Fort Smith January Ranked Monthly Temperatures

Average January Temperatures for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All temperatures in °F

For the 144-year period of January 1883 through January 2026

Warmest January was 48.9 recorded in 1923

Coldest January was 25.6 recorded in 1979

Difference between the warmest and coldest January was 23.3

Coldest January

Warmest January

RANK	YEAR	TEMP	RANK	YEAR	TEMP

1	1979	25.6	76	1946	39.7
2	1918	25.8	77	2015	39.8
3	1977	26.5	78	1945	39.9
4	1940	26.5	79	2019	40.0
5	1886	27.7	80	1980	40.0
6	1978	28.0	81	1995	40.3
7	1930	29.1	82	1926	40.3
8	1884	31.4	83	1891	40.3
9	1985	31.6	84	2016	40.4
10	1963	31.8	85	1943	40.4
11	1905	32.2	86	1964	40.6
12	1984	33.3	87	2004	40.7
13	1912	33.4	88	1969	40.7
14	1948	33.5	89	1903	40.7
15	1885	33.5	90	1913	40.9
16	1892	33.7	91	1967	41.0
17	1895	33.8	92	1955	41.0
18	1962	34.1	93	2002	41.1
19	1970	34.2	94	1896	41.1
20	1982	34.3	95	1986	41.2
21	1966	34.6	96	1889	41.2
22	1924	35.2	97	1992	41.4
23	1888	35.2	98	1927	41.4
24	1883	35.3	99	1944	41.5
25	1988	35.4	100	1919	41.5
26	1961	35.7	101	1975	41.6
27	1991	36.3	102	1947	41.7
28	2025	36.6	103	1910	41.7
29	1973	36.6	104	1894	41.7
30	2024	36.7	105	1908	41.8
31	1893	36.7	106	2021	41.9
32	2001	36.8	107	1965	42.0
33	1996	36.8	108	1917	42.2
34	1959	36.8	109	1999	42.3
35	2010	36.9	110	1906	42.3
36	1976	36.9	111	1909	42.4
37	1994	37.0	112	1935	42.5
38	1936	37.0	113	2000	42.6
39	1929	37.1	114	1989	42.6
40	2014	37.2	115	1916	42.6
41	1942	37.4	116	1938	42.8
42	2003	37.5	117	1953	42.9
43	1956	37.5	118	1928	42.9
44	1887	37.5	119	1934	43.0
45	2011	37.6	120	1931	43.1
46	1937	37.7	121	1900	43.1
47	1902	37.7	122	2013	43.2
48	2018	38.1	123	1941	43.3
49	1983	38.1	124	2005	43.7
50	1997	38.2	125	2020	44.2
51	1981	38.2	126	2006	44.7
52	1897	38.2	127	1932	44.5
53	1974	38.3	128	1898	44.5
54	1949	38.3	129	2017	44.7
55	1957	38.4	130	1998	44.8
56	1958	38.6	131	1914	45.0
57	1915	38.6	132	1990	45.1
58	1920	38.7	133	2023	45.3
59	2022	38.8	134	1901	45.4
60	1904	38.8	135	1939	45.6
61	1972	38.9	136	1921	45.6
62	1922	39.0	137	2012	45.8
63	1899	39.0	138	1952	46.1
64	2009	39.1	139	1890	46.4
65	1971	39.1	140	1911	46.5
66	1925	39.1	141	2006	47.6
67	2008	39.2	142	1907	48.0
68	1954	39.2	143	1933	48.6
69	1993	39.3	144	1923	48.9
70	2026	39.4
71	1960	39.4
72	2007	39.5
73	1987	39.6
74	1968	39.6
75	1951	39.7

RANK	YEAR	TEMP	RANK	YEAR	TEMP

1	1923	48.9	76	1993	39.3
2	1933	48.6	77	2008	39.2
3	1907	48.0	78	1954	39.2
4	2006	47.6	79	2009	39.1
5	1911	46.5	80	1971	39.1
6	1890	46.4	81	1925	39.1
7	1952	46.1	82	1922	39.0
8	2012	45.8	83	1899	39.0
9	1939	45.6	84	1972	38.9
10	1921	45.6	85	2022	38.8
11	1901	45.4	86	1904	38.8
12	2023	45.3	87	1920	38.7
13	1990	45.1	88	1958	38.6
14	1914	45.0	89	1915	38.6
15	1998	44.8	90	1957	38.4
16	2017	44.7	91	1974	38.3
17	1932	44.5	92	1949	38.3
18	1898	44.5	93	1997	38.2
19	1950	44.4	94	1981	38.2
20	2020	44.2	95	1897	38.2
21	2005	43.7	96	2018	38.1
22	1941	43.3	97	1983	38.1
23	2013	43.2	98	1937	37.7
24	1931	43.1	99	1902	37.7
25	1900	43.1	100	2011	37.6
26	1934	43.0	101	2003	37.5
27	1953	42.9	102	1956	37.5
28	1928	42.9	103	1887	37.5
29	1938	42.8	104	1942	37.4
30	2000	42.6	105	2014	37.2
31	1989	42.6	106	1929	37.1
32	1916	42.6	107	1994	37.0
33	1935	42.5	108	1936	37.0
34	1909	42.4	109	2010	36.9
35	1999	42.3	110	1976	36.9
36	1906	42.3	111	2001	36.8
37	1917	42.2	112	1996	36.8
38	1965	42.0	113	1959	36.8
39	2021	41.9	114	2024	36.7
40	1908	41.8	115	1893	36.7
41	1947	41.7	116	2025	36.6
42	1910	41.7	117	1973	36.6
43	1894	41.7	118	1991	36.3
44	1975	41.6	119	1961	35.7
45	1944	41.5	120	1988	35.4
46	1919	41.5	121	1883	35.3
47	1992	41.4	122	1924	35.2
48	1927	41.4	123	1888	35.2
49	1986	41.2	124	1966	34.6
50	1889	41.2	125	1982	34.3
51	2002	41.1	126	1970	34.2
52	1896	41.1	127	1962	34.1
53	1967	41.0	128	1895	33.8
54	1955	41.0	129	1892	33.7
55	1913	40.9	130	1948	33.5
56	2004	40.7	131	1885	33.5
57	1969	40.7	132	1912	33.4
58	1903	40.7	133	1984	33.3
59	1964	40.6	134	1905	32.2
60	2016	40.4	135	1963	31.8
61	1943	40.4	136	1985	31.6
62	1995	40.3	137	1884	31.4
63	1926	40.3	138	1930	29.1
64	1891	40.3	139	1978	28.0
65	2019	40.0	140	1886	27.7
66	1980	40.0	141	1977	26.5
67	1945	39.9	142	1940	26.5
68	2015	39.8	143	1918	25.8
69	1951	39.7	144	1979	25.6
70	1946	39.7
71	1987	39.6
72	1968	39.6
73	2007	39.5
74	2026	39.4
75	1960	39.4

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Updated: February 6, 2026