Fort Smith, AR: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 85.9°F in Fort Smith, AR, the warmest September on record, in 145 years since 1882; provisional.

September 2026

Mean temperature: 85.9°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 145, provisional
Precipitation: 0.46 in; Driest since 2017; 12th driest of 144

A normal September in Fort Smith, AR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.7°F, between 71.4°F and 78.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.03 in of precipitation, between 0.90 in and 6.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Fort Smith, AR since 1882: 85.9°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 71.4 to 78.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	85.9	1	98.7	1	73	1	0.46	133	0
2025	76.8	36	88.2	38	65.4	36	5.68	26	0
2024	76.5	39	87.6	44	65.4	36	0.96	121	0
2023	78.4	17	90.1	17	66.7	22	3.40	66	0
2022	77.6	22	91.3	11	63.9	66	0.96	121	0
2021	78.4	17	91.5	9	65.3	41	1.88	97	0
2020	73.5	89	82.9	116	64.1	62	7.37	8	0
2019	81.7	3	91.5	9	71.9	2	2.74	80	0
2018	77.1	28	85.7	80	68.5	12	5.75	23	0
2017	76	47	88	40	64	63	trace	144	0
2016	77.4	23	89.4	27	65.4	36	1.79	103	0
2015	76.7	37	87.6	44	65.7	32	2.57	84	0
2014	74.5	76	84.4	95	64.6	52	6.90	13	0
2013	78.7	15	91	12	66.3	25	1.50	110	0
2012	77.3	26	88.9	33	65.7	32	1.79	103	0
2011	72.8	100	85.8	75	59.7	124	1.47	111	0
2010	76	47	86.3	64	65.7	32	5.79	22	0
2009	72.5	108	80.9	134	64.2	59	7.23	9	0
2008	72.7	103	82.4	124	63	78	8.11	4	0
2007	75.9	51	86.4	61	65.3	41	5.75	23	0
2006	71.3	129	83.8	101	58.7	137	4.69	40	0
2005	79.2	12	91.6	6	66.7	22	6.51	16	0
2004	75.3	59	88.6	35	61.9	94	0.27	138	0
2003	71.4	126	82.4	124	60.3	113	3.24	68	0
2002	76.2	44	88.1	39	64.3	57	1.06	119	0
2001	72.3	114	83.6	105	60.9	107	3.81	54	0
2000	76.3	42	90.8	13	61.8	97			0
1999	72.6	105	85	86	60.2	117	4.03	49	0
1998	80.5	4	91.6	6	69.4	8	5.46	28	0
1997	74.9	66	87	52	62.9	81	1.36	112	0
1996	70.3	135	80.8	137	59.8	123	6.53	15	0
1995	70.6	134	79.9	140	61.2	104	4.00	51	0
1994	71.7	121	83.8	101	59.5	127	0.26	139	0
1993	72.6	105	83.6	105	61.5	101	6.17	18	0
1992	71.4	126	82.4	124	60.3	113	6.91	12	0
1991	72.6	105	83	114	62.2	90	4.83	39	0
1990	77.2	27	89.4	27	65	48	4.87	38	0
1989	70.3	135	81.4	130	59.2	132	3.47	63	0
1988	76.1	46	88.8	34	63.4	72	5.72	25	0
1987	72.8	100	86.2	65	59.4	128	1.71	105	0
1986	76.7	37	87.3	47	66.2	26	1.84	100	0
1985	73.8	88	85.8	75	61.8	97	3.60	60	0
1984	71.4	126	82.9	116	59.9	121	6.18	17	0
1983	74.4	78	88.4	37	60.3	113	1.82	102	0
1982	72.2	115	84.9	88	59.4	128	0.64	128	0
1981	72.1	116	84	100	60.1	119	1.88	97	0
