Fort Smith, AR: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 39.4°F in Fort Smith, AR, the coldest January since 2025, 70th coldest of 144.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 39.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 70th coldest of 144
Precipitation: 1.62 in; Driest since 2016; 47th driest of 144

A normal January in Fort Smith, AR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.9°F, between 36.9°F and 44.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.87 in of precipitation, between 0.56 in and 5.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Fort Smith, AR since 1883: 39.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 25.6°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 36.9 to 44.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Fort Smith, AR from 1883 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	39.4	75	51.8	39	27	101	1.62	97	0
2025	36.6	116	47.3	102	25.8	111	2.93	47	0
2024	36.7	113	46.4	111	26.9	103	3.92	28	0
2023	45.3	12	56.2	10	34.5	17	1.93	86	0
2022	38.8	85	51.7	43	26	110	1.71	92	0
2021	41.9	39	51.5	45	32.4	35	2.27	67	0
2020	44.2	20	53.4	25	35	15	5.87	6	0
2019	40	65	49	81	30.9	56	3.94	27	0
2018	38.1	96	50.1	69	26.2	107	2.23	70	0
2017	44.7	16	55.7	13	33.7	23	2.34	66	0
2016	40.4	60	51.3	50	29.5	75	0.39	139	0
2015	39.8	68	50.9	56	28.6	83	2.22	72	0
2014	37.2	105	50.8	57	23.6	127	0.79	122	0
2013	43.2	22	54.2	20	32.3	36	3.97	24	0
2012	45.8	8	57.7	5	33.9	22	4.42	18	0
2011	37.6	100	48.4	90	26.7	105	0.51	134	0
2010	36.9	109	45.5	118	28.3	86	2.92	48	0
2009	39.1	78	50.1	69	28	89	3.49	38	0
2008	39.2	77	49.7	74	28.7	82	0.59	132	0
2007	39.5	73	48.3	91	30.6	63	6.13	4	0
2006	47.6	4	61.3	1	34	20	3.09	43	0
2005	43.7	21	53.7	24	33.7	23	4.91	11	0
2004	40.7	56	50.7	58	30.8	59	2.82	51	0
2003	37.5	101	48.7	86	26.2	107	0.37	140	0
2002	41.1	50	52.5	33	29.7	74	3.79	31	0
2001	36.7	113	46.2	114	27.3	98	2.39	64	0
2000	42.6	30	52.5	33	32.6	33	1.88	90	0
1999	42.3	35	53.1	26	31.5	48	2.12	76	0
1998	44.8	15	53.1	26	36.5	6	7.76	2	0
1997	38.2	93	48.9	83	27.5	96	0.56	133	0
1996	36.8	111	48.1	93	25.5	113	3.05	45	0
1995	40.3	62	50.1	69	30.4	66	3.51	36	0
1994	37	107	44.8	123	29.1	79	3.46	40	0
1993	39.3	76	48.1	93	30.5	65	4.05	23	0
1992	41.3	48	51.5	45	31.2	51	1.43	103	0
1991	36.2	118	43.9	129	28.6	83	2.21	73	0
1990	45	13	59.2	2	30.9	56	5.13	10	0
1989	42.6	30	54.1	22	31.1	53	4.43	17	0
1988	35.4	120	46.8	106	24	123	1.62	97	0
1987	39.6	71	50.2	67	29	80	2.50	59	0
1986	41.1	50	55.4	15	26.9	103	0.20	144	0
1985	31.5	136	41	136	22.1	135	1.65	95	0
