Fort Smith, AR Weather Forecast
Sebastian County, Arkansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fort Smith, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Fort Smith, AR at a glance
Fort Smith is home to about 89,770 people in Sebastian County, across 64 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 115 places in Arkansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Barling, 6 miles away.
- County
- Sebastian County
- Population
- 89,770 2023 est.
- Land area
- 64 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,399
- Forecast point
- 35.3493°N, 94.3709°W
How well can the network see Fort Smith?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSRX (Fort Smith, AR), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 200 ft above Fort Smith. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Fort Smith show up clearly. Fort Smith is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFSM (Fort Smith Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fort Smith
- Barling, AR6 mi
- Van Buren, AR7 mi
- Pocola, OK9 mi
- Roland, OK9 mi
- Greenwood, AR10 mi
- Lavaca, AR11 mi
- Alma, AR13 mi
- Muldrow, OK13 mi
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