42.9
25 1984-85 39.1 100 1895-96 42.9
26 1958-59 39.2 101 2006-07 43.0
27 1969-70 39.4 102 1971-72 43.0
28 1882-83 39.4 103 1915-16 43.0
29 1887-88 39.6 104 1994-95 43.1
30 1947-48 39.8 105 1932-33 43.2
31 1914-15 39.8 106 1897-98 43.2
32 1886-87 39.8 107 1896-97 43.4
33 1960-61 39.9 108 2018-19 43.5
34 1883-84 39.9 109 1940-41 43.5
35 1902-03 40.0 110 1907-08 43.5
36 1967-68 40.1 111 1938-39 43.6
37 1961-62 40.1 112 1918-19 43.6
38 2002-03 40.2 113 2005-06 43.7
39 1987-88 40.2 114 1942-43 43.7
40 1979-80 40.2 115 1921-22 43.7
41 2020-21 40.3 116 1997-98 43.8
42 2014-15 40.4 117 1956-57 44.4
43 1995-96 40.4 118 1900-01 44.4
44 1944-45 40.4 119 1926-27 44.5
45 1988-89 40.5 120 1937-38 44.6
46 1966-67 40.5 121 1930-31 44.6
47 1950-51 40.5 122 2012-13 44.7
48 1912-13 40.5 123 2004-05 44.8
49 2010-11 40.6 124 1949-50 44.9
50 1985-86 40.6 125 1933-34 44.9
51 1974-75 40.6 126 1908-09 44.9
52 1992-93 40.7 127 2019-20 45.1
53 1965-66 40.7 128 1951-52 45.1
54 1959-60 40.7 129 1920-21 45.1
55 1919-20 40.7 130 2021-22 45.2
56 1990-91 40.8 131 1998-99 45.2
57 1973-74 40.8 132 2023-24 45.4
58 1968-69 40.8 133 1991-92 45.5
59 1955-56 40.8 134 1922-23 45.5
60 1945-46 40.9 135 1910-11 45.6
61 1899-00 41.0 136 1999-00 45.8
62 1905-06 41.1 137 2015-16 45.9
63 1993-94 41.2 138 2022-23 46.1
64 1980-81 41.2 139 2011-12 46.1
65 1957-58 41.2 140 1906-07 46.3
66 1916-17 41.2 141 2016-17 47.0
67 1903-04 41.3 142 1931-32 47.9
68 1964-65 41.5 143 1889-90 50.8
69 1970-71 41.6      
70 1941-42 41.6      
71 1924-25 41.7      
72 2007-08 41.8      
73 1929-30 41.8      
74 2003-04 41.9      
75 1989-90 41.9      
           
 
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1889-90 50.8 76 1964-65 41.5
2 1931-32 47.9 77 1903-04 41.3
3 2016-17 47.0 78 1993-94 41.2
4 1906-07 46.3 79 1980-81 41.2
5 2022-23 46.1 80 1957-58 41.2
6 2011-12 46.1 81 1916-17 41.2
7 2015-16 45.9 82 1905-06 41.1
8 1999-00 45.8 83 1899-00 41.0
9 1910-11 45.6 84 1945-46 40.9
10 1991-92 45.5 85 1990-91 40.8
11 1922-23 45.5 86 1973-74 40.8
12 2023-24 45.4 87 1968-69 40.8
13 2021-22 45.2 88 1955-56 40.8
14 1998-99 45.2 89 1992-93 40.7
15 2019-20 45.1 90 1965-66 40.7
16 1951-52 45.1 91 1959-60 40.7
17 1920-21 45.1 92 1919-20 40.7
18 1949-50 44.9 93 2010-11 40.6
19 1933-34 44.9 94 1985-86 40.6
20 1908-09 44.9 95 1974-75 40.6
21 2004-05 44.8 96 1988-89 40.5
22 2012-13 44.7 97 1966-67 40.5
23 1937-38 44.6 98 1950-51 40.5
24 1930-31 44.6 99 1912-13 40.5
25 1926-27 44.5 100 2014-15 40.4
26 1956-57 44.4 101 1995-96 40.4
27 1900-01 44.4 102 1944-45 40.4
28 1997-98 43.8 103 2020-21 40.3
29 2005-06 43.7 104 2002-03 40.2
30 1942-43 43.7 105 1987-88 40.2
31 1921-22 43.7 106 1979-80 40.2
32 1938-39 43.6 107 1967-68 40.1
33 1918-19 43.6 108 1961-62 40.1
34 2018-19 43.5 109 1902-03 40.0
35 1940-41 43.5 110 1960-61 39.9
36 1907-08 43.5 111 1883-84 39.9
37 1896-97 43.4 112 1947-48 39.8
38 1932-33 43.2 113 1914-15 39.8
39 1897-98 43.2 114 1886-87 39.8
40 1994-95 43.1 115 1887-88 39.6
41 2006-07 43.0 116 1969-70 39.4
42 1971-72 43.0 117 1882-83 39.4
43 1915-16 43.0 118 1958-59 39.2
44 1953-54 42.9 119 1984-85 39.1
45 1943-44 42.9 120 2013-14 38.6
46 1895-96 42.9 121 1892-93 38.6
47 1952-53 42.8 122 1963-64 38.4
48 1934-35 42.8 123 1939-40 38.2
49 1890-91 42.8 124 1909-10 38.1
50 2024-25 42.7 125 1901-02 38.0
51 2001-02 42.7 126 1911-12 37.9
52 1996-97 42.7 127 1928-29 37.8
53 1975-76 42.6 128 1981-82 37.6
54 1913-14 42.6 129 1962-63 37.6
55 1893-94 42.6 130 2009-10 37.5
56 1986-87 42.5 131 1972-73 37.5
57 1888-89 42.5 132 2000-01 37.4
58 1927-28 42.4 133 1935-36 36.9
59 1925-26 42.4 134 1898-99 36.9
60 2008-09 42.3 135 1894-95 36.9
61 1948-49 42.3 136 1885-86 36.2
62 1936-37 42.3 137 1884-85 36.2
63 1946-47 42.2 138 1976-77 35.6
64 2017-18 42.1 139 1983-84 35.5
65 1982-83 42.1 140 1904-05 35.2
66 1954-55 42.0 141 1917-18 35.0
67 1891-92 42.0 142 1977-78 33.3
68 2003-04 41.9 143 1978-79 33.1
69 1989-90 41.9      
70 1923-24 41.9      
71 2007-08 41.8      
72 1929-30 41.8      
73 1924-25 41.7      
74 1970-71 41.6      
75 1941-42 41.6      
           

 

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Updated: May 20, 2025