1980	78.2	19	89.6	24	66.8	20	3.16	73	0
1979	71.5	123	83.6	105	59.3	131	0.78	125	0
1978	78.8	13	89.8	21	67.7	15	0.84	124	0
1977	77	30	87.2	49	66.9	19	4.63	42	0
1976	70.3	135	81.1	133	59.4	128	2.65	83	0
1975	68.5	144	79.5	141	57.6	142	2.49	86	0
1974	65.7	145	74.4	145	57	145	8.96	3	0
1973	74.5	76	83.7	104	65.3	41	5.17	31	0
1972	75.6	56	86.1	67	65.1	46	3.47	63	0
1971	74.7	73	85.8	75	63.7	67	1.35	113	0
1970	76.9	34	87.8	43	65.9	31	7.75	6	0
1969	74.4	78	86.9	54	61.9	94	2.19	91	0
1968	71.8	119	86.4	61	57.2	144	2.87	77	0
1967	70.1	140	80.9	134	59.2	132	2.50	85	0
1966	71.3	129	83.5	108	59.1	135	1.26	116	0
1965	74.8	72	87.2	49	62.4	87	2.14	92	0
1964	73	97	84.2	97	61.8	97	3.18	70	0
1963	74.7	73	86.8	56	62.5	85	1.90	96	0
1962	72.5	108	81.9	129	63	78	4.99	35	0
1961	72.4	111	82.7	120	62.2	90	3.18	70	0
1960	76.9	34	89.7	23	64.2	59	1.67	107	0
1959	75.3	59	86.8	56	63.7	67	4.47	44	0
1958	74.9	66	84.9	88	65	48	4.44	45	0
1957	71.7	121	82.7	120	60.8	109	5.88	20	0
1956	75.3	59	91.6	6	59	136	0.06	142	0
1955	77	30	89.5	25	64.5	55	4.65	41	0
1954	78.5	16	93.8	3	63.3	75	2.12	94	0
1953	74.9	66	91.8	5	57.9	141	0.60	129	0
1952	73.3	93	88	40	58.6	138	1.68	106	0
1951	72.5	108	83.5	108	61.5	101	5.57	27	0
1950	71.8	119	80.9	134	62.7	84	3.80	55	0
1949	70.3	135	82.5	122	58	140	3.75	56	0
1948	74	83	88	40	59.9	121	0.14	141	0
1947	77.1	28	90.7	14	63.5	71	4.89	37	0
1946	74.4	78	86.9	54	61.9	94	1.57	109	0
1945	74.9	66	84.7	92	65.2	44	9.09	2	0
1944	74.9	66	85.5	84	64.3	57	0.39	135	0
1943	73.5	89	83.1	112	64	63	5.14	32	0
1942	72.8	100	82.5	122	63.2	76	4.13	48	1
1941	77	30	86.6	60	67.5	16	1.93	95	2
1940	72.4	111	82.8	119	62	93	2.82	79	0
1939	83.4	2	96.3	2	70.5	3	0.23	140	0
1938	77.4	23	89.4	27	65.4	36	2.13	93	0
1937	74.6	75	84.5	94	64.6	52	6.02	19	0
1936	79.8	8	89.2	30	70.4	4	8.08	5	0
1935	73.4	92	84.3	96	62.5	85	3.45	65	0
1934	70.7	133	80.6	138	60.9	107	10.49	1	0
1933	79.7	10	89.5	25	69.9	7	7.16	11	0
1932	75.3	59	86.1	67	64.5	55	0.75	127	0
1931	79.5	11	90.2	15	68.8	11	0.77	126	0
1930	77.4	23	88.6	35	66.2	26	2.47	87	0
1929	74	83	84.1	98	64	63	3.52	62	0
1928	71.9	118	83.5	108	60.3	113	0.05	143	0
1927	75.7	54	85.7	80	65.7	32	3.00	74	0
1926	77	30	86	71	67.9	14	6.83	14	0
1925	79.8	8	90.2	15	69.4	8	7.52	7	0
1924	70.9	132	81.4	130	60.4	112	3.54	61	0
1923	73.9	86	83.2	111	64.6	52	4.54	43	0
1922	78.1	20	90.1	17	66	30	0.48	132	0
1921	80.1	6	90	20	70.2	6	1.24	117	0
1920	75.9	51	85.6	82	66.1	29	2.31	90	0
1919	75.6	56	86.1	67	65.2	44	0.56	130	0
1918	68.6	142	79.5	141	57.6	142	4.02	50	0
1917	73.3	93	84.1	98	62.4	87	1.34	114	0
1916	74	83	84.9	88	63.2	76	3.61	59	0
