National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

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