National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

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

 

Wettest Winter was 21.06 recorded in 1948-49

Driest Winter was 2.56 recorded in 1962-63

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 18.50

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1962-63 2.56 76 1974-75 8.31
2 1958-59 2.94 77 1965-66 8.39
3 1900-01 2.96 78 1936-37 8.40
4 1966-67 3.52 79 1912-13 8.42
5 1908-09 3.55 80 1953-54 8.44
6 1916-17 3.57 81 1995-96 8.59
7 1951-52 3.91 82 1928-29 8.59
8 1957-58 3.99 83 1893-94 8.59
9 2005-06 4.11 84 1922-23 8.66
10 1985-86 4.15 85 1996-97 8.93
11 1917-18 4.17 86 2002-03 8.94
12 1934-35 4.39 87 1982-83 8.96
13 1979-80 4.47 88 1905-06 9.00
14 1939-40 4.57 89 1938-39 9.03
15 1975-76 4.69 90 1932-33 9.05
16 1935-36 4.72 91 1930-31 9.15
17 1933-34 4.73 92 1967-68 9.18
18 1919-20 4.78 93 1959-60 9.30
19 1894-95 4.95 94 2019-20 9.33
20 1909-10 5.18 95 1899-00 9.39
21 1976-77 5.21 96 1961-62 9.68
22 1983-84 5.32 97 1915-16 9.70
23 1970-71 5.51 98 1895-96 9.77
24 1980-81 5.54 99 1897-98 9.82
25 1910-11 5.56 100 2022-23 9.92
26 2016-17 5.59 101 1884-85 9.98
27 1901-02 5.61 102 1929-30 9.99
28 1896-97 5.61 103 1956-57 10.02
29 1904-05 5.67 104 1926-27 10.03
30 1981-82 5.75 105 2011-12 10.04
31 2010-11 5.83 106 1882-83 10.07
32 1898-99 5.83 107 1931-32 10.08
33 2013-14 5.87 108 1914-15 10.09
34 1886-87 5.97 109 1902-03 10.11
35 1963-64 6.08 110 1993-94 10.28
36 1977-78 6.11 111 1945-46 10.31
37 1911-12 6.15 112 1892-93 10.32
38 1885-86 6.16 113 1943-44 10.44
39 1964-65 6.18 114 1978-79 10.48
40 1952-53 6.18 115 2024-25 10.54
41 1972-73 6.27 116 1947-48 10.58
42 1998-99 6.33 117 1954-55 10.68
43 1942-43 6.35 118 2001-02 10.71
44 2003-04 6.40 119 2021-22 10.77
45 1973-74 6.54 120 2012-13 11.18
46 1920-21 6.56 121 1968-69 11.26
47 1941-42 6.70 122 2006-07 11.27
48 1969-70 6.89 123 1940-41 11.27
49 1891-92 6.90 124 1949-50 11.31
50 1946-47 6.91 125 2018-19 11.54
51 2014-15 6.92 126 1927-28 11.54
52 1903-04 6.97 127 1888-89 11.59
53 1925-26 6.99 128 1988-89 11.61
54 1890-91 7.03 129 1889-90 11.67
55 1906-07 7.10 130 1971-72 11.78
56 1921-22 7.11 131 1989-90 11.82
57 1986-87 7.16 132 1987-88 11.83
58 1907-08 7.18 133 1950-51 12.28
59 1887-88 7.21 134 1992-93 12.61
60 2023-24 7.29 135 2000-01 12.69
61 1991-92 7.34 136 2015-16 12.96
62 2009-10 7.49 137 1984-85 13.52
63 1924-25 7.51 138 1944-45 13.93
64 1955-56 7.56 139 2018-19 14.50
65 2020-21 7.68 140 1883-84 15.16
66 2007-08 7.79 141 1997-98 15.27
67 1923-24 7.83 142 1937-38 15.87
68 1990-91 7.87 143 1948-49 21.06
69 1913-14 7.93      
70 1999-00 8.01      
71 2004-05 8.03      
