Fort Smith Regional (Ebbing Field Air National Guard Field)

KFSM · Arkansas, United States

Climate Fort Smith Regional (Ebbing Field Air National Guard Field) 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Smith Regional (Ebbing Field Air National Guard Field) (KFSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 63 65 80 74 57
February 69.4 80 69 69 60 71
March 80.3 88 70 83 88 69
April 82.0 84 81 85 77
May 85.1 84 78 76 86
June 91.3 94 90 83 97
July 93.8 91 98 90 95
August 91.8 96 92 96 92
September 90.0 92 97 98 73
October 80.2 77 89 81 75
November 75.9 56 73 93 85
December 75.1 73 48 84 79
Average 82.0 77.3 80.2 83.1 84.3 80.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.1 78 84 92 95 82
February 87.1 93 92 84 80 92
March 93.2 98 86 93 94 88
April 93.0 97 92 93 89
May 95.6 95 93 95 96
June 96.0 96 96 95 99
July 97.0 94 99 96 98
August 95.9 99 97 99 96
September 96.2 95 100 100 87
October 91.6 90 96 94 90
November 87.1 63 88 97 98
December 91.9 98 76 95 97
Average 92.5 90.1 91.1 92.9 94.4 92.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 8 14 11 11 12
February 14.4 20 16 13 7 13
March 19.6 21 19 19 21 21
April 22.9 23 23 22 22
May 27.4 28 28 25 26
June 32.0 33 33 31 32
July 34.3 35 38 33 34
August 33.2 36 35 34 32
September 31.2 32 32 33 28
October 24.1 25 25 25 23
November 17.5 18 17 18 20
December 13.6 14 12 19 12
Average 22.5 16.0 24.2 24.1 23.3 22.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.2 -2 3 -2 1 3
February 2.7 6 5 -1 -2 3
March 7.5 9 8 5 8 10
April 10.6 11 12 10 10
May 16.6 17 18 15 15
June 21.1 21 21 21 21
July 23.5 24 25 23 24
August 22.7 24 23 23 21
September 19.4 20 18 19 18
October 12.2 13 12 14 11
November 4.6 0 7 5 7
December 3.5 4 5 7 1
Average 11.1 4.1 12.3 12.1 12.1 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 14 8 7 7 8
February 9.8 11 12 7 11 7
March 5.9 5 7 7 5 13
April 5.4 4 5 7 4
May 4.3 4 5 7 7
June 3.3 2 5 5 4
July 2.2 3 2 3 2
August 4.4 3 5 2 8
September 3.1 5 0 0 9
October 7.5 6 7 7 8
November 4.9 6 7 3 3
December 5.6 4 8 3 13
Average 5.7 9.9 5.1 5.2 4.8 6.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 8 8 8 8 7
February 7.6 7 7 7 8 8
March 8.2 8 8 8 8 8
April 8.0 7 9 8 7
May 6.8 6 8 7 8
June 5.9 5 6 6 6
July 5.4 5 6 5 6
August 5.4 5 6 5 5
September 5.4 5 6 6 5
October 6.6 7 7 7 6
November 6.5 4 7 6 7
December 7.2 7 8 7 7
Average 6.8 7.5 6.3 6.9 6.6 6.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 339° 276° 322° 319° 041°
February 277° 266° 285° 012° 327°
March 217° 041° 256° 158° 102°
April 267° 119° 299° 332°
May 088° 137° 097° 064°
June 084° 104° 146° 157°
July 232° 157° 118° 147°
August 046° 092° 126° 064°
September 077° 056° 070° 071°
October 307° 262° 262° 060°
November 047° 058° 050° 086°
December 301° 360° 270° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.