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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

Fort Smith, Arkansas
           Christmas Day Records

Last White Christmas (at least 1" of snow on the ground) - 2012 (previous - 2009, 1990, 1975, 1963)

Last Christmas with measurable snowfall was 2012 - 4.0" of snow

 

 

Highest
Maximum
Temperatures
  Year High
1 2021 77
2 1889 75
3 2019 73
4 2016 73
5 1971 72
6 1950 70
7 1955 70
8 1942 68
9 1960 68
10 1954, 1922 67
Lowest
Minimum
Temperatures
  Year Low
1 1983 -1
2 1985 11
3 1884 13
4 1924 13
5 1980 13
6 2004 13
7 1953 14
8 2022, 1966 16
9 1981 17
10 1998 17
Lowest
Maximum
Temperatures
  Year High
1 1983 10
2 1884 22
3 1985 25
4 1918 27
5 1980 29
6 1924 30
7 1921 31
8 2000 31
9 2009 33
10 1995, 52 34
Highest
Minimum
Temperatures
  Year Low
1 1889 61
2 2016 54
3 1888 54
4 2021 52
5 1936 50
6 1940 48
7 1971 48
8 1942 45
9 1955 45
10 1893 43
Highest Mean
Temperatures
  Year Mean High Low
1 1889 68 75 61
2 2021 64 77 52
3 2016 64 73 54
4 1971 60 72 48
5 2019 58 73 42
6 1955 58 70 45
7 1942 57 68 45
8 1936 57 68 45
9 1888 57 59 54
10 1940 55 61 48
Lowest Mean
Temperatures
  Year Mean High Low
1 1983 5 10 -1
2 1985 18 25 11
3 1884 18 22 13
4 1980 21 29 13
5 1924 22 30 13
6 1918 24 27 20
7 1921 25 31 19
8 2004 27 41 13
9 2009 28 33 23
9 1990 28 37 18
9 1966 28 40 16
9 1935 28 37 19
Maximum
Precipitation
  Year Precip Snow
1 1888 1.98 0.0
2 1987 1.65 0.0
3 1890 1.12 0.0
4 2012 0.76 4.0
5 1949 0.72 0.0
6 1975 0.70 6.7
7 1941 0.53 0.0
8 1957 0.51 0.0
9 1944 0.46 0.0
10 1992 0.40 0.0
Maximum
Snowfall
  Year Snow Precip
1 1975 6.70 0.70
2 2012 4.00 0.76
3 1913 0.40 0.01
4 1914 Trace 0.16
5 1918 Trace Trace
6 1926 Trace Trace
7 2009 Trace Trace
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Temperature records since December 1882
Precipitation records since December 1882
Snow records since December 1883

 

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Updated: December 7, 2023