Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In June its highs average 28.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks joint 125th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 270th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Fort Smith is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in JuneUnited States · 78 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Springdale in JuneUnited States · 92 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JuneUnited States · 146 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Tulsa in JuneUnited States · 167 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Little Rock in JuneUnited States · 205 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JuneUnited States · 226 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Norman in JuneUnited States · 277 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Edmond in JuneUnited States · 280 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 94 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.