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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected from the Upper Ohio Valley into the southern Mid-Atlantic today and portions of the central Appalachians and Carolinas on Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will bring a flash flooding threat to the Desert Southwest. Sweltering heat persists from the Plains to the southern Mid-Atlantic through tonight. Read More >

 

July Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 145-year period of July 1882 through July 2026

 

Wettest July was 14.99 recorded in 1895

Driest July was 0.07 recorded in 2001

Difference between the wettest and driest July was 14.92

 

Driest July      Wettest July
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2001 0.07 76 1914 2.65
2 1999 0.08 77 2014 2.68
3 1947 0.11 78 1893 2.68
4 1934 0.15 79 1910 2.71
5 1993 0.18 80 1890 2.71
6 1986 0.20 81 1909 2.74
7 2011 0.22 82 1971 2.77
8 1919 0.24 83 1933 2.95
9 1943 0.34 84 1987 2.96
10 1916 0.34 85 1929 2.99
11 1964 0.41 86 1967 3.02
12 2003 0.49 87 1904 3.09
13 1978 0.49 88 1931 3.10
14 1918 0.50 89 1921 3.15
15 1946 0.53 90 1901 3.23
16 1939 0.57 91 1937 3.24
17 1974 0.64 92 1897 3.26
18 1949 0.69 93 2019 3.33
19 1902 0.70 94 1984 3.33
20 1896 0.72 95 1923 3.41
21 1954 0.74 96 1951 3.54
22 1912 0.78 97 2020 3.55
23 1957 0.80 98 1926 3.64
24 1935 0.85 99 2016 3.65
25 1970 0.97 100 2026 3.69
26 1997 1.06 101 1913 3.69
27 1915 1.08 102 1941 3.72
28 1936 1.12 103 2012 3.91
29 1930 1.19 104 2013 3.95
30 1900 1.23 105 1995 4.20
31 2008 1.29 106 1883 4.24
32 1976 1.29 107 1888 4.31
33 1966 1.32 108 1907 4.32
34 1938 1.34 109 1992 4.51
35 1924 1.38 110 2017 4.53
36 1955 1.39 111 1962 4.58
37 1952 1.39 112 1889 4.64
38 1980 1.43 113 2009 4.66
39 2000 1.46 114 2025 4.67
40 1973 1.53 115 1982 4.81
41 2006 1.55 116 1972 4.85
42 1894 1.59 117 1899 5.14
43 1968 1.61 118 2024 5.24
44 1948 1.62 119 2007 5.26
45 1932 1.67 120 1911 5.38
46 1882 1.77 121 1925 5.39
47 1942 1.79 122 1906 5.63
48 1920 1.92 123 1958 5.69
49 1969 1.93 124 1979 5.75
50 1956 1.93 125 2023 5.90
51 1965 1.96 126 1945 5.90
52 1917 2.00 127 1908 5.95
53 1903 2.00 128 1884 5.98
54 1985 2.03 129 1963 6.21
55 2022 2.06 130 1953 6.98
56 1892 2.06 131 1989 7.09
57 1922 2.15 132 1959 7.18
58 2002 2.18 133 1927 7.25
59 2005 2.20 134 2004 7.26
60 1944 2.28 135 1981 7.65
61 1889 2.29 136 1996 7.67
62 2018 2.31 137 2021 7.94
63 1898 2.31 138 1905 8.45
64 1988 2.32 139 1961 8.62
65 1990 2.37 140 2015 8.79
66 2010 2.47 141 1950 9.50
67 1975 2.47 142 1891 9.88
68 1928 2.48 143 1994 10.38
69 1885 2.48 144 1960 10.41
70 1940 2.54 145 1895 14.99
71 1983 2.61      
72 1977 2.61      
73 1998 2.63      
74 1886 2.63      
75 1991 2.65      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1895 14.99 76 1940 2.54
2 1960 10.41 77 1928 2.48
3 1994 10.38 78 1885 2.48
4 1891 9.88 79 2010 2.47
5 1950 9.50 80 1975 2.47
6 2015 8.79 81 1990 2.37
7 1961 8.62 82 1988 2.32
8 1905 8.45 83 2018 2.31
9 2021 7.94 84 1898 2.31
10 1996 7.67 85 1887 2.29
11 1981 7.65 86 1944 2.28
12 2004 7.26 87 2005 2.20
13 1927 7.25 88 2002 2.18
14 1959 7.18 89 1922 2.15
15 1989 7.09 90 2022 2.06
16 1953 6.98 91 1892 2.06
17 1963 6.21 92 1985 2.03
18 1884 5.98 93 1917 2.00
19 1908 5.95 94 1903 2.00
20 2023 5.90 95 1965 1.96
21 1945 5.90 96 1969 1.93
22 1979 5.75 97 1956 1.93
23 1958 5.69 98 1920 1.92
24 1906 5.63 99 1942 1.79
25 1925 5.39 100 1882 1.77
26 1911 5.38 101 1932 1.67
27 2007 5.26 102 1948 1.62
28 2024 5.24 103 1968 1.61
29 1899 5.14 104 1894 1.59
30 1972 4.85 105 2006 1.55
31 1982 4.81 106 1973 1.53
32 2025 4.67 107 2000 1.46
33 2009 4.66 108 1980 1.43
34 1889 4.64 109 1955 1.39
35 1962 4.58 110 1952 1.39
36 2017 4.53 111 1924 1.38
37 1992 4.51 112 1938 1.34
38 1907 4.32 113 1966 1.32
39 1888 4.31 114 2008 1.29
40 1883 4.24 115 1976 1.29
41 1995 4.20 116 1900 1.23
42 2013 3.95 117 1930 1.19
43 2012 3.91 118 1936 1.12
44 1941 3.72 119 1915 1.08
45 2026 3.69 120 1997 1.06
46 1913 3.69 121 1970 0.97
47 2016 3.65 122 1935 0.85
48 1926 3.64 123 1957 0.80
49 2020 3.55 124 1912 0.78
50 1951 3.54 125 1954 0.74
51 1923 3.41 126 1896 0.72
52 2019 3.33 127 1902 0.70
53 1984 3.33 128 1949 0.69
54 1897 3.26 129 1974 0.64
55 1937 3.24 130 1939 0.57
56 1901 3.23 131 1946 0.53
57 1921 3.15 132 1918 0.50
58 1931 3.10 133 2003 0.49
59 1904 3.09 134 1978 0.49
60 1967 3.02 135 1964 0.41
61 1929 2.99 136 1943 0.34
62 1987 2.96 137 1916 0.34
63 1933 2.95 138 1919 0.24
64 1971 2.77 139 2011 0.22
65 1909 2.74 140 1986 0.20
66 1910 2.71 141 1993 0.18
67 1890 2.71 142 1934 0.15
68 2014 2.68 143 1947 0.11
69 1893 2.68 144 1999 0.08
70 1991 2.65 145 2001 0.07
71 1914 2.65      
72 1998 2.63      
73 1886 2.63      
74 1983 2.61      
75 1977 2.61      
           

 

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Updated: August 30, 2026