1984	33.2	133	44.2	127	22.3	134	0.80	121	0
1983	38	97	46.8	106	29.3	78	1.72	91	0
1982	34.3	125	45.8	116	22.8	130	4.15	22	0
1981	38.2	93	50.7	58	25.6	112	1.54	99	0
1980	40	65	49.3	77	30.6	63	0.99	116	0
1979	25.6	144	33.2	144	18	142	2.67	54	0
1978	27.9	139	36.5	139	19.4	140	2.15	75	0
1977	26.5	141	36.2	140	16.7	143	1.93	86	0
1976	36.9	109	51	53	22.7	133	0.33	141	0
1975	41.5	44	53.1	26	30	70	2.27	67	0
1974	38.3	91	48.3	91	28.3	86	0.96	118	0
1973	36.6	116	46	115	27.2	99	3.56	35	0
1972	38.9	84	50.7	58	27.1	100	0.68	127	0
1971	39.1	78	50.5	62	27.7	94	1.65	95	0
1970	34.2	126	45.5	118	22.8	130	0.75	125	0
1969	40.7	56	50.5	62	30.9	56	2.84	50	0
1968	39.6	71	48.5	89	30.7	62	2.81	52	0
1967	41	53	56.7	8	25.3	116	0.99	116	0
1966	34.5	124	45.3	121	23.8	125	2.23	70	0
1965	42	38	54.6	19	29.4	77	1.69	94	0
1964	40.6	59	56.1	11	25	118	0.63	129	0
1963	31.8	135	43	132	20.6	136	0.70	126	0
1962	34.1	127	44.8	123	23.4	128	3.08	44	0
1961	35.7	119	47.5	100	23.8	125	0.44	137	0
1960	39.5	73	48.6	87	30.3	67	2.42	63	0
1959	36.8	111	47.5	100	26.1	109	0.61	131	0
1958	38.6	88	49.2	78	28	89	1.23	109	0
1957	38.4	90	46.8	106	29.9	73	3.13	42	0
1956	37.5	101	47.6	99	27.4	97	1.32	108	0
1955	41	53	50.7	58	31.2	51	1.51	101	0
1954	39.1	78	50.5	62	27.8	92	4.87	12	0
1953	42.8	28	54.2	20	31.5	48	2.37	65	0
1952	46.1	7	57.1	6	35.1	14	1.20	111	0
1951	39.7	69	51.6	44	27.8	92	3.81	30	0
1950	44.4	19	54.8	17	34	20	5.75	7	0
1949	38.3	91	46.6	110	30	70	11.33	1	0
1948	33.4	131	42.9	133	24	123	0.79	122	0
1947	41.6	43	51.5	45	31.8	44	0.46	136	0
1946	39.7	69	48.6	87	30.8	59	4.72	15	0
1945	39.9	67	47.9	95	31.9	41	1.03	115	0
1944	41.5	44	50.1	69	32.9	30	2.07	80	0
1943	40.4	60	52.1	37	28.8	81	0.22	142	0
1942	37.4	104	47.8	98	27	101	2.19	74	0
1941	43.2	22	51	53	35.5	11	4.18	21	0
1940	26.5	141	34.4	143	18.5	141	1.07	114	0
1939	45.6	9	55.6	14	35.6	10	1.97	84	0
1938	42.8	28	51.9	38	33.7	23	3.51	36	0
1937	37.7	98	44.6	125	30.8	59	4.41	19	0
1936	37	107	46.3	112	27.6	95	0.22	142	0
1935	42.5	33	51.3	50	33.7	23	2.63	57	0
1934	43.1	24	51.5	45	34.6	16	2.11	77	0
1933	48.6	2	57.8	4	39.3	1	2.08	78	0
1932	44.5	17	53	29	36	9	5.96	5	0
1931	43.1	24	52.6	32	33.6	27	0.48	135	0
1930	29.1	138	37.6	138	20.6	136	3.96	26	0
1929	37.1	106	45.7	117	28.4	85	4.26	20	1
1928	42.9	27	53	29	32.8	31	2.08	78	0
1927	41.4	47	50	73	32.8	31	4.60	16	0
1926	40.2	64	48.8	85	31.7	45	3.67	33	1
1925	39.1	78	47.9	95	30.3	67	1.41	104	0
1924	35.2	122	44	128	26.3	106	2.02	81	0
1923	48.8	1	59.1	3	38.6	3	3.62	34	0
1922	39	82	46.7	109	31.3	50	2.44	61	0
1921	45.6	9	54.1	22	37.1	4	1.39	105	0
