Fort Smith, Arkansas Climatological Records

Frost/Freeze

Record and Mean Dates of Last Occurrence in Spring and First Occurrence in Fall

For the Period January 1901 through April 2013

 

Temperature (°F)

Mean Last Occurrence Spring

 Mean First Occurrence Fall Mean Days between Occurrence
32° Frost/Light Freeze March 26th November 5th 223
28° Hard Freeze March 14th November 17th 247
24° Killing Freeze February 27
 December 1st
277

 

  Record Last Occurrence in Spring           Record First Occurrence in Fall
Temperature (°F) Earliest Latest   Earliest Latest
32° Frost/Light Freeze   23 Feb 1907
   28 Apr 1924
     8 Oct 1952   2 Dec 1931
28° Hard Freeze     8 Feb 1907
 28 Apr 1924
   18 Oct 1948 26 Dec 1933
24° Killing Freeze 15 Jan 1999, 1931

  8 Apr 2007

   29 Oct 1952

  3 Feb 1922
 

 

Record Number of Days Between First and Last Occurrences
Temperature (°F)      Spring

Fewest Number of Days

 Fall       Spring Greatest Number of Days Fall
32° Frost/Light Freeze     9 Apr 2000
 163 9 Oct 2000    28 Feb 1905
 273 29 Nov 1905
28° Hard Freeze   11 Apr 1989
 182 20 Oct 1989   23 Feb 1921
 297 18 Dec 1921
24° Killing Freeze   4 Apr 1987
 220 11 Nov 1987
   15 Jan 1931
 379 30 Jan 1932

 

Updated: May 6, 2013

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