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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
April Climate Data (Page 1)

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     |-----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   71/46   59  0.15  0.15   9.65   92  1946  44  1901  66 *2024  26  1954    1 
 2   71/46   59  0.14  0.29   9.79   92  1918  44  1936 (72) 1918  26  1936    2 
 3   72/46   59  0.13  0.42   9.92   89  2011  48  1891  71  1934 (22) 1975    3 
 4   72/47   60  0.13  0.55  10.05   90  1988 (42) 1886  68  1929  24  1987    4 
 5   72/47   60  0.14  0.69  10.19   94  1893  46  1996 (72) 1888  27  1987    5 
 
 6   72/47   60  0.14  0.83  10.33   93  1960  44  1994  70 *2001  29  1966    6 
 7   73/47   60  0.14  0.97  10.47   91  1948  46  2007 (72) 1922  29 *2007    7 
 8   73/48   61  0.14  1.11  10.61   93  2020  44  1938 (72) 1893  24  2007    8 
 9   73/48   61  0.15  1.26  10.76   92  2011  46  1973  67 *2013  28  1964    9 
10   73/48   61  0.15  1.41  10.91   91  1943  46  1956  70  2001  30  1973   10 
 
11   74/48   61  0.15  1.56  11.06   89  1948  47  1900  68  1903  25  1989   11 
12   74/49   62  0.16  1.72  11.22   92  1972  46  1940  70  1941  30  1940   12 
13   74/49   62  0.16  1.88  11.38   90  1972  48  1980 (72) 1972  29  1997   13 
14   74/49   62  0.15  2.03  11.53   89 *2006  46  1928  71  2012  30  2008   14 
15   75/50   63  0.17  2.20  11.70   91  1924  48  1933  64  1936  27  1983   15 
 
16   75/50   63  0.17  2.37  11.87   92  2006  54  1890  70 *2024  32 *2018   16 
17   75/50   63  0.17  2.54  12.04   95  2006  50  1912 (72) 1976  29  1951   17 
18   75/50   63  0.18  2.72  12.22  (96) 2006  49  1939  68 *2006  33  1999   18 
19   75/51   63  0.17  2.89  12.39   95  1987  55  1910  70  1955  33  1953   19 
20   76/51   64  0.17  3.06  12.56   94  1987  47  1918  70  1964  35  1978   20 
 
21   76/51   64  0.17  3.23  12.73   91  1965  52  1884  70  1925  31  2021   21 
22   76/52   64  0.17  3.40  12.90   92  1989  46  1884  70  1925  33  1982   22 
23   76/52   64  0.17  3.57  13.07   91  1965  58  1931  71  1925  36  1893   23 
24   76/52   64  0.18  3.75  13.25   90  1989  51  1910  67  1904  36 *2005   24 
25   77/53   65  0.19  3.94  13.44   89  2012  48  1910  68  1896  35  1910   25 
 
26   77/53   65  0.18  4.12  13.62   90  1896  50  1919  68  2009  33  1910   26 
27   77/53   65  0.19  4.31  13.81   91  1989  58  1920  71 *2012  36  1992   27 
28   77/54   66  0.19  4.50  14.00   91  1989  55  1976  71  1896  35  1965   28 
29   77/54   66  0.18  4.68  14.18   93  1962  58  1908  71  1970  34  1965   29 
30   78/54   66  0.19  4.87  14.37   90  1987  49  1907  71  1899  36  1908   30 
 
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
April Monthly Normals 1991-2020:
 
Normal Max Temperature:   74.5F   Monthly Heating Degree Days:        142 
Normal Min Temperature:   49.8F   Season Total Heating Degree Days:  3070 
Normal Mean Temperature:  62.1F   Monthly Cooling Degree Days:         57 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  4.87"   Season Total Cooling Degree Days:    73 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:   0.0" 
 
April Monthly Records:
 
Warmest Month:  68.0F in 1896     Wettest Month:  10.32" in 1957 
Coolest Month:  54.8F in 1983     Driest Month:    0.36" in 1903 
                                  Most Snowfall:   0.7"  in 1933
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: July 5, 2024