Fort Smith, AR: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 46.4°F in Fort Smith, AR, the warmest winter since 2017, 4th warmest of 144.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 46.4°F; Warmest since 2017; 4th warmest of 144
Precipitation: 3.03 in; Driest since 1963; 4th driest of 144

A normal winter in Fort Smith, AR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.7°F, between 40°F and 45.7°F in eight years of ten and 8.50 in of precipitation, between 5.86 in and 12.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Fort Smith, AR since 1883: 46.4°F in 2026; the highest is 50.8°F, in 1890.

Normal range, 40 to 45.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	46.4	4	59.3	2	33.5	44	3.03	141	0
2025	42.7	51	53.1	44	32.2	61	10.54	29	0
2024	45.4	13	56.3	11	34.4	24	7.29	84	0
2023	46.1	6	56.4	10	35.9	8	9.92	44	0
2022	45.2	14	57.8	4	32.5	56	10.77	25	0
2021	40.3	103	50.2	107	30.4	89	7.68	79	0
2020	45.1	16	55.3	20	34.9	19	9.33	50	0
2019	43.4	38	52.4	57	34.4	24	14.50	5	0
2018	42.1	65	53	47	31.2	77	11.54	18	0
2017	46.9	3	58.1	3	35.6	12	5.59	118	0
2016	45.9	8	57.7	5	34	33	12.96	8	0
2015	40.4	101	49.7	114	31	80	6.92	93	0
2014	38.6	121	50.3	105	26.9	133	5.86	111	0
2013	44.7	22	55.5	18	33.9	37	11.18	24	0
2012	46.1	6	56.5	9	35.7	10	10.04	39	0
2011	40.5	97	51.2	87	29.8	98	5.83	112	0
2010	37.5	131	46	138	29	114	7.49	82	0
2009	42.3	61	53.8	34	30.9	82	8.40	66	0
2008	41.8	72	52.5	56	31	80	7.77	78	0
2007	43	42	53.1	44	32.8	49	11.27	21	0
2006	43.7	30	56.6	8	30.7	85	4.11	135	0
2005	44.7	22	55.8	14	33.7	41	8.02	73	0
2004	42	68	52.4	57	31.5	74	6.40	100	0
2003	40.2	105	50.6	97	29.8	98	8.94	58	0
2002	42.6	53	53.6	35	31.6	70	10.73	26	0
2001	37.4	133	46.2	135	28.6	119	12.76	9	0
2000	45.7	9	57.2	6	34.3	26	8.01	74	0
1999	45.2	14	56.2	12	34.1	29	6.33	102	0
1998	43.8	29	52.4	57	35.3	14	15.27	3	0
1997	42.7	51	52.7	50	32.7	52	8.93	59	0
1996	40.3	103	51.6	78	29.1	112	8.59	61	0
1995	43.1	41	53.2	42	32.9	47	8.03	72	0
1994	41.1	82	50.8	94	31.4	76	10.28	34	0
1993	40.7	91	49.5	115	31.8	67	12.61	10	0
1992	45.5	11	55.7	16	35.2	15	7.34	83	0
1991	40.8	87	51.4	84	30.1	93	7.87	76	0
1990	41.9	70	55.5	18	28.3	126	11.82	13	0
1989	40.6	93	51.7	77	29.4	105	11.61	16	0
1988	40.1	107	51.8	75	28.5	122	11.83	12	0
1987	42.4	58	52.1	67	32.8	49	7.16	87	0
1986	40.6	93	53.2	42	27.9	128	4.15	134	0
1985	39.1	120	48.9	119	29.3	106	13.52	7	0
1984	35.5	140	46.1	137	24.9	141	5.32	122	0
1983	42.1	65	51.5	80	32.6	54	8.96	57	0
1982	37.6	128	48.2	122	27	132	5.75	114	0
1981	41.2	79	53.4	37	29.1	112	5.54	120	0
1980	40.2	105	51.1	90	29.2	110	4.47	131	0
