Canada · 1991–2020 normal

Fort Smith in
February.

Typical February weather in Fort Smith: -13.6°C by day, -24.4°C at night, 14 mm of rain over 4.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-13.6°C
Typical low-24.4°C
Rain14 mm
Wet days4.8

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 84). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 00 from latitude 60.00°.

Event window

Long northern nights in February

At 60.0° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 00. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -24.4°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in February

The measured night-time normal is -24.4°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 · 17 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.