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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
May 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   78.0 2002 49.0 1909  1.73 2011  0.0  --    2    2   3083    3    3     75    1 
 2   77.5 1938(45.5)2011  3.84 1990  0.0  --    2    4   3085    3    6     78    2 
 3   78.0 2012 48.0 2013  2.84 1990  0.0  --    2    6   3087    4   10     82    3 
 4   79.5 1950(45.5)2013  2.41 1935  0.0  --    2    8   3089    4   14     86    4 
 5   79.0 2012 51.0 1907  3.05 1960  0.0  --    2   10   3091    4   18     90    5 
 
 6   80.5*2007 51.5 1944  2.56 1899  0.0  --    2   12   3093    4   22     94    6 
 7   80.5 1918 54.0*1910  3.54 1950  0.0  --    2   14   3095    4   26     98    7 
 8   82.5 1918 53.5 1924  2.96 1943  0.0  --    2   16   3097    5   31    103    8 
 9   83.0 1933 52.5 1923  3.18 1943  0.0  --    1   17   3098    5   36    108    9 
10   80.5 1933 48.0 1924  3.96 2015  0.0  --    1   18   3099    5   41    113   10 
 
11   82.5*1967 53.5 1931  2.29 1918  0.0  --    1   19   3100    5   46    118   11 
12   82.5 1886 51.0 2020 (4.71)2011  0.0  --    1   20   3101    5   51    123   12 
13   82.5 1956 56.0 1912  4.33 1968  0.0  --    1   21   3102    6   57    129   13 
14   80.5 1963 52.0 2014  1.95 1923  0.0  --    1   22   3103    6   63    135   14 
15   80.5 1990 52.0 1907  2.11*1980  0.0  --    1   23   3104    6   69    141   15 
 
16   79.5 1974 52.0 1945  1.58 2003  0.0  --    1   24   3105    6   75    147   16 
17   81.0 1943 56.5*2014  3.68 1892  0.0  --    1   25   3106    6   81    153   17 
18   81.0 2013 57.5*2002  2.74 1960  0.0  --    1   26   3107    7   88    160   18 
19   82.0 2013 55.5*1981  1.85 2023  0.0  --    1   27   3108    7   95    167   19 
20   82.5 1902 56.0 1894  3.29 2001  0.0  --    1   28   3109    7  102    174   20 
 
21   82.5 1902 48.5 1892  2.46 2013  0.0  --    0   22   3109    7  109    181   21 
22  (85.0)1953 53.5 1963  3.58 1957  0.0  --    0   22   3109    8  117    188   22 
23   82.5 1953 53.5 1963  2.40 1946  0.0  --    0   22   3109    8  125    196   23 
24   83.0 1953 60.0 1935  2.90 1909  0.0  --    0   22   3109    8  133    204   24 
25   83.0 2012 58.0 1925  2.22 1994  0.0  --    0   22   3109    8  141    212   25 
 
26   84.5 2024 56.0 1979  3.57 1965  0.0  --    0   22   3109    9  150    221   26 
27   82.5*2012 56.5 1992  2.04 2008  0.0  --    0   22   3109    9  159    230   27 
28   84.5 2012 51.5 1907  2.90 1982  0.0  --    0   22   3109    9  168    239   28 
29   84.5 1927 56.0 1947  2.68 2019  0.0  --    0   22   3109   10  178    249   29 
30   84.0 1942 55.5 1889  1.92 2001  0.0  --    0   22   3109   10  188    259   30
31  (85.0)1998 56.0 1903  2.25 1890  0.0  --    0   22   3109   10  198    269   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
Period 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: July 22, 2024