Fort Smith, AR: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 83°F in Fort Smith, AR, the warmest 1 September to 10 October on record, in 145 years since 1882; provisional.

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 83°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 145, provisional
Precipitation: 1.91 in; Driest since 2024; 26th driest of 144

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Fort Smith, AR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73°F, between 69.7°F and 76.7°F in eight years of ten and 5.00 in of precipitation, between 2.04 in and 11.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Fort Smith, AR since 1882: 83°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 69.7 to 76.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 October in Fort Smith, AR from 1882 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	83	1	95.7	1	70.4	1	1.91	119	0
2025	76.2	21	87.6	23	64.9	20	5.68	42	0
2024	75.5	28	87.8	20	63.2	42	0.96	135	0
2023	76.5	15	88.5	16	64.5	24	3.78	77	0
2022	75.4	29	89.6	9	61.2	78	0.96	135	0
2021	77.4	8	90.3	6	64.5	24	2.52	105	0
2020	71.7	90	81.9	109	61.5	71	7.37	20	0
2019	79.5	3	89.9	7	69.2	2	5.00	53	0
2018	77.1	9	85.9	45	68.3	3	6.50	31	0
2017	75.4	29	87	32	63.8	32	1.01	134	0
2016	75.4	29	87.8	20	62.9	47	2.02	117	0
2015	74.2	47	85.5	51	62.9	47	2.61	103	0
2014	73.4	60	83.8	80	63	45	11.15	5	0
2013	76.3	18	88.6	15	64	31	2.53	104	0
2012	73.1	69	84.6	67	61.7	67	2.05	116	0
2011	72	88	85.3	53	58.8	112	2.15	112	0
2010	72.9	73	84.7	65	61.2	78	5.79	38	0
2009	69.8	125	78.3	142	61.3	75	12.41	2	0
2008	70.9	104	80.9	125	60.9	82	11.33	4	0
2007	76.1	23	86.4	39	65.7	16	12.70	1	0
2006	71.1	100	83.8	80	58.4	119	4.73	60	0
2005	76.7	12	88.8	13	64.6	22	6.51	30	0
2004	73.6	56	86	44	61.2	78	2.99	95	0
2003	69.9	122	80.7	128	59.2	107	4.16	74	0
2002	74.3	46	85.7	48	62.9	47	1.58	126	0
2001	70	119	82.1	104	57.9	123	5.63	43	0
2000	73	71	87.3	29	58.7	115			0
1999	70.3	114	83.6	86	57.1	134	4.46	70	0
1998	76.9	10	87.6	23	66.2	14	9.19	11	0
1997	74.6	43	86.9	34	62.4	55	4.16	74	0
1996	68.8	140	79.7	138	57.9	123	6.61	28	0
1995	68.8	140	79.1	140	58.5	117	5.31	47	0
1994	71	102	83.3	90	58.8	112	2.19	109	0
1993	70.9	104	82.1	104	59.6	101	7.40	19	0
1992	69.1	137	81.3	120	57	135	6.93	24	0
1991	70.8	106	82.4	100	59.2	107	4.86	58	0
1990	74.5	45	86.1	43	62.9	47	7.93	17	0
1989	69.5	128	81.5	117	57.4	132	3.78	77	0
1988	72.1	86	84.2	74	60	92	6.11	33	0
1987	69.7	127	84.1	77	55.3	142	1.71	125	0
1986	75.1	35	85.1	55	65	19	4.60	64	0
1985	70.7	107	83.2	92	58.1	121	3.63	80	0
1984	70	119	81.3	120	58.6	116	9.87	9	0
1983	73.4	60	87.6	23	59.3	103	1.84	122	0
1982	72.2	84	84.8	63	59.7	99	3.11	91	0
