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Thunderstorms Across the Southeast U.S.; Elevated to Locally Critical Fire Weather in Colorado

A few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms are possible across the Southeast U.S. Friday. A Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) outlook has been issued. Strong winds and hail will be the main threats. Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will persist across south-central Colorado today due to dry conditions and gusty winds. Read More >

Fort Smith, Arkansas
March Climate Data (Page 2)

    |-- Temp. Records --||- Precip Records -||------ Degree Day Normals -------|
     Hi        Lo         Record    Record    Heating          Cooling
Day  Mean Year Mean Year  Rain Year Snow Year Day Month Season Day Month Season  Day
 1  68.0 2006  25.0 1980  1.42 1991  1.2 1960  16   16   2600    0    0      1    1 
 2  73.0 1976  23.5 1943  2.34 1988  1.5 1903  16   32   2616    0    0      1    2 
 3  70.5 1974  17.0 2002 (4.66)2008  0.4 1975  16   48   2632    0    0      1    3 
 4  73.0 1961  24.0*2019  1.85 1989  1.0 2015  15   63   2647    0    0      1    4 
 5  69.5*1961  22.0 1960  2.46 1894  3.0*1989  15   78   2662    0    0      1    5 
 
 6  73.0 1956  25.5 1943  1.30 1995  4.0 1967  15   93   2677    0    0      1    6 
 7  71.5 1974  22.5 1920  0.76 1998  1.0*2008  14  107   2691    0    0      1    7 
 8  71.0 1974  22.0*1996  2.74 2012  2.6 1994  14  121   2705    0    0      1    8 
 9  73.0 1911  21.5 1932  1.76 1964  0.4 1924  14  135   2719    0    0      1    9 
10  71.0 1974  24.5 1932  2.07 1935  1.2 1948  14  149   2733    0    0      1   10 
 
11  74.5 1955 (16.0)1948  2.97 1945  4.0 1968  13  162   2746    0    0      1   11 
12  77.5 1967  22.5 1948  2.68 1898  5.0 1890  13  175   2759    0    0      1   12 
13  76.5*1967  29.5 1896  1.42 2015  2.0 1924  13  188   2772    0    0      1   13 
14  72.0 2012  31.5 1975  1.34 1990  0.4 1960  12  200   2784    0    0      1   14 
15  73.0 2012  29.5 1913  1.40 1944  2.0 1895  12  212   2796    0    0      1   15 
 
16  73.0 2012  30.0 1892  0.92 2014   T  2014  12  224   2808    0    0      1   16 
17  76.5 2012  28.5 1892  3.60 1953  3.0*1988  12  236   2820    0    0      1   17 
18  75.5 1921  29.0 1892  3.03 1945  1.7 1934  11  247   2831    1    1      2   18 
19 (81.5)1907  22.0 1923  3.23 1979  0.2 1944  11  258   2842    1    2      3   19 
20  77.5 1907  27.5 1965  2.11 2012  2.0 2010  11  269   2853    1    3      4   20 
 
21  75.5 1907  30.5 1915  1.82 1890 (5.5)2010  11  280   2846    1    4      5   21 
22  77.0 1907  35.5*2002  1.39 1892  0.0       10  290   2856    1    5      6   22 
23  73.5 1907  32.0 1898  1.86 1969  0.6 1897  10  300   2866    1    6      7   23 
24  76.0 1929  31.0 1974  3.54 2023  0.2 1912  10  310   2876    1    7      8   24 
25  77.5 1907  30.0 1894  1.85 2002  0.6 1971  10  320   2886    1    8      9   25 
 
26  75.5 1907  24.0 1955  1.47 1902  0.3 1913   9  329   2895    1    9     10   26 
27  76.5 1907  32.5 1955  3.80 1898  0.0        9  338   2904    1   10     11   27 
28  78.5 1985  32.0 1931  2.38 1989  0.2 1893   9  347   2913    1   11     12   28 
29  75.5 1967  34.0 1987  1.51 1985  0.7 1975   8  355   2921    1   12     13   29 
30  75.5 1967  33.0 1886  1.91 1985  0.4 1987   8  363   2929    1   13     14   30 
 
31  76.5 1904  36.5 1926  1.30 1968  0.2 1926   8  371   2937    1   14     15   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
Periods of Record:

Temperature:  June 1882 - Present
Rainfall:     June 1882 - Present
Snowfall:     October 1883 - Present
Normals:      1991-2020 (30 Year Average)
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: April 24, 2023