Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Fort Smith in
January.
Typical January weather in Fort Smith: -17°C by day, -25.3°C at night, 23 mm of rain over 7.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-17°C
Typical low-25.3°C
Rain23 mm
Wet days7.4
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 84). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 39 from latitude 60.00°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 60.0° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 39. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -25.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -25.3°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.