1981	70.3	114	81.8	111	58.8	112	2.26	108	0
1980	75.3	34	87.6	23	62.9	47	3.16	90	0
1979	69.4	132	83	96	55.7	140	0.78	139	0
1978	75.1	35	87.4	28	62.8	53	0.94	137	0
1977	73.3	63	83.6	86	63.1	43	4.88	57	0
1976	67.6	142	79.4	139	55.9	139	4.65	62	0
1975	66.7	143	78.9	141	54.4	145	2.68	102	0
1974	64.8	145	74.1	145	55.5	141	8.99	12	0
1973	73.8	52	83.2	92	64.4	27	5.80	37	0
1972	73	71	84.1	77	61.9	62	3.58	84	0
1971	72.6	79	84.2	74	61.1	81	2.98	96	0
1970	74	49	85	56	62.9	47	11.03	6	0
1969	73.6	56	86.8	35	60.4	87	6.59	29	0
1968	69.5	128	83.7	83	55.2	143	4.27	73	0
1967	69.5	128	81.3	120	57.6	129	2.96	97	0
1966	69.2	135	82.1	104	56.3	137	1.27	130	0
1965	71.9	89	85.4	52	58.4	119	2.14	113	0
1964	69.4	132	81.6	116	57.2	133	3.18	88	0
1963	73.9	51	88.1	17	59.8	97	1.90	120	0
1962	71.7	90	81.8	111	61.7	67	5.84	36	0
1961	70.1	118	80.7	128	59.4	102	4.64	63	0
1960	75.6	25	88	19	63.3	41	1.97	118	0
1959	73.2	65	84.2	74	62.2	59	8.39	15	0
1958	72.3	82	82.6	98	62	60	5.26	48	0
1957	70.5	110	81.8	111	59.3	103	5.88	35	0
1956	74.2	47	90.4	5	58.1	121	0.06	144	0
1955	75	37	87	32	63.1	43	5.07	51	0
1954	78	6	92.2	3	63.8	32	2.17	111	0
1953	72.8	74	89	12	56.6	136	0.84	138	0
1952	69.8	125	84.9	58	54.7	144	3.00	94	0
1951	71.5	94	83	96	60.1	91	5.79	38	0
1950	69.9	122	79.8	136	60	92	4.53	67	0
1949	70.5	110	81.9	109	59.2	107	6.85	25	0
1948	71.7	90	85.8	46	57.6	129	0.40	141	0
1947	75.6	25	89.3	11	61.8	66	4.89	56	0
1946	73.2	65	86.3	40	60.2	89	1.81	124	0
1945	71.5	94	80.6	131	62.4	55	9.72	10	0
1944	74	49	84.3	72	63.6	36	3.62	81	0
1943	71.5	94	81	123	61.9	62	7.04	23	0
1942	71.5	94	81.7	115	61.4	74	4.96	55	1
1941	76.5	15	85.3	53	67.8	6	5.74	40	2
1940	71.4	99	82.2	102	60.5	85	3.06	92	0
1939	80.7	2	93.6	2	67.9	5	1.41	127	0
1938	76.9	10	89.4	10	64.5	24	2.13	114	0
1937	73.4	60	83.2	92	63.5	38	6.68	27	0
1936	76.6	14	85.8	46	67.4	9	8.71	13	0
1935	70.2	116	80.8	127	59.7	99	5.93	34	0
1934	69.5	128	79.8	136	59.3	103	10.49	8	0
1933	76.2	21	86.6	37	65.8	15	7.16	22	2
1932	71.5	94	82.3	101	60.8	83	2.93	99	0
1931	78.7	5	89.8	8	67.6	7	0.77	140	0
1930	75.4	29	86.2	41	64.6	22	4.80	59	0
1929	71.7	90	81.5	117	61.9	62	5.25	49	0
1928	73.1	69	84.7	65	61.5	71	0.37	142	0
1927	73.6	56	83.8	80	63.5	38	5.00	53	0
1926	75.4	29	84.4	71	66.5	13	11.46	3	0
1925	76.7	12	86.6	37	66.9	11	10.84	7	0
1924	71	102	81.8	111	60.2	89	4.60	64	0
1923	72.5	80	81.4	119	63.5	38	5.09	50	0
1922	75.6	25	87.1	30	64.1	30	1.31	129	0
1921	76.4	17	87.5	27	65.4	17	1.24	131	0
1920	73.7	54	84.5	68	63	45	2.31	107	0
1919	74.6	43	84.9	58	64.4	27	4.00	76	0
1918	69.9	122	80.9	125	58.9	111	4.66	61	0
1917	70.6	108	82	107	59.2	107	1.37	128	0
1916	73.2	65	84.5	68	61.9	62	3.61	83	0
1915	72.7	77	82.6	98	62.7	54	2.07	115	0
