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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
March 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   61/37   49  0.11  0.11   5.71   86 2006  32 1980  60 1932  15 1890     1 
 2   61/38   49  0.11  0.22   5.82   84 1904  30 1922  65 1976  12 1980     2 
 3   61/38   50  0.11  0.33   5.93   81*2024  26 2002  62 1974   8 2002     3 
 4   62/38   50  0.12  0.45   6.05   84 1938  31 1960  66 1961  11 2002     4 
 5   62/39   50  0.12  0.57   6.17   84 1991  27 1989  58 1961  16*2019     5 
 
 6   62/39   51  0.13  0.70   6.30   85 1956  33 1989  62 2009  17 1943     6 
 7   63/39   51  0.12  0.82   6.42   84 2000  31 1932  63*2012  13 1920     7 
 8   63/39   51  0.12  0.94   6.54   83 1925  29 1932  59 2002  15 1932     8 
 9   63/40   51  0.12  1.06   6.66   91 1911  30 1932  61 1925  13 1932     9 
10   64/40   52  0.12  1.18   6.78   85 1955  34 1932  64 2021  15 1932    10 
 
11   64/40   52  0.12  1.30   6.90   92 1967 (25)1948  67 1917  (7)1948    11 
12   64/41   52  0.12  1.42   7.02   93 1967  30 1891  64 1917   9 1948    12 
13   65/41   53  0.13  1.55   7.15   92 1967  34 1896  70 1918  18 1891    13 
14   65/41   53  0.13  1.68   7.28   84 1938  37 1896  62 2024  17 1993    14 
15   65/41   53  0.12  1.80   7.40   83*2016  33 1913  65*2012  20 1988    15 
 
16   66/42   54  0.13  1.93   7.53   86 1908  32 1892  62 2012  24 1900    16 
17   66/42   54  0.13  2.06   7.66   87*2012  35 1892  66 2012  22 1892    17 
18   66/42   54  0.12  2.18   7.78   88 1908  34 1934  66*2012  15 1923    18 
19   67/42   55  0.12  2.30   7.90   92 1907  30 1965 (71)1907  10 1923    19 
20   67/43   55  0.13  2.43   8.03   91 1907  37 1915 (71)1921  14 1965    20 
 
21   67/43   55  0.13  2.56   8.16   90*2017  36 1915  64 1991  18 1965    21 
22   68/43   55  0.14  2.70   8.30   90 1995  43 1885  68 1907  22 1983    22 
23   68/43   56  0.13  2.83   8.43   87 1929  34 1898  66*2009  26 1968    23 
24   68/44   56  0.12  2.95   8.55   92 1929  36 1965  63 1945  25 1974    24 
25   69/44   56  0.13  3.08   8.68   86*2015  34 1894  70 1907  21 1955    25 
 
26   69/44   57  0.13  3.21   8.81   92 2020  33 1955 (71)1907  15 1955    26 
27   69/45   57  0.13  3.34   8.94   87 1895  40 1937 (71)1907  21 1955    27 
28   70/45   57  0.13  3.47   9.07   89 1963  39 1931 (71)1985  25 1931    28 
29   70/45   58  0.14  3.61   9.21   91 1967  38 1987  61*1998  26 1894    29 
30   70/45   58  0.14  3.75   9.35   92 1946  36 1886  67 1967  25 1975    30 
 
31   71/46   58  0.15  3.90   9.50  (94)1974  44 1926  67 1967  24 1987    31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
March Monthly Normals 1991-2020: 
 
Normal Max Temperature:   65.6F    Monthly Heating Degree Days:        369 
Normal Min Temperature:   41.5F    Season Total Heating Degree Days:  2927 
Normal Mean Temperature:  53.5F    Monthly Cooling Degree Days:         14 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  3.90"    Season Total Cooling Degree Days:    16 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:   0.3" 
 
March Monthly Records: 
 
Warmest Month:  63.6F in 2012      Wettest Month:  13.03" in 1945 
Coolest Month:  41.4F in 1960      Driest Month:    0.50" in 2007 
                                   Most Snowfall:   7.5"  in 2010
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: May 23, 2024