Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In March its highs average 14.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks joint 224th of 498 for the warmest March highs and 465th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Fort Smith is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 149 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in MarchUnited States · 78 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Springdale in MarchUnited States · 92 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in MarchUnited States · 146 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Tulsa in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Little Rock in MarchUnited States · 205 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in MarchUnited States · 226 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Norman in MarchUnited States · 277 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Edmond in MarchUnited States · 280 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 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.