1914	74.9	39	84.5	68	65.4	17	3.33	85	0
1913	72.8	74	82	107	63.6	36	6.82	26	0
1912	74.7	41	87.1	30	62.3	58	1.88	121	0
1911	77.5	7	86.7	36	68.3	3	4.60	64	0
1910	76.3	18	87.7	22	64.8	21	2.78	100	0
1909	74.9	39	88.1	17	61.7	67	2.19	109	0
1908	70.2	116	80.4	133	59.9	95	3.17	89	0
1907	73.2	65	84.9	58	61.5	71	4.49	69	0
1906	72.3	82	82.2	102	62.4	55	3.29	86	0
1905	73.5	59	83.3	90	63.7	35	7.42	18	0
1904	74.7	41	85	56	64.4	27	3.70	79	0
1903	70.5	110	81	123	59.9	95	3.05	93	0
1902	66.6	144	76.9	144	56.3	137	5.57	45	0
1901	72.2	84	83.9	79	60.5	85	2.36	106	0
1900	76	24	84.9	58	67	10	4.31	72	0
1899	71.1	100	84.3	72	57.8	126	0.35	143	0
1898	76.3	18	85.7	48	66.9	11	5.60	44	0
1897	75	37	88.7	14	61.3	75	3.62	81	0
1896	72.5	80	84.8	63	60.3	88	2.96	97	0
1895	72.1	86	83.6	86	60.6	84	3.26	87	0
1894	69.4	132	80.3	134	58.5	117	5.69	41	0
1893	72.8	74	85.7	48	59.8	97	6.49	32	0
1892	70.6	108	83.7	83	57.5	131	1.84	122	0
1891	70.4	113	83.2	92	57.7	128	1.04	132	0
1890	69	139	77.9	143	60	92	8.20	16	0
1889	69.1	137	80.3	134	57.8	126	5.35	46	0
1888	69.2	135	80.5	132	57.9	123	2.70	101	0
1887	73.7	54	83.7	83	63.8	32	7.21	21	0
1886	72.7	77	83.4	89	62	60	4.50	68	0
1885	70	119	80.7	128	59.3	103	1.02	133	0
1884	79.3	4	91.2	4	67.5	8	5.03	52	0
1883	73.8	52	86.2	41	61.3	75	4.38	71	0
1882	73.3	63	84.9	58	61.7	67	8.44	14	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	83
1939	80.7
2019	79.5
1884	79.3
1931	78.7
1954	78
1911	77.5
2021	77.4
2018	77.1
1998	76.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	64.8
1902	66.6
1975	66.7
1976	67.6
1996	68.8
1995	68.8
1890	69
1992	69.1
1889	69.1
1966	69.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	12.70
2009	12.41
1926	11.46
2008	11.33
2014	11.15
1970	11.03
1925	10.84
1934	10.49
1984	9.87
1945	9.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.06
1899	0.35
1928	0.37
1948	0.40
1931	0.77
1979	0.78
1953	0.84
1978	0.94
2024	0.96
2022	0.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 106°F; 5 September 2026, 4 September 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.22 in; 2 October 2026

Every month, season and year

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Fort Smith, AR the day's answers

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Every answer in words

Fall 2026 so far brought 1.91 in of precipitation in Fort Smith, AR, the driest 1 September to 10 October since 2024, 26th driest of 144.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Fort Smith, AR: 106°F on Saturday 5 September 2026 and Friday 4 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Fort Smith, AR: a low of 55°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Fort Smith, AR: 1.22 in on Friday 2 October 2026.