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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
October 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   82.0*1911 49.5 1985  1.90 1943  0.0  --    1    1     11    6    6   2101    1 
 2  (84.5)1926 52.5 1958  3.05 1905  0.0  --    1    2     12    5   11   2106    2 
 3   83.0 1954 51.5 1987*(5.72)2007  0.0  --    2    4     14    5   16   2111    3 
 4   83.0 1884 52.0 1902  1.56 1949  0.0  --    2    6     16    5   21   2116    4 
 5   82.0 1884 49.0 1932  2.70 1998  0.0  --    2    8     18    5   26   2121    5 
 
 6   83.0 1939 48.0 2012  2.77 2008  0.0  --    2   10     20    4   30   2125    6 
 7   82.0*1939 47.0 1952  1.46 1925  0.0  --    2   12     22    4   34   2129    7 
 8   82.0 1939 46.0 2000  3.05 1970  0.0  --    2   14     24    4   38   2133    8 
 9   79.5*1939 45.5 2000  2.70 1887  0.0  --    2   16     26    4   42   2137    9 
10   79.5 1928 46.0 1925  3.39 1969  0.0  --    3   19     31    3   45   2140   10 
 
11   80.5 1931 46.0 1987  1.75 1989  0.0  --    3   22     34    3   48   2143   11 
12   78.0 1928 45.0 1909  2.29 1969  0.0  --    3   25     37    3   51   2146   12 
13   79.0 1899 47.0 1986  4.56 2021  0.0  --    3   28     40    3   54   2149   13 
14   79.0 1899 49.0 2002  1.13 1984  0.0  --    3   31     43    3   57   2152   14 
15   79.5 1897 48.5 1937  2.41 2022  0.0  --    3   34     46    2   59   2154   15 
 
16   77.0 2016 48.0 1943  2.86 1915  0.0  --    4   38     50    2   61   2156   16 
17   77.0 2016 44.5 1989  2.00 1981  0.0  --    4   42     54    2   63   2158   17 
18   79.0 1938 45.0 1948  1.63 1885  0.0  --    4   46     58    2   65   2160   18 
19   80.5 2016 39.5 1989  2.35 1993  0.0  --    5   51     63    2   67   2162   19 
20   80.5 1979 42.0 1916  3.02 1984  0.0  --    5   56     68    2   69   2164   20  

21   76.5 1941 42.5 1898  1.91 1892  0.0  --    5   61     73    2   71   2166   21 
22   76.0 1941 42.0 1937  2.56 1931  0.0  --    5   66     78    2   73   2168   22 
23   76.5 2001 42.5 1917  3.06 1970  0.0  --    6   72     84    2   75   2170   23 
24   76.0 2023 44.0 1981  2.38 2019  0.0  --    6   78     90    1   76   2171   24 
25   79.5 1939 42.5 1957  1.92 1936  0.0  --    6   84     96    1   77   2172   25 
 
26   76.5 2004 39.5 1957  2.91 1939  0.0  --    7   91    103    1   78   2173   26 
27   73.0 1927 40.0 1957  5.30 1951  0.0  --    7   98    110    1   79   2174   27 
28   77.0 2004 39.0 1925  4.46 2020  0.0  --    8  106    118    1   80   2175   28 
29   74.5 1950 35.0 1925  2.76 2023  (T) 1993   8  114    126    1   81   2176   29 
30   76.0 1946(34.0)1993  2.98 1941  0.0  --    8  122    134    1   82   2177   30
31   76.0 1882 35.0 1993  2.65 1900  0.0  --    8  130    142    1   83   2178   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:      1981-2010 (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: December 5, 2023