1979	33.1	144	42.5	143	23.7	143	10.48	30	0
1978	33.2	143	42.4	144	24	142	6.11	108	0
1977	35.6	139	47.7	126	23.5	144	5.21	123	0
1976	42.6	53	55.6	17	29.6	101	4.69	129	0
1975	40.6	93	51	92	30.1	93	8.31	69	0
1974	40.9	85	52.4	57	29.3	106	6.54	99	0
1973	37.5	131	48	124	27.1	131	6.27	103	0
1972	42.9	43	54.4	26	31.5	74	11.78	14	0
1971	41.6	75	53.4	37	29.9	96	5.51	121	0
1970	39.4	118	50.4	103	28.4	124	6.89	96	0
1969	40.8	87	51.4	84	30.2	92	11.26	23	0
1968	40.1	107	50.3	105	29.9	96	9.18	52	0
1967	40.5	97	54.1	31	26.9	133	3.52	140	0
1966	40.7	91	52.1	67	29.3	106	8.39	68	0
1965	41.5	77	54.2	29	28.8	116	6.18	104	0
1964	38.3	123	51.1	90	25.5	139	6.08	109	0
1963	37.6	128	49.1	118	26	138	2.56	144	0
1962	40.1	107	50.5	99	29.7	100	9.68	48	0
1961	39.8	112	50.5	99	29.2	110	8.25	70	0
1960	40.8	87	49.9	111	31.6	70	9.30	51	0
1959	39.2	119	49.8	112	28.6	119	2.94	143	0
1958	41.2	79	52	70	30.3	91	3.99	136	0
1957	44.4	27	53.9	32	34.9	19	10.02	41	0
1956	40.8	87	51.2	87	30.4	89	7.56	80	0
1955	42	68	52.7	50	31.2	77	10.68	27	0
1954	42.9	43	55.3	20	30.5	87	8.44	64	0
1953	42.8	48	53.9	32	31.6	70	6.18	104	0
1952	45.1	16	56.2	12	34	33	3.91	137	0
1951	40.5	97	52.2	65	28.7	117	12.28	11	0
1950	44.9	19	55.8	14	34.1	29	11.31	20	0
1949	42.3	61	52.3	64	32.3	60	21.06	1	0
1948	39.7	115	49.4	117	30	95	10.58	28	0
1947	42.2	64	52.7	50	31.7	68	6.91	94	0
1946	40.9	85	51.3	86	30.5	87	10.31	33	0
1945	40.4	101	48.2	122	32.6	54	13.93	6	0
1944	42.8	48	51	92	34.7	21	10.44	31	0
1943	43.7	30	53.5	36	33.9	37	6.35	101	0
1942	41.6	75	50.7	95	32.4	59	6.70	97	0
1941	43.5	35	51.9	73	35.1	16	11.27	21	0
1940	38.2	124	46.8	131	29.5	104	4.57	130	0
1939	43.6	33	53.4	37	33.8	40	9.03	55	0
1938	44.6	24	52.6	54	36.6	4	15.87	2	1
1937	42.3	61	50.5	99	34	33	8.40	66	0
1936	36.9	134	45.7	140	28.2	127	4.72	128	0
1935	42.8	48	51.5	80	34	33	4.39	132	0
1934	44.9	19	54.3	27	35.5	13	4.73	127	0
1933	43.4	38	52.6	54	34.1	29	9.05	54	0
1932	48	2	56.9	7	39	2	10.08	37	0
1931	44.6	24	53.1	44	36	7	9.15	53	0
1930	41.8	72	51.5	80	32.2	61	9.99	42	0
1929	37.8	127	46.2	135	29.3	106	8.59	61	1
1928	42.4	58	51.9	73	32.9	47	11.54	18	0
1927	44.5	26	53.3	40	35.7	10	10.03	40	0
1926	42.4	58	51.6	78	33.2	46	6.99	91	1
1925	41.7	74	51.2	87	32.2	61	7.51	81	0
1924	41.9	70	50.5	99	33.3	45	7.83	77	0
1923	45.5	11	54.5	25	36.5	5	8.66	60	1
1922	43.7	30	52.2	65	35.1	16	7.11	88	0
1921	45.1	16	54.3	27	35.8	9	6.56	98	0
1920	40.6	93	49.5	115	31.7	68	4.78	126	0
1919	43.6	33	52.9	49	34.3	26	8.08	71	0
1918	35	142	44.8	141	25.2	140	4.17	133	0
1917	41.2	79	51.5	80	30.9	82	3.57	138	0
1916	42.9	43	52.1	67	33.7	41	9.70	47	0
