Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In January its highs average 7.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks joint 250th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 306th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Fort Smith is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 84 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 78 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Springdale in JanuaryUnited States · 92 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JanuaryUnited States · 146 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Tulsa in JanuaryUnited States · 167 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Little Rock in JanuaryUnited States · 205 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 226 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Norman in JanuaryUnited States · 277 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Edmond in JanuaryUnited States · 280 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 35 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.