Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Smith weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Fort Smith: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (78 km away). In October its highs average 20.5°C, 2.2°C cooler than Fort Smith, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Smith ranks joint 225th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 457th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Fort Smith is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Fayetteville, United States in OctoberUnited States · 78 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Springdale in OctoberUnited States · 92 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in OctoberUnited States · 146 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Tulsa in OctoberUnited States · 167 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Little Rock in OctoberUnited States · 205 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in OctoberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Norman in OctoberUnited States · 277 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Edmond in OctoberUnited States · 280 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 72 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.