1915	39.8	112	47	129	32.5	56	10.09	36	0
1914	42.6	53	50.7	95	34.5	23	7.93	75	0
1913	40.5	97	49.8	112	31.2	77	8.42	65	1
1912	37.9	126	47.3	128	28.4	124	6.15	107	1
1911	45.6	10	55.2	22	36.1	6	5.56	119	0
1910	38.1	125	47.6	127	28.7	117	5.18	124	0
1909	44.8	21	54.6	24	35.1	16	3.55	139	0
1908	43.5	35	52.7	50	34.3	26	7.18	86	0
1907	46.2	5	55.1	23	37.3	3	7.10	89	0
1906	41.1	82	50.6	97	31.6	70	9.00	56	0
1905	35.2	141	44.3	142	26.1	136	5.67	115	0
1904	41.3	78	52	70	30.6	86	6.97	92	0
1903	40	110	48	124	32.1	65	10.11	35	0
1902	37.6	128	46.9	130	28.6	119	5.61	116	1
1901	44.4	27	54.2	29	34.7	21	2.96	142	0
1900	41.1	82	50.1	108	32.1	65	9.39	49	0
1899	36.9	134	46.5	133	27.3	129	5.83	112	0
1898	43.2	40	52.4	57	33.9	37	9.82	45	0
1897	43.5	35	53.3	40	33.6	43	5.61	116	0
1896	42.9	43	51.8	75	34.1	29	9.77	46	0
1895	36.9	134	46.7	132	27.2	130	4.95	125	0
1894	42.6	53	52.4	57	32.8	49	8.59	61	0
1893	38.6	121	48.7	120	28.5	122	10.32	32	0
1892	42.1	65	52	70	32.2	61	6.90	95	0
1891	42.9	43	53	47	32.7	52	7.03	90	0
1890	50.8	1	60.8	1	40.8	1	11.67	15	0
1889	42.5	57	52.4	57	32.5	56	11.59	17	0
1888	39.7	115	48.6	121	30.8	84	7.21	85	0
1887	39.8	112	50.1	108	29.6	101	5.97	110	0
1886	36.2	137	45.8	139	26.5	135	6.16	106	0
1885	36.2	137	46.3	134	26.1	136	9.98	43	0
1884	40	110	50.4	103	29.6	101	15.16	4	0
1883	39.5	117	50	110	28.9	115	10.07	38	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	50.8
1932	48
2017	46.9
2026	46.4
1907	46.2
2023	46.1
2012	46.1
2016	45.9
2000	45.7
1911	45.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	33.1
1978	33.2
1918	35
1905	35.2
1984	35.5
1977	35.6
1886	36.2
1885	36.2
1936	36.9
1899	36.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	21.06
1938	15.87
1998	15.27
1884	15.16
2019	14.50
1945	13.93
1985	13.52
2016	12.96
2001	12.76
1993	12.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	2.56
1959	2.94
1901	2.96
2026	3.03
1967	3.52
1909	3.55
1917	3.57
1952	3.91
1958	3.99
2006	4.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 28 February 2026, 27 December 2025
Coldest night: 4°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 14 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.03 in of precipitation in Fort Smith, AR, the driest winter since 1963, 4th driest of 144.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Smith, AR: 84°F on Saturday 28 February 2026 and Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Smith, AR: a low of 4°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fort Smith, AR: 1.15 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.