An active pattern will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall and flash flooding threats to the Midwest and Ohio Valley over the next couple of days. Dangerous heat continues across the central/southern Plains and Southeast U.S. into next week. There is potential for record-tying/breaking temperatures with many areas forecast to see their hottest temperatures so far this year. Read More >
Fort Smith, Arkansas Climatological Records
Frost/Freeze
Record and Mean Dates of Last Occurrence in Spring and First Occurrence in Fall
For the Period January 1901 through December 2025
| Temperature (°F) |
Mean Last Occurrence in Spring |
Mean First Occurrence in Fall | Mean Days between Occurrences |
| 32° Frost/Light Freeze | March 26th | November 5th | 223 |
| 28° Hard Freeze | March 13th | November 17th | 248 |
| 24° Killing Freeze | February 26th | December 1st | 277 |
| Record Last Occurrence in Spring | Record First Occurrence in Fall | ||||
| Temperature (°F) | Earliest | Latest | Earliest | Latest | |
| 32° Frost/Light Freeze | 23 Feb 1907 | 21 Apr 2021 | 8 Oct 1952 | 2 Dec 1931 | |
| 28° Hard Freeze | 8 Feb 1907 | 15 Apr 1983 | 18 Oct 1948 | 26 Dec 1933 | |
| 24° Killing Freeze | 27 Dec 2022 |
8 Apr 2007 |
29 Oct 1952 |
3 Feb 1923 |
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| Record Number of Days Between Last (Spring) and First (Fall) Occurrences | ||||||||
| Temperature (°F) | Spring |
Fewest Number of Days |
Fall | Spring | Greatest Number of Days | Fall | ||
| 32° Frost/Light Freeze | 9 Apr 2000 | 182 | 9 Oct 2000 | 28 Feb 1905 | 273 | 29 Nov 1905 | ||
| 28° Hard Freeze | 11 Apr 1989 | 191 | 20 Oct 1989 | 9 Feb 2017 | 300 | 7 Dec 2017 | ||
| 24° Killing Freeze | 4 Apr 1987 | 220 | 11 Nov 1987 | 15 Jan 1931 | 379 | 30 Jan 1932 | ||
Updated: July 1, 2026
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