December Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 131 year period of December 1882 through December 2012

  

Wettest December was 10.09 recorded in 1971

Driest December was 0.09 recorded in 1908

Difference between the wettest and driest December is 10.00

  

Driest December      Wettest December
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1908 0.09 71 2009 2.87
2 1919 0.15 72 1993 2.87
3 1981 0.27 73 1953 3.02
4 1896 0.33 74 1998 3.04
5 1917 0.36 75 2008 3.08
6 2005 0.39 76 1883 3.09
7 1985 0.40 77 1936 3.10
8 1912 0.49 78 1937 3.15
9 1950 0.53 79 2000 3.19
10 1904 0.55 80 1911 3.21
11 1945 0.58 81 1902 3.26
12 1910 0.59 82 1978 3.26
13 1955 0.66 83 1922 3.27
14 1989 0.74 84 1926 3.28
15 1886 0.79 85 2011 3.44
16 1962 0.80 86 1940 3.44
17 1958 0.97 87 1906 3.55
18 1934 1.06 88 2007 3.59
19 1893 1.09 89 1961 3.60
20 1938 1.18 90 1935 3.63
21 1986 1.21 91 1899 3.65
22 1900 1.22 92 1975 3.66
23 1885 1.26 93 1948 3.74
24 1977 1.30 94 1994 3.74
25 1980 1.32 95 1973 3.78
26 1951 1.34 96 1914 4.06
27 1965 1.37 97 1929 4.12
28 1957 1.38 98 1969 4.16
29 1964 1.41 99 1995 4.19
30 1970 1.41 100 1959 4.21
31 1889 1.43 101 1887 4.22
32 1931 1.46 102 1923 4.26
33 2004 1.49 103 1888 4.31
34 1939 1.57 104 1944 4.36
35 1915 1.61 105 1918 4.40
36 1972 1.61 106 1991 4.43
37 1956 1.63 107 1924 4.44
38 1988 1.65 108 1997 4.49
39 1928 1.67 109 1913 4.79
40 1952 1.67 110 1990 4.84
41 1882 1.74 111 1999 5.01
42 1976 1.82 112 1942 5.06
43 2003 1.83 113 1932 5.08
44 1996 1.87 114 1947 5.11
45 1901 1.88 115 2002 5.22
46 1933 1.92 116 1967 5.26
47 1983 1.92 117 1954 5.42
48 1966 1.96 118 1992 5.46
49 1898 1.96 119 1968 5.55
50 1925 2.00 120 1960 5.64
51 2010 2.14 121 2001 5.70
52 1920 2.14 122 1895 6.00
53 1916 2.16 123 1982 6.01
54 1905 2.17 124 1897 6.04
55 1909 2.18 125 1892 6.12
56 1921 2.23 126 1984 6.16
57 1941 2.24 127 1884 6.30
58 1963 2.24 128 1946 6.31
59 1974 2.33 129 1927 7.69
60 1891 2.41 130 1987 8.12
61 1894 2.51 131 1971 10.09
62 1949 2.55      
63 1943 2.57      
64 1890 2.59      
65 2006 2.62      
66 1903 2.64      
67 1930 2.70      
68 1979 2.74      
69 2012 2.75      
70 1907 2.79      
           
   
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1971 10.09 71 1894 2.51
2 1987 8.12 72 1891 2.41
3 1927 7.69 73 1974 2.33
4 1946 6.31 74 1963 2.24
5 1884 6.30 75 1941 2.24
6 1984 6.16 76 1921 2.23
7 1892 6.12 77 1909 2.18
8 1897 6.04 78 1905 2.17
9 1982 6.01 79 1916 2.16
10 1895 6.00 80 2010 2.14
11 2001 5.70 81 1920 2.14
12 1960 5.64 82 1925 2.00
13 1968 5.55 83 1898 1.96
14 1992 5.46 84 1966 1.96
15 1954 5.42 85 1983 1.92
16 1967 5.26 86 1933 1.92
17 2002 5.22 87 1901 1.88
18 1947 5.11 88 1996 1.87
19 1932 5.08 89 2003 1.83
20 1942 5.06 90 1976 1.82
21 1999 5.01 91 1882 1.74
22 1990 4.84 92 1952 1.67
23 1913 4.79 93 1928 1.67
24 1997 4.49 94 1988 1.65
25 1924 4.44 95 1956 1.63
26 1991 4.43 96 1972 1.61
27 1918 4.40 97 1915 1.61
28 1944 4.36 98 1939 1.57
29 1888 4.31 99 2004 1.49
30 1923 4.26 100 1931 1.46
31 1887 4.22 101 1889 1.43
32 1959 4.21 102 1970 1.41
33 1995 4.19 103 1964 1.41
34 1969 4.16 104 1957 1.38
35 1929 4.12 105 1965 1.37
36 1914 4.06 106 1951 1.34
37 1973 3.78 107 1980 1.32
38 1994 3.74 108 1977 1.30
39 1948 3.74 109 1885 1.26
40 1975 3.66 110 1900 1.22
41 1899 3.65 111 1986 1.21
42 1935 3.63 112 1938 1.18
43 1961 3.60 113 1893 1.09
44 2007 3.59 114 1934 1.06
45 1906 3.55 115 1958 0.97
46 2011 3.44 116 1962 0.80
47 1940 3.44 117 1886 0.79
48 1926 3.28 118 1989 0.74
49 1922 3.27 119 1955 0.66
50 1978 3.26 120 1910 0.59
51 1902 3.26 121 1945 0.58
52 1911 3.21 122 1904 0.55
53 2000 3.19 123 1950 0.53
54 1937 3.15 124 1912 0.49
55 1936 3.10 125 1985 0.40
56 1883 3.09 126 2005 0.39
57 2008 3.08 127 1917 0.36
58 1998 3.04 128 1896 0.33
59 1953 3.02 129 1981 0.27
60 2009 2.87 130 1919 0.15
61 1993 2.87 131 1908 0.09
62 1907 2.79      
63 2012 2.75      
64 1979 2.74      
65 1930 2.70      
66 1903 2.64      
67 2006 2.62      
68 1890 2.59      
69 1943 2.57      
70 1949 2.55      
           

 

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Updated: January 9, 2013

 

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