1920	38.7	87	46.3	112	31.1	53	3.89	29	0
1919	41.5	44	51	53	31.9	41	1.47	102	0
1918	25.8	143	35	142	16.6	144	2.86	49	0
1917	42.2	37	51.8	39	32.5	34	0.68	127	0
1916	42.6	30	51.8	39	33.3	28	7.28	3	0
1915	38.5	89	47.1	104	30	70	2.66	55	0
1914	45	13	54.8	17	35.2	13	0.93	120	0
1913	40.9	55	50.2	67	31.6	46	5.29	9	1
1912	33.4	131	43.9	129	22.8	130	1.34	107	0
1911	46.4	5	56.5	9	36.4	7	0.40	138	0
1910	41.7	41	51.5	45	31.9	41	1.18	112	0
1909	42.4	34	50.3	65	34.5	17	0.62	130	0
1908	41.8	40	51.3	50	32.2	38	1.91	88	0
1907	48	3	56.8	7	39.2	2	2.44	61	0
1906	42.3	35	52.3	36	32.3	36	4.81	14	0
1905	32.2	134	40.2	137	24.2	121	3.25	41	0
1904	38.8	85	49.7	74	27.9	91	3.48	39	0
1903	40.7	56	49.1	79	32.2	38	1.52	100	0
1902	37.7	98	47.2	103	28.2	88	2.65	56	0
1901	45.4	11	55.2	16	35.5	11	0.96	118	0
1900	43.1	24	51.8	39	34.5	17	1.71	92	0
1899	39	82	47.9	95	30.1	69	2.49	60	0
1898	44.5	17	52.8	31	36.1	8	2.97	46	0
1897	38.2	93	46.9	105	29.5	75	4.83	13	0
1896	41.1	50	49	81	33.3	28	1.89	89	0
1895	33.8	128	43.1	131	24.6	119	2.24	69	0
1894	41.7	41	52.5	33	31	55	1.94	85	0
1893	36.7	113	48.9	83	24.4	120	1.09	113	0
1892	33.7	129	44.5	126	23	129	1.98	83	0
1891	40.3	62	49.1	79	31.6	46	3.69	32	0
1890	46.4	5	55.8	12	36.9	5	3.97	24	0
1889	41.2	49	50.3	65	32.2	38	5.33	8	0
1888	35.2	122	45	122	25.4	115	1.22	110	0
1887	37.5	101	49.4	76	25.5	113	0.79	122	0
1886	27.7	140	35.6	141	19.8	139	2.52	58	0
1885	33.5	130	42.9	133	24.2	121	1.99	82	0
1884	31.4	137	42.4	135	20.4	138	1.35	106	0
1883	35.3	121	45.4	120	25.1	117	2.71	53	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1923	48.8
1933	48.6
1907	48
2006	47.6
1911	46.4
1890	46.4
1952	46.1
2012	45.8
1939	45.6
1921	45.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	25.6
1918	25.8
1977	26.5
1940	26.5
1886	27.7
1978	27.9
1930	29.1
1884	31.4
1985	31.5
1963	31.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	11.33
1998	7.76
1916	7.28
2007	6.13
1932	5.96
2020	5.87
1950	5.75
1889	5.33
1913	5.29
1990	5.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.20
1943	0.22
1936	0.22
1976	0.33
2003	0.37
2016	0.39
1911	0.40
1961	0.44
1947	0.46
1931	0.48

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.08 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.62 in of precipitation in Fort Smith, AR, the driest January since 2016, tied 47th driest of 144 (with 1988).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: 74°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: a low of 4°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: 1.08 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.