Fort Smith January Ranked Monthly Rainfall

January Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 143-year period of January 1883 through January 2025

Wettest January was 11.33 recorded in 1949

Driest January was 0.20 recorded in 1986

Difference between the wettest and driest January was 11.13

Driest January

Wettest January

RANK	YEAR	RAIN	RANK	YEAR	RAIN

1	1986	0.20	76	2021	2.27
2	1943	0.22	77	1975	2.27
3	1936	0.22	78	2017	2.34
4	1976	0.33	79	1953	2.37
5	2003	0.37	80	2001	2.39
6	2016	0.39	81	1960	2.42
7	1911	0.40	82	1922	2.44
8	1961	0.44	83	1907	2.44
9	1947	0.46	84	1899	2.49
10	1931	0.48	85	1987	2.50
11	2011	0.51	86	1886	2.52
12	1997	0.56	87	1935	2.63
13	2008	0.61	88	1902	2.65
14	1959	0.61	89	1915	2.66
15	1909	0.62	90	1979	2.67
16	1964	0.63	91	1883	2.71
17	1972	0.68	92	1968	2.81
18	1917	0.68	93	2004	2.82
19	1963	0.70	94	1969	2.84
20	1970	0.75	95	1918	2.86
21	2014	0.79	96	2010	2.92
22	1948	0.79	97	2025	2.93
23	1887	0.79	98	1898	2.97
24	1984	0.80	99	1996	3.05
25	1914	0.93	100	1962	3.08
26	1974	0.96	101	2006	3.09
27	1901	0.96	102	1957	3.13
28	1980	0.99	103	1905	3.25
29	1967	0.99	104	1994	3.46
30	1945	1.03	105	1904	3.48
31	1940	1.07	106	2009	3.50
32	1893	1.09	107	1995	3.51
33	1910	1.18	108	1938	3.51
34	1952	1.20	109	1973	3.56
35	1888	1.22	110	1923	3.62
36	1958	1.23	111	1926	3.67
37	1956	1.32	112	1891	3.69
38	1912	1.34	113	2002	3.79
39	1884	1.35	114	1951	3.81
40	1921	1.39	115	2024	3.92
41	1925	1.41	116	2019	3.94
42	1992	1.43	117	1920	3.89
43	1919	1.47	118	1930	3.96
44	1955	1.51	119	2013	3.97
45	1903	1.52	120	1890	3.97
46	1981	1.54	121	1993	4.05
47	1988	1.62	122	1982	4.15
48	1985	1.65	123	1941	4.18
49	1971	1.65	124	1929	4.26
50	1965	1.69	125	1937	4.41
51	2022	1.71	126	2012	4.42
52	1900	1.71	127	1989	4.43
53	1983	1.72	128	1927	4.60
54	2000	1.88	129	1946	4.72
55	1896	1.89	130	1906	4.81
56	1908	1.91	131	1897	4.83
57	2023	1.93	132	1954	4.87
58	1977	1.93	133	2005	4.91
59	1894	1.94	134	1990	5.13
60	1939	1.97	135	1913	5.29
61	1892	1.98	136	1889	5.33
62	1885	1.99	137	1950	5.75
63	1924	2.02	138	2020	5.87
64	1944	2.07	139	1932	5.96
65	1933	2.08	140	2007	6.13
66	1928	2.08	141	1916	7.28
67	1934	2.11	142	1998	7.76
68	1999	2.12	143	1949	11.33
69	1978	2.15
70	1942	2.19
71	1991	2.21
72	2015	2.22
73	2018	2.23
74	1966	2.23
75	1895	2.24

RANK	YEAR	RAIN	RANK	YEAR	RAIN

1	1949	11.33	76	1999	2.12
2	1998	7.76	77	1934	2.11
3	1916	7.28	78	1933	2.08
4	2007	6.13	79	1928	2.08
5	1932	5.96	80	1944	2.07
6	2020	5.87	81	1924	2.02
7	1950	5.75	82	1885	1.99
8	1889	5.33	83	1892	1.98
9	1913	5.29	84	1939	1.97
10	1990	5.13	85	1894	1.94
11	2005	4.91	86	2023	1.93
12	1954	4.87	87	1977	1.93
13	1897	4.83	88	1908	1.91
14	1906	4.81	89	1896	1.89
15	1946	4.72	90	2000	1.88
16	1927	4.60	91	1983	1.72
17	1989	4.43	92	2022	1.71
18	2012	4.42	93	1900	1.71
19	1937	4.41	94	1965	1.69
20	1929	4.26	95	1985	1.65
21	1941	4.18	96	1971	1.65
22	1982	4.15	97	1988	1.62
23	1993	4.05	98	1981	1.54
24	2013	3.97	99	1903	1.52
25	1890	3.97	100	1955	1.51
26	1930	3.96	101	1919	1.47
27	2019	3.94	102	1992	1.43
28	2024	3.92	103	1925	1.41
29	1920	3.89	104	1921	1.39
30	1951	3.81	105	1884	1.35
31	2002	3.79	106	1912	1.34
32	1891	3.69	107	1956	1.32
33	1926	3.67	108	1958	1.23
34	1923	3.62	109	1888	1.22
35	1973	3.56	110	1952	1.20
36	1995	3.51	111	1910	1.18
37	1938	3.51	112	1893	1.09
38	2009	3.50	113	1940	1.07
39	1904	3.48	114	1945	1.03
40	1994	3.46	115	1980	0.99
41	1905	3.25	116	1967	0.99
42	1957	3.13	117	1974	0.96
43	2006	3.09	118	1901	0.96
44	1962	3.08	119	1914	0.93
45	1996	3.05	120	1984	0.80
46	1898	2.97	121	2014	0.79
47	2025	2.93	122	1948	0.79
48	2010	2.92	123	1887	0.79
49	1918	2.86	124	1970	0.75
50	1969	2.84	125	1963	0.70
51	2004	2.82	126	1972	0.68
52	1968	2.81	127	1917	0.68
53	1883	2.71	128	1964	0.63
54	1979	2.67	129	1909	0.62
55	1915	2.66	130	2008	0.61
56	1902	2.65	131	1959	0.61
57	1935	2.63	132	1997	0.56
58	1886	2.52	133	2011	0.51
59	1987	2.50	134	1931	0.48
60	1899	2.49	135	1947	0.46
61	1922	2.44	136	1961	0.44
62	1907	2.44	137	1911	0.40
63	1960	2.42	138	2016	0.39
64	2001	2.39	139	2003	0.37
65	1953	2.37	140	1976	0.33
66	2017	2.34	141	1943	0.22
67	2021	2.27	142	1936	0.22
68	1975	2.27	143	1986	0.20
69	1895	2.24
70	2018	2.23
71	1966	2.23
72	2015	2.22
73	1991	2.21
74	1942	2.19
75	1978	2.15

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Updated: May 16, 2025