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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

 

September Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 142 year period of September 1882 through September 2023

 

Wettest September was 10.49 recorded in 1934

Driest September was a Trace recorded in 2017

Difference between the wettest and driest September was 10.49

 

Driest September      Wettest September
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2017 Trace 71 1908 3.17
2 1928 0.05 72 1964 3.18
3 1956 0.06 73 1961 3.18
4 1948 0.14 74 1902 3.21
5 1939 0.23 75 2003 3.24
6 1994 0.26 76 1906 3.28
7 2004 0.27 77 2023 3.40
8 1899 0.34 78 2000 3.42
9 1909 0.38 79 1935 3.45
10 1944 0.39 80 1989 3.47
11 1922 0.48 81 1972 3.47
12 1888 0.50 82 1929 3.52
13 1919 0.56 83 1924 3.54
14 1953 0.60 84 1985 3.60
15 1982 0.64 85 1916 3.61
16 1932 0.75 86 1887 3.74
17 1931 0.77 87 1949 3.75
18 1979 0.78 88 1900 3.75
19 1978 0.84 89 1950 3.80
20 1891 0.87 90 1894 3.96
21 2022 0.96 91 1905 3.98
22 1885 0.99 92 1995 4.00
23 1910 1.09 93 1918 4.02
24 2002 1.24 94 1999 4.04
25 1921 1.24 95 1942 4.13
26 1966 1.26 96 1886 4.22
27 1903 1.33 97 1911 4.42
28 1917 1.34 98 1958 4.44
29 1971 1.35 99 1959 4.47
30 1997 1.36 100 1923 4.54
31 2011 1.47 101 1977 4.63
32 2013 1.50 102 1955 4.65
33 1946 1.57 103 2006 4.69
34 1960 1.67 104 1991 4.83
35 1915 1.67 105 1990 4.87
36 1952 1.68 106 1947 4.89
37 1987 1.71 107 1962 4.99
38 2016 1.79 108 1913 4.99
39 2012 1.79 109 1898 5.00
40 1983 1.82 110 1884 5.03
41 1986 1.84 111 1943 5.14
42 1892 1.84 112 1973 5.17
43 2021 1.88 113 1893 5.28
44 1981 1.88 114 1889 5.35
45 1912 1.88 115 1998 5.46
46 1963 1.90 116 1951 5.57
47 2001 1.95 117 1988 5.72
48 1941 2.06 118 2007 5.75
49 1954 2.12 119 2018 5.75
50 1938 2.13 120 2010 5.79
51 1965 2.14 121 1882 5.81
52 1969 2.19 122 1957 5.88
53 1920 2.31 123 1937 6.02
54 1883 2.34 124 1993 6.17
55 1895 2.36 125 1984 6.18
56 1930 2.47 126 2005 6.51
57 1975 2.49 127 1996 6.53
58 1967 2.50 128 1926 6.83
59 2015 2.57 129 2014 6.90
60 1976 2.65 130 1992 6.91
61 1907 2.66 131 1933 7.16
62 1896 2.72 132 2009 7.23
63 2019 2.74 133 1890 7.23
64 1940 2.82 134 1901 7.30
65 1968 2.87 135 2020 7.37
66 1897 2.87 136 1925 7.52
67 1914 2.89 137 1970 7.75
68 1904 2.91 138 1936 8.08
69 1927 3.00 139 2008 8.11
70 1980 3.16 140 1974 8.96
      141 1945 9.09
      142 1934 10.49
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1934 10.49 71 1961 3.18
2 1945 9.09 72 1908 3.17
3 1974 8.96 73 1980 3.16
4 2008 8.11 74 1927 3.00
5 1936 8.08 75 1904 2.91
6 1970 7.75 76 1914 2.89
7 1925 7.52 77 1968 2.87
8 2020 7.37 78 1897 2.87
9 1901 7.30 79 1940 2.82
10 2009 7.23 80 2019 2.74
11 1890 7.23 81 1896 2.72
12 1933 7.16 82 1907 2.66
13 1992 6.91 83 1976 2.65
14 2014 6.90 84 2015 2.57
15 1926 6.83 85 1967 2.50
16 1996 6.53 86 1975 2.49
17 2005 6.51 87 1930 2.47
18 1984 6.18 88 1895 2.36
19 1993 6.17 89 1883 2.34
20 1937 6.02 90 1920 2.31
21 1957 5.88 91 1969 2.19
22 1882 5.81 92 1965 2.14
23 2010 5.79 93 1938 2.13
24 2007 5.75 94 1954 2.12
25 2018 5.75 95 1941 2.06
26 1988 5.72 96 2001 1.95
27 1951 5.57 97 1963 1.90
28 1998 5.46 98 2021 1.88
29 1889 5.35 99 1981 1.88
30 1893 5.28 100 1912 1.88
31 1973 5.17 101 1986 1.84
32 1943 5.14 102 1892 1.84
33 1884 5.03 103 1983 1.82
34 1898 5.00 104 2016 1.79
35 1962 4.99 105 2012 1.79
36 1913 4.99 106 1987 1.71
37 1947 4.89 107 1952 1.68
38 1990 4.87 108 1960 1.67
39 1991 4.83 109 1915 1.67
40 2006 4.69 110 1946 1.57
41 1955 4.65 111 2013 1.50
42 1977 4.63 112 2011 1.47
43 1923 4.54 113 1997 1.36
44 1959 4.47 114 1971 1.35
45 1958 4.44 115 1917 1.34
46 1911 4.42 116 1903 1.33
47 1886 4.22 117 1966 1.26
48 1942 4.13 118 2002 1.24
49 1999 4.04 119 1921 1.24
50 1918 4.02 120 1910 1.09
51 1995 4.00 121 1885 0.99
52 1905 3.98 122 2022 0.96
53 1894 3.96 123 1891 0.87
54 1950 3.80 124 1978 0.84
55 1949 3.75 125 1979 0.78
56 1900 3.75 126 1931 0.77
57 1887 3.74 127 1932 0.75
58 1916 3.61 128 1982 0.64
59 1985 3.60 129 1953 0.60
60 1924 3.54 130 1919 0.56
61 1929 3.52 131 1888 0.50
62 1989 3.47 132 1922 0.48
63 1972 3.47 133 1944 0.39
64 1935 3.45 134 1909 0.38
65 2000 3.42 135 1899 0.34
66 2023 3.40 136 2004 0.27
67 1906 3.28 137 1994 0.26
68 2003 3.24 138 1939 0.23
69 1902 3.21 139 1948 0.14
70 1964 3.18 140 1956 0.06
      141 1928 0.05
      142 2017 Trace
           

 

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Updated: November 10, 2023