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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

 

January Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 75 year period of January 1950 through January 2024

 

Wettest January was 9.17 recorded in 1998

Driest January was 0.10 recorded in 1986

Difference between the wettest and driest January was 9.07

 

Driest January      Wettest January
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1986 0.10 36 1953 1.88
2 2003 0.12 37 1956 1.91
3 2011 0.22 38 2004 1.96
4 1976 0.46 39 1968 2.10
5 2016 0.51 40 1967 2.26
6 1984 0.51 41 2021 2.30
7 1959 0.55 42 2017 2.39
8 1963 0.56 43 2001 2.42
9 2009 0.61 44 2000 2.42
10 1972 0.65 45 1962 2.43
11 1964 0.72 46 1951 2.44
12 1992 0.88 47 2012 2.50
13 1970 0.92 48 1975 2.57
14 1985 1.06 49 1954 2.60
15 1997 1.08 50 1965 2.62
16 2015 1.11 51 1999 2.77
17 1974 1.12 52 1991 2.80
18 1988 1.13 53 2024 2.97
19 1958 1.14 54 1971 3.00
20 1981 1.16 55 2013 3.03
21 1980 1.20 56 2010 3.18
22 1961 1.35 57 1987 3.22
23 1955 1.37 58 2019 3.27
24 2022 1.42 59 1989 3.29
25 2008 1.53 60 1957 3.29
26 1994 1.57 61 2023 3.40
27 2014 1.64 62 2002 3.57
28 2018 1.71 63 1993 3.69
29 1979 1.72 64 1969 3.89
30 2006 1.79 65 1996 4.25
31 1952 1.81 66 1966 4.31
32 1977 1.84 67 1973 4.35
33 1960 1.85 68 2007 4.62
34 1983 1.86 69 1995 5.46
35 1978 1.88 70 2020 5.50
      71 2005 5.54
      72 1982 5.80
      73 1990 6.19
      74 1950 6.25
      75 1998 9.17
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1998 9.17 36 1967 2.26
2 1950 6.25 37 1968 2.10
3 1990 6.19 38 2004 1.96
4 1982 5.80 39 1956 1.91
5 2005 5.54 40 1978 1.88
6 2020 5.50 41 1953 1.88
7 1995 5.46 42 1983 1.86
8 2007 4.62 43 1960 1.85
9 1973 4.35 44 1977 1.84
10 1966 4.31 45 1952 1.81
11 1996 4.25 46 2006 1.79
12 1969 3.89 47 1979 1.72
13 1993 3.69 48 2018 1.71
14 2002 3.57 49 2014 1.64
15 2023 3.40 50 1994 1.57
16 1989 3.29 51 2008 1.53
17 1957 3.29 52 2022 1.42
18 2019 3.27 53 1955 1.37
19 1987 3.22 54 1961 1.35
20 2010 3.18 55 1980 1.20
21 2013 3.03 56 1981 1.16
22 1971 3.00 57 1958 1.14
23 2024 2.97 58 1988 1.13
24 1991 2.80 59 1974 1.12
25 1999 2.77 60 2015 1.11
26 1965 2.62 61 1997 1.08
27 1954 2.60 62 1985 1.06
28 1975 2.57 63 1970 0.92
29 2012 2.50 64 1992 0.88
30 1951 2.44 65 1964 0.72
31 1962 2.43 66 1972 0.65
32 2001 2.42 67 2009 0.61
33 2000 2.42 68 1963 0.56
34 2017 2.39 69 1959 0.55
35 2021 2.30 70 2016 0.51
      71 1984 0.51
      72 1976 0.46
      73 2011 0.22
      74 2003 0.12
      75 1986 0.10
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

 

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Updated: February 19, 2024