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Fort Smith, AR 35.334°N, 94.365°W · station FSMthr · 145 years of record
98°F
HOTTEST JUL 19 SINCE 2023
forecast high · Jul 19
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Fort Smith.
93° MON 7/13 93° TUE 7/14 90° WED 7/15 93° THU 7/16 96° FRI 7/17 97° SAT 7/18 98° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 19
Today ranks #28 / 144
warmest Jul 19 in 144 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 19 ever 110°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 19 ever 81°F
set in 1899
Hottest Jul 19 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 19 at Fort Smith. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
81 96 110 1882: 91°F 1883: 93°F 1884: 98°F 1885: 95°F 1886: 91°F 1887: 101°F 1888: 87°F 1889: 95°F 1890: 97°F 1891: 93°F 1892: 92°F 1893: 87°F 1894: 87°F 1895: 96°F 1896: 98°F 1897: 85°F 1898: 93°F 1899: 81°F 1900: 92°F 1901: 100°F 1902: 90°F 1903: 91°F 1904: 90°F 1905: 81°F 1906: 90°F 1907: 93°F 1908: 88°F 1909: 92°F 1910: 85°F 1911: 93°F 1912: 92°F 1913: 98°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 83°F 1916: 99°F 1917: 83°F 1918: 92°F 1919: 93°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 95°F 1922: 89°F 1923: 90°F 1924: 97°F 1925: 95°F 1926: 94°F 1927: 91°F 1928: 94°F 1929: 90°F 1930: 99°F 1931: 92°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 87°F 1934: 106°F 1935: 89°F 1936: 110°F 1937: 88°F 1938: 87°F 1939: 98°F 1940: 94°F 1941: 95°F 1942: 95°F 1943: 101°F 1944: 96°F 1945: 94°F 1946: 98°F 1947: 87°F 1948: 88°F 1949: 100°F 1950: 90°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 93°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 93°F 1955: 94°F 1956: 88°F 1957: 98°F 1958: 97°F 1959: 89°F 1960: 90°F 1961: 95°F 1962: 94°F 1963: 101°F 1964: 99°F 1965: 96°F 1966: 102°F 1967: 89°F 1968: 95°F 1969: 97°F 1970: 104°F 1971: 89°F 1972: 92°F 1973: 92°F 1974: 98°F 1975: 94°F 1976: 90°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 101°F 1979: 84°F 1980: 105°F 1981: 97°F 1982: 94°F 1983: 92°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 97°F 1986: 101°F 1987: 94°F 1988: 102°F 1989: 86°F 1990: 96°F 1991: 102°F 1992: 89°F 1993: 97°F 1994: 97°F 1995: 93°F 1996: 91°F 1997: 96°F 1998: 101°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 99°F 2001: 100°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 91°F 2004: 87°F 2005: 96°F 2006: 105°F 2007: 93°F 2008: 96°F 2009: 90°F 2010: 98°F 2011: 102°F 2012: 101°F 2013: 96°F 2014: 82°F 2015: 99°F 2016: 95°F 2017: 96°F 2018: 103°F 2019: 97°F 2020: 96°F 2021: 88°F 2022: 108°F 2023: 99°F 2024: 90°F 2025: 95°F 98° forecast 1882 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 19 98°F Hottest this date since 2023 This-date record 110°F This-date rank #28 of 144
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 115°F (2011) 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 15 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 97 days
record run, ended Sep 4 2011
So far in 2026 36 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Fort Smith's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 94°F · forecast is +4° 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 high 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 high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high 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 high at Fort Smith — counted through Jul 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
36 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 25th most in 145 years. Normal for this point: 27 . Record: 55 in 1911.
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