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Fort Smith, AR 35.334°N, 94.365°W · station FSMthr · 145 years of record
73°F
COLDEST JUL 15 SINCE 2023
forecast low · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fort Smith.
74° TUE 7/14 73° WED 7/15 73° THU 7/16 75° FRI 7/17 76° SAT 7/18 77° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #81 / 144
coldest Jul 15 in 144 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 15 ever 53°F
set in 1990
Mildest Jul 15 ever 82°F
set in 1954
Coldest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 15 at Fort Smith. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
53 68 82 1882: 70°F 1883: 66°F 1884: 71°F 1885: 74°F 1886: 73°F 1887: 70°F 1888: 72°F 1889: 74°F 1890: 74°F 1891: 62°F 1892: 74°F 1893: 71°F 1894: 69°F 1895: 70°F 1896: 75°F 1897: 72°F 1898: 65°F 1899: 72°F 1900: 71°F 1901: 70°F 1902: 70°F 1903: 68°F 1904: 75°F 1905: 70°F 1906: 69°F 1907: 76°F 1908: 68°F 1909: 68°F 1910: 74°F 1911: 71°F 1912: 75°F 1913: 73°F 1914: 80°F 1915: 75°F 1916: 75°F 1917: 68°F 1918: 70°F 1919: 76°F 1920: 71°F 1921: 72°F 1922: 72°F 1923: 73°F 1924: 78°F 1925: 72°F 1926: 59°F 1927: 70°F 1928: 66°F 1929: 75°F 1930: 68°F 1931: 76°F 1932: 75°F 1933: 73°F 1934: 72°F 1935: 70°F 1936: 78°F 1937: 77°F 1938: 72°F 1939: 78°F 1940: 69°F 1941: 75°F 1942: 74°F 1943: 76°F 1944: 71°F 1945: 73°F 1946: 75°F 1947: 71°F 1948: 73°F 1949: 73°F 1950: 68°F 1951: 73°F 1952: 72°F 1953: 65°F 1954: 82°F 1955: 72°F 1956: 78°F 1957: 75°F 1958: 76°F 1959: 71°F 1960: 70°F 1961: 66°F 1962: 72°F 1963: 67°F 1964: 54°F 1965: 72°F 1966: 77°F 1967: 55°F 1968: 72°F 1969: 75°F 1970: 72°F 1971: 70°F 1972: 71°F 1973: 72°F 1974: 67°F 1975: 64°F 1976: 68°F 1977: 74°F 1978: 70°F 1979: 73°F 1980: 70°F 1981: 75°F 1982: 72°F 1983: 71°F 1984: 74°F 1985: 71°F 1986: 69°F 1987: 59°F 1988: 77°F 1989: 69°F 1990: 53°F 1991: 68°F 1992: 73°F 1993: 77°F 1994: 70°F 1995: 73°F 1996: 70°F 1997: 77°F 1998: 75°F 1999: 71°F 2000: 73°F 2001: 68°F 2002: 68°F 2003: 74°F 2004: 73°F 2005: 73°F 2006: 78°F 2007: 70°F 2008: 64°F 2009: 76°F 2010: 78°F 2011: 79°F 2012: 72°F 2013: 71°F 2014: 66°F 2015: 79°F 2016: 68°F 2017: 77°F 2018: 78°F 2019: 71°F 2020: 76°F 2021: 73°F 2022: 77°F 2023: 72°F 2024: 75°F 2025: 76°F 73° forecast 1882 1990 2025 Forecast low · Jul 15 73°F Coldest this date since 2023 This-date record 53°F This-date rank #81 of 144
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -15°F (1899) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1882–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Fort Smith in each calendar month, and for the whole 1882–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 81°F 1952 -11°F 1918 Feb 88°F 2017 -15°F 1899 Mar 95°F 2026 7°F 1948 Apr 96°F 2006 22°F 1975 May 99°F 1934 34°F 1903 Jun 106°F 1936 47°F 1964 Jul 111°F 1954 50°F 1972 Aug 115°F 2011 45°F 1891 Sep 109°F 1998 33°F 1967 Oct 96°F 1938 22°F 1917 Nov 89°F 2025 8°F 1976 Dec 84°F 2025 -5°F 1989 All-time 115°F 2011 -15°F 1899
Records set or tied at Fort Smith so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 8 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (95°F)
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 53 days
record run, ended Feb 10 1977
So far in 2026 32 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Fort Smith's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 73°F · forecast is +0° vs normal .
Jan: 51°F Jan: 30°F Feb: 56°F Feb: 34°F Mar: 65°F Mar: 42°F Apr: 74°F Apr: 50°F May: 81°F May: 60°F Jun: 89°F Jun: 69°F Jul: 94°F Jul: 72°F Aug: 93°F Aug: 71°F Sep: 86°F Sep: 64°F Oct: 75°F Oct: 52°F Nov: 63°F Nov: 40°F Dec: 53°F Dec: 33°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:13 AM Sunset 7:34 PM Solar noon 12:23 PM Daylight 14h 21m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.33°N, 94.36°W Fort Smith's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Fort Smith's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Fort Smith, coloured by temperature — 145 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Fort Smith — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
32 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 113th most in 145 years. Normal for this point: 40 . Record: 63 in 1960.
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