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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 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  68.0 2006  25.0 1980  1.42 1991  1.2 1960  16   16   2600    0    0      1    1 
 2  73.0 1976  23.5 1943  2.34 1988  1.5 1903  16   32   2616    0    0      1    2 
 3  70.5 1974  17.0 2002 (4.66)2008  0.4 1975  16   48   2632    0    0      1    3 
 4  73.0 1961  24.0*2019  1.85 1989  1.0 2015  15   63   2647    0    0      1    4 
 5  69.5*1961  22.0 1960  2.46 1894  3.0*1989  15   78   2662    0    0      1    5 
 
 6  73.0 1956  25.5 1943  1.30 1995  4.0 1967  15   93   2677    0    0      1    6 
 7  71.5 1974  22.5 1920  0.76 1998  1.0*2008  14  107   2691    0    0      1    7 
 8  71.0 1974  22.0*1996  2.74 2012  2.6 1994  14  121   2705    0    0      1    8 
 9  73.0 1911  21.5 1932  1.76 1964  0.4 1924  14  135   2719    0    0      1    9 
10  71.0 1974  24.5 1932  2.07 1935  1.2 1948  14  149   2733    0    0      1   10 
 
11  74.5 1955 (16.0)1948  2.97 1945  4.0 1968  13  162   2746    0    0      1   11 
12  77.5 1967  22.5 1948  2.68 1898  5.0 1890  13  175   2759    0    0      1   12 
13  76.5*1967  29.5 1896  1.42 2015  2.0 1924  13  188   2772    0    0      1   13 
14  72.0 2012  31.5 1975  2.06 2024  0.4 1960  12  200   2784    0    0      1   14 
15  73.0 2012  29.5 1913  1.40 1944  2.0 1895  12  212   2796    0    0      1   15 
 
16  73.0 2012  30.0 1892  0.92 2014   T  2014  12  224   2808    0    0      1   16 
17  76.5 2012  28.5 1892  3.60 1953  3.0*1988  12  236   2820    0    0      1   17 
18  75.5 1921  29.0 1892  3.03 1945  1.7 1934  11  247   2831    1    1      2   18 
19 (81.5)1907  22.0 1923  3.23 1979  0.2 1944  11  258   2842    1    2      3   19 
20  77.5 1907  27.5 1965  2.11 2012  2.0 2010  11  269   2853    1    3      4   20 
 
21  75.5 1907  30.5 1915  1.82 1890 (5.5)2010  11  280   2846    1    4      5   21 
22  77.0 1907  35.5*2002  1.39 1892  0.0       10  290   2856    1    5      6   22 
23  73.5 1907  32.0 1898  1.86 1969  0.6 1897  10  300   2866    1    6      7   23 
24  76.0 1929  31.0 1974  3.54 2023  0.2 1912  10  310   2876    1    7      8   24 
25  77.5 1907  30.0 1894  3.01 2024  0.6 1971  10  320   2886    1    8      9   25 
 
26  75.5 1907  24.0 1955  1.47 1902  0.3 1913   9  329   2895    1    9     10   26 
27  76.5 1907  32.5 1955  3.80 1898  0.0        9  338   2904    1   10     11   27 
28  78.5 1985  32.0 1931  2.38 1989  0.2 1893   9  347   2913    1   11     12   28 
29  75.5 1967  34.0 1987  1.51 1985  0.7 1975   8  355   2921    1   12     13   29 
30  75.5 1967  33.0 1886  1.91 1985  0.4 1987   8  363   2929    1   13     14   30 
 
31  76.5 1904  36.5 1926  1.30 1968  0.2 1926   8  371   2937    1   14     15   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: May 23, 2024