Temperature
75 F at 9 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 72F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fort Smith Regional Airport, Arkansas
Medium airport in Sebastian County, Arkansas74°
88°/71°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 74°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 88° today.
Now. Fort Smith Regional Airport is 74° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
82%Humidity
47%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
74feels74
18%
13mph
Today
Oct 15
8871
77%
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6553
38%
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6744
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7041
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8149
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8453
overcast
74°
88°71°
65°53°
67°44°
70°41°
75°45°
81°49°
84°53°
As of 10:00 PM in Fort Smith Regional Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Fort Smith Regional Airport
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Roland (OK), 13 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good9.9 mi
- Ozone23Good25 ppb9.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb9.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Smith Regional Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 39%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Smith Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FSM
- ICAO
- KFSM
- IATA
- FSM
- Field elevation
- 469 ft
- Serves
- Fort Smith
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FSM
- Wind now
- From 300° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 81° / 261° | 11 mph head, on 25 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Smith Muni (FSM), Fort Smith Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 2 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 9 PM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 PM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 5 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.22 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Smith Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fort Smith Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/463 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-540 Fort SmithARD21
Beside a road/5.8 mi away/413 ft/56 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BoonevilleBNVA4
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.8 mi away/479 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Smith 1.3 SSEAR-SB-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/493 ft/24 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AbbottABBA4
At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/660 ft/191 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Abbott (ABBA4), 20.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arkansas
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fort Smith Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fort Smith Regional Airport
- Drake FieldFYV, 47 mi
- Mena Intermountain Municipal AirportMEZ, 55 mi
- Smith FieldSLG, 59 mi
- Springdale Municipal AirportASG, 60 mi
- Northwest Arkansas National AirportXNA, 65 mi
- Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden FieldVBT, 70 mi
- Russellville Regional AirportRUE, 72 mi
- Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter FieldROG, 73 mi