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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 >

Fort Smith, Arkansas
January Climate Data (Page 1)

 

     |-----Normals 1991-2020------| |--------- Record Temperatures ---------|
     Temperature   Precipitation     Hi        Lo        Hi        Lo
Day  Mx/Mn  Mean  Day  Month  Year   Max Year  Max Year  Min Year  Min Year    Day
 1   51/30   41  0.10  0.10   0.10   77  2023  16  1928  58  1956   2  1928    1 
 2   51/30   41  0.10  0.20   0.20   77  2023  18  1911  57  2005   6  1979    2 
 3   51/30   41  0.11  0.31   0.31   79  2009  19  1919  63  2004  -4  1887    3 
 4   51/30   41  0.10  0.41   0.41   72  1997  23  1959  58  1955   6  1959    4 
 5   50/30   40  0.10  0.51   0.51   73  1916  16  1884  52 *2008  -5  1884    5 
 
 6   50/30   40  0.10  0.61   0.61   76  2008  19  2014  64  2008   3  1912    6 
 7   50/30   40  0.09  0.70   0.70   76  1907  18  1912 (67) 2008  -1  1912    7 
 8   51/30   41  0.10  0.80   0.80   76  1969  (3) 1886  60  1901  -7  1886    8 
 9   51/29   40  0.10  0.90   0.90   78  1957  10  1886  55  2020  -6  1886    9 
10   51/29   40  0.10  1.00   1.00   75  1990  13  1962  58  1890  -8  1977   10 
 
11   51/29   40  0.09  1.09   1.09   79  1995  13  1886  65  1911 -10  1977   11 
12   51/29   40  0.09  1.18   1.18   76 *2000  10  1918  56  1995(-11) 1918   12 
13   51/29   40  0.10  1.28   1.28   75  1932  21  1918  52  1959  -3  1918   13 
14   51/29   40  0.09  1.37   1.37   78  1932  15  2024  60  1907  -2  1892   14 
15   51/29   40  0.10  1.47   1.47   72 *2020  14  1888  53  1928   1  1888   15 
 
16   51/29   40  0.10  1.57   1.57   77  1894  18 *2024  55  1900   3  2024   16 
17   51/29   40  0.10  1.67   1.67   73  1952  23  1885  56  1913  -6  1930   17 
18   51/29   40  0.09  1.76   1.76   72  1951  16  1930  53  1933  -9  1930   18 
19   51/29   40  0.09  1.85   1.85  (81) 1952  16  1892  51  2006  -2  1940   19 
20   51/29   40  0.09  1.94   1.94   75  1906  14  1985  60  1906  -1  1985   20 
 
21   52/29   41  0.08  2.02   2.02   76  1999  17  1935  56  1933  -1  1930   21 
22   52/30   41  0.09  2.11   2.11   78  1969  14  1930  55  1909  -9  1930   22 
23   52/30   41  0.10  2.21   2.21   78  1967  20  1963  56  1909  -3  1930   23 
24   52/30   41  0.09  2.30   2.30   80  1950  12  1894  65  1950  -7  1894   24 
25   52/30   41  0.08  2.38   2.38   80  1950  19  1940  60  1944   2  1905   25 
 
26   52/30   41  0.09  2.47   2.47   80  1952  21  1897  56  1944   3  1904   26 
27   53/30   42  0.09  2.56   2.56   78  1914  24  1948  53  1911   6  1893   27 
28   53/30   42  0.08  2.64   2.64   79  1970  21  1951  58  1914   8  1979   28 
29   53/30   42  0.09  2.73   2.73   78  1947  18  1966  57  1968   1  1966   29 
30   53/30   42  0.09  2.82   2.82   77  1917  19  1951  55  1884   0  1966   30 
 
31   53/30   42  0.09  2.91   2.91   79  2017  19  1951  57  1988   3  1979   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
January Monthly Normals 1991-2020:
 
Normal Max Temperature:   51.3F   Monthly Heating Degree Days:        761 
Normal Min Temperature:   29.6F   Season Total Heating Degree Days:  1997 
Normal Mean Temperature:  40.4F   Monthly Cooling Degree Days:          0 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  2.91"   Season Total Cooling Degree Days:     2 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:  1.4" 
 
January Monthly Records:
 
Warmest Month:  48.9F in 1923     Wettest Month:  11.33" in 1949 
Coolest Month:  25.6F in 1979     Driest Month:    0.20" in 1986 
                                  Most Snowfall:   13.6" in 1918
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: February 19,  2024