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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 2)

 

    |-- Temp. Records --||- Precip Records -||------ Degree Day Normals -------|
     Hi        Lo         Record    Record    Heating          Cooling
Day  Mean Year Mean Year  Rain Year Snow Year Day Month Season Day Month Season  Day
 1   64.0 2005  9.0 1928  1.67 1890  3.6 1894  25   25   1265    0    0      0    1 
 2   64.5*2023 12.5 1911  3.64 1897  2.0*1945  25   50   1290    0    0      0    2 
 3   67.5 2004  9.0 1887  1.84 2005  3.0 1942  25   75   1315    0    0      0    3 
 4   65.0 1955 14.5 1959  3.33 1998  6.0 1902  25  100   1340    0    0      0    4 
 5   61.0 2008  5.5 1884  1.00 1998  5.5 1960  25  125   1365    0    0      0    5 
  
 6   70.0 2008 13.5 2014  1.09 1988(11.0)1988  25  150   1390    0    0      0    6 
 7   70.5 2008  8.5 1912  1.15 1998  7.1 1944  25  175   1415    0    0      0    7 
 8   62.5 1901(-2.0)1886  2.04 1889  1.7 1944  25  200   1440    0    0      0    8 
 9   61.0 1898  2.0 1886  1.11 1987  7.2 1977  25  225   1465    0    0      0    9 
10   66.0 1890  4.5 1977  2.34 1913  5.5 1955  25  250   1490    0    0      0   10 
 
11   72.0 1911  4.5 1886  1.62 1905  4.5 1978  25  275   1515    0    0      0   11 
12   66.0 1995 -0.5 1918  1.20 1930  1.3 1909  25  300   1540    0    0      0   12 
13   63.0 1907  9.0 1918  3.68 2007  4.3 1921  25  325   1565    0    0      0   13 
14   68.0 1907 10.0 2024  1.20 1898  5.2 1918  25  350   1590    0    0      0   14 
15   62.5 1928  7.5 1888  1.11 1954  2.0 2022  25  375   1615    0    0      0   15 
 
16   63.0 1935 10.5 2024  1.71 1990  2.4 1994  25  400   1640    0    0      0   16 
17   63.0 1952  9.0 1930  1.52 1928  2.9 1930  25  425   1665    0    0      0   17 
18   62.0 1907  3.5 1930  1.36 1996  5.5 1892  25  450   1690    0    0      0   18 
19   63.5 1952  7.0 1892  1.86 1954  5.0 1892  25  475   1715    0    0      0   19 
20   67.5 1906  6.5 1985  1.15 1906  3.2 1981  25  500   1740    0    0      0   20 
 
21   63.0*1999 11.5 1935  2.79 1904  2.8 1954  25  525   1765    0    0      0   21 
22   66.0 1909  2.5 1930 *1.30 2024  7.0 1906  24  549   1789    0    0      0   22 
23   66.0 1909 11.5 1930  2.06 1949  1.5 1979  24  573   1813    0    0      0   23 
24  (72.5)1950  2.5 1894 (4.83)1949  4.6 1893  24  597   1837    0    0      0   24 
25   65.5 1944 11.5 1905  2.99 2012  4.5 1979  24  621   1861    0    0      0   25 
 
26   64.0 1890 14.0 1904  2.50 1916  3.0 1915  24  645   1885    0    0      0   26 
27   65.5 1911 15.5*1963  1.35 1883  1.0 1888  24  669   1909    0    0      0   27 
28   66.0 2013 15.0 1948  1.69 2006  7.4 1894  24  693   1933    0    0      0   28 
29   64.0 1947  9.5 1966  2.71 2013  4.0 2010  24  717   1957    0    0      0   29 
30   62.0*1890 11.0 1966  2.76 1982  0.8 1949  23  740   1980    0    0      0   30
31   65.5 1890 11.5 1979  1.75 2002  7.1 1985  23  763   2003    0    0      0   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
Periods of Record:

Temperature:  June 1882 - Present
Rainfall:     June 1882 - Present
Snowfall:     October 1883 - Present
Normals:      1991-2020 (30 Year Average)
(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