Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Fort Smith in
December.
Typical December weather in Fort Smith: -14.8°C by day, -22.5°C at night, 18 mm of rain over 6.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-14.8°C
Typical low-22.5°C
Rain18 mm
Wet days6.2
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 84). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 55 from latitude 60.00°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 60.0° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 55. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -22.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -22.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5955954
- NOAA station
- CA002202202 · FORT SMITH CLIMATE
- Station distance
- 4.1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 18 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.