Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in November.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In November its highs average 13.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks 241st of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 477th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Fort Smith is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in NovemberUnited States · 78 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Springdale in NovemberUnited States · 92 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in NovemberUnited States · 146 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Tulsa in NovemberUnited States · 167 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Little Rock in NovemberUnited States · 205 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in NovemberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Norman in NovemberUnited States · 277 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Edmond in NovemberUnited States · 280 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 48 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.