Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In February its highs average 9.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks 243rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 358th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Fort Smith is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fort Smith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 84 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 12.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 85 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 125 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 149 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 148 | 12.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 92 | 10.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 78 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 63 | 8.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 93 | 7.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 108 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 110 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 96 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 78 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Springdale in FebruaryUnited States · 92 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in FebruaryUnited States · 146 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Tulsa in FebruaryUnited States · 167 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Little Rock in FebruaryUnited States · 205 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 226 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Norman in FebruaryUnited States · 277 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Edmond in FebruaryUnited States · 280 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 43 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fort Smith) is explained once on the Fort Smith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.