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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
December 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   57/35   46  0.12  0.12  43.98   78  1883  33  1955  57  1933  15  2006    1 
 2   57/35   46  0.12  0.24  44.10   78 *2021  29  1929  57 *2012  15  1985    2 
 3   57/35   46  0.12  0.36  44.22   80  2012  30  1893  59  1920  15  1895    3 
 4   56/35   46  0.12  0.48  44.34   79  2001  25  1886  56  1998  14  1897    4 
 5   56/34   45  0.12  0.60  44.46   79  1998  32  1886  59  1956   8  1886    5 
 
 6   56/34   45  0.11  0.71  44.57   77  1932  19  1950  66  1966   9  1950    6 
 7   55/34   45  0.12  0.83  44.69   81  1966  24  1950 (70) 1966   6  1950    7 
 8   55/34   45  0.11  0.94  44.80   80  1991  21  1917  65  1918   3  1917    8 
 9   55/33   44  0.11  1.05  44.91   75  1940  24  1937  58  1946   2  1917    9 
10   55/33   44  0.11  1.16  45.02   80  2021  22  1917  57  1965   7  1917   10 
 
11   54/33   44  0.11  1.27  45.13   77  1949  27  1972  61  1965  15  1917   11 
12   54/33   44  0.12  1.39  45.25   75 *2015  23  1962  60  1929  13 *2000   12 
13   54/33   44  0.12  1.51  45.37   80  1948  24  1917  63  1929  10  1917   13 
14   53/32   43  0.11  1.62  45.48   76  1889  24  1914  61  1929   6  1958   14 
15   53/32   43  0.11  1.73  45.59   79 *2021  20  1901  62  2021   1  1916   15 
 
16   53/32   43  0.11  1.84  45.70   77  1924  22  1932  62  2006   5  1989   16 
17   53/32   43  0.11  1.95  45.81   77  1908  26  1901  60  1895   9  1901   17 
18   53/32   43  0.11  2.06  45.92   74  1889  26  1909  59  1895   8  1964   18 
19   52/32   42  0.11  2.17  46.03   77  1978  18  1924  52  1889   7  1929   19 
20   52/31   42  0.11  2.28  46.14   71  1949  21  1983  59  1949   8  1901   20 
 
21   52/31   42  0.11  2.39  46.25   76  1889  21  1916  54  1923   4  1989   21 
22   52/31   42  0.12  2.51  46.37   73  1996  16  1989  59  1996   1  1989   22 
23   52/31   42  0.11  2.62  46.48   75  1889  18  2022  56  1904 (-5) 1989   23 
24   51/31   41  0.12  2.74  46.60   80  1955  (8) 1983  57  1893   0  1983   24 
25   51/31   41  0.11  2.85  46.71   77  2021  10  1983  61  1889  -1  1983   25 
 
26   51/31   41  0.11  2.96  46.82   79  1889  19  1892  58  1942   2  1892   26 
27   51/31   41  0.11  3.07  46.93   76 *2005  23  1894  61  1907   8  1892   27 
28   51/30   41  0.10  3.17  47.03   74  1928  23  1894  57 *2019   3  1894   28 
29   51/30   41  0.10  3.27  47.13   77  1984  24  1917  64  1984   5  1983   29 
30   51/30   41  0.11  3.38  47.24   79  1951  27  1983  59  1992   2  1983   30 
 
31   51/30   41  0.10  3.48  47.34  (82) 1951  21  1927  66  1951   6  1927   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years    ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
December Monthly Normals 1991-2020:
Normal Max Temperature:   53.3F    Monthly Heating Degree Days:       689 
Normal Min Temperature:   32.3F    Season Total Heating Degree Days: 1236 
Normal Mean Temperature:  42.8F    Monthly Cooling Degree Days:         1 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  3.48"    Season Total Cooling Degree Days: 2177 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:   0.6" 
 
December Monthly Records:
Warmest Month:  57.8F in 1889      Wettest Month: 10.81" in 2015 
Coolest Month:  28.9F in 1983      Driest Month:   0.09" in 1908 
                                   Most Snowfall:   8.3" in 1916
(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 6, 2024