1915	76.5	39	85.9	73	67.1	18	1.67	107	0
1914	76	47	85.6	82	66.4	24	2.89	76	0
1913	72.4	111	81.3	132	63.4	72	4.99	35	0
1912	75.1	63	87.3	47	62.9	81	1.88	97	0
1911	80.1	6	89.8	21	70.3	5	4.42	46	0
1910	78.8	13	90.1	17	67.5	16	1.09	118	0
1909	76.4	41	89.2	30	63.6	69	0.38	136	0
1908	73.2	95	82.9	116	63.6	69	3.17	72	0
1907	74.9	66	86.8	56	63	78	2.66	82	0
1906	75.9	51	85	86	66.8	20	3.28	67	0
1905	75	64	85.1	85	64.9	50	3.98	52	0
1904	75.6	56	86.1	67	65.1	46	2.91	75	0
1903	71.5	123	82.4	124	60.5	111	1.33	115	0
1902	68.6	142	79	143	58.2	139	3.21	69	0
1901	73.9	86	85.9	73	61.8	97	0.42	134	0
1900	77.9	21	86.4	61	69.4	8	3.75	56	0
1899	73	97	85.8	75	60.2	117	0.34	137	0
1898	76	47	85.8	75	66.2	26	5.00	34	0
1897	76.3	42	89.2	30	63.4	72	2.87	77	0
1896	75	64	87.2	49	62.8	83	2.72	81	0
1895	76.2	44	87.6	44	64.8	51	2.36	88	0
1894	72.1	116	82.1	128	62.1	92	3.96	53	0
1893	74.2	82	87	52	61.4	103	5.28	30	0
1892	71.5	123	83.8	101	59.2	132	1.84	100	0
1891	73.5	89	86.2	65	60.8	109	0.87	123	0
1890	69.8	141	78.5	144	61.1	105	7.23	9	0
1889	70.2	139	80.4	139	60.1	119	5.35	29	0
1888	71.3	129	83	114	59.6	125	0.50	131	0
1887	74.4	78	84.6	93	64.2	59	3.74	58	0
1886	75.7	54	86	71	65.4	36	4.22	47	0
1885	72.7	103	83.1	112	62.3	89	0.99	120	0
1884	80.2	5	92.2	4	68.3	13	5.03	33	0
1883	73.2	95	86.7	59	59.6	125	2.34	89	0
1882	72.9	99	84.8	91	61	106	5.81	21	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	85.9
1939	83.4
2019	81.7
1998	80.5
1884	80.2
1921	80.1
1911	80.1
1936	79.8
1925	79.8
1933	79.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	65.7
1975	68.5
1918	68.6
1902	68.6
1890	69.8
1967	70.1
1889	70.2
1996	70.3
1989	70.3
1976	70.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	10.49
1945	9.09
1974	8.96
2008	8.11
1936	8.08
1970	7.75
1925	7.52
2020	7.37
2009	7.23
1890	7.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	trace
1928	0.05
1956	0.06
1948	0.14
1939	0.23
1994	0.26
2004	0.27
1899	0.34
1909	0.38
1944	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 106°F; 5 September 2026, 4 September 2026
Coldest night: 60°F; 25 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 7 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 0.46 in of precipitation in Fort Smith, AR, the driest September since 2017, 12th driest of 144.
The hottest day of September 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: 106°F on Saturday 5 September 2026 and Friday 4 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: a low of 60°F on Friday 25 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Fort Smith, AR: 0.22 in on Monday 7 September 2026.