72 1994-95 8.03      
73 2008-09 8.07      
74 1918-19 8.08      
75 1960-61 8.25      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1948-49 21.06 76 1990-91 7.87
2 1937-38 15.87 77 1923-24 7.83
3 1997-98 15.27 78 2007-08 7.79
4 1883-84 15.16 79 2020-21 7.68
5 2018-19 14.50 80 1955-56 7.56
6 1944-45 13.93 81 1924-25 7.51
7 1984-85 13.52 82 2009-10 7.49
8 2015-16 12.96 83 1991-92 7.34
9 2000-01 12.69 84 2023-24 7.29
10 1992-93 12.61 85 1887-88 7.21
11 1950-51 12.28 86 1907-08 7.18
12 1987-88 11.83 87 1986-87 7.16
13 1989-90 11.82 88 1921-22 7.11
14 1971-72 11.78 89 1906-07 7.10
15 1889-90 11.67 90 1890-91 7.03
16 1988-89 11.61 91 1925-26 6.99
17 1888-89 11.59 92 1903-04 6.97
18 2017-18 11.54 93 2014-15 6.92
19 1927-28 11.54 94 1946-47 6.91
20 1949-50 11.31 95 1891-92 6.90
21 2006-07 11.27 96 1969-70 6.89
22 1940-41 11.27 97 1941-42 6.70
23 1968-69 11.26 98 1920-21 6.56
24 2012-13 11.18 99 1973-74 6.54
25 2021-22 10.77 100 2003-04 6.40
26 2001-02 10.71 101 1942-43 6.35
27 1954-55 10.68 102 1998-99 6.33
28 1947-48 10.58 103 1972-73 6.27
29 2024-25 10.54 104 1964-65 6.18
30 1978-79 10.48 105 1952-53 6.18
31 1943-44 10.44 106 1885-86 6.16
32 1892-93 10.32 107 1911-12 6.15
33 1945-46 10.31 108 1977-78 6.11
34 1993-94 10.28 109 1963-64 6.08
35 1902-03 10.11 110 1886-87 5.97
36 1914-15 10.09 111 2013-14 5.87
37 1931-32 10.08 112 2010-11 5.83
38 1882-83 10.07 113 1898-99 5.83
39 2011-12 10.04 114 1981-82 5.75
40 1926-27 10.03 115 1904-05 5.67
41 1956-57 10.02 116 1901-02 5.61
42 1929-30 9.99 117 1896-97 5.61
43 1884-85 9.98 118 2016-17 5.59
44 2022-23 9.92 119 1910-11 5.56
45 1897-98 9.82 120 1980-81 5.54
46 1895-96 9.77 121 1970-71 5.51
47 1915-16 9.70 122 1983-84 5.32
48 1961-62 9.68 123 1976-77 5.21
49 1899-00 9.39 124 1909-10 5.18
50 2019-20 9.33 125 1894-95 4.95
51 1959-60 9.30 126 1919-20 4.78
52 1967-68 9.18 127 1933-34 4.73
53 1930-31 9.15 128 1935-36 4.72
54 1932-33 9.05 129 1975-76 4.69
55 1938-39 9.03 130 1939-40 4.57
56 1905-06 9.00 131 1979-80 4.47
57 1982-83 8.96 132 1934-35 4.39
58 2002-03 8.94 133 1917-18 4.17
59 1996-97 8.93 134 1985-86 4.15
60 1922-23 8.66 135 2005-06 4.11
61 1995-96 8.59 136 1957-58 3.99
62 1928-29 8.59 137 1951-52 3.91
63 1893-94 8.59 138 1916-17 3.57
64 1953-54 8.44 139 1908-09 3.55
65 1912-13 8.42 140 1966-67 3.52
66 1936-37 8.40 141 1900-01 2.96
67 1965-66 8.39 142 1958-59 2.94
68 1974-75 8.31 143 1962-63 2.56
69 1960-61 8.25      
70 1918-19 8.08      
71 2008-09 8.07      
72 2004-05 8.03      
73 1994-95 8.03      
74 1999-00 8.01      
75 1913-14 7.93      
           

 

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Updated: May 20, 2025