Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In July its highs average 31.2°C, 1.9°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks joint 94th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 242nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Fort Smith is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in JulyUnited States · 78 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Springdale in JulyUnited States · 92 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JulyUnited States · 146 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Tulsa in JulyUnited States · 167 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Little Rock in JulyUnited States · 205 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JulyUnited States · 226 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Norman in JulyUnited States · 277 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Edmond in JulyUnited States · 280 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 64 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.