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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 >

 

February Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 75 year period of February 1950 through February 2024

 

Wettest February was 8.60 recorded in 1990

Driest February was 0.22 recorded in 1996

Difference between the wettest and driest February was 8.38

 

Driest February      Wettest February
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1996 0.22 36 1964 2.08
2 2016 0.64 37 1960 2.30
3 2006 0.66 38 1958 2.33
4 1991 0.78 39 1973 2.40
5 2014 0.84 40 1999 2.44
6 1983 0.89 41 1968 2.51
7 2021 0.97 42 2013 2.82
8 1954 0.97 43 1998 2.85
9 2002 0.98 44 1971 2.86
10 1995 0.98 45 2003 2.93
11 2017 1.11 46 1986 3.05
12 1953 1.13 47 2023 3.08
13 2024 1.17 48 1978 3.19
14 1980 1.18 49 1979 3.20
15 2004 1.19 50 1974 3.20
16 1982 1.26 51 1952 3.20
17 1976 1.26 52 2019 3.26
18 1963 1.31 53 1965 3.28
19 1988 1.33 54 1981 3.33
20 1972 1.35 55 1950 3.46
21 1970 1.39 56 2020 3.47
22 1977 1.49 57 1994 3.49
23 2010 1.50 58 2011 3.70
24 1962 1.60 59 1984 3.78
25 1967 1.67 60 1985 3.91
26 2000 1.71 61 1957 4.01
27 1969 1.77 62 1987 4.05
28 2012 1.79 63 2008 4.13
29 1959 1.83 64 1956 4.25
30 1992 1.87 65 2022 4.47
31 2015 1.95 66 1975 4.49
32 1961 1.96 67 1955 4.60
33 2009 2.01 68 1993 5.23
34 2007 2.03 69 1989 5.59
35 2005 2.05 70 1997 6.04
      71 2001 6.36
      72 1966 6.74
      73 2018 7.91
      74 1951 8.00
      75 1990 8.60
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1990 8.60 36 1999 2.44
2 1951 8.00 37 1973 2.40
3 2018 7.91 38 1958 2.33
4 1966 6.74 39 1960 2.30
5 2001 6.36 40 1964 2.08
6 1997 6.04 41 2005 2.05
7 1989 5.59 42 2007 2.03
8 1993 5.23 43 2009 2.01
9 1955 4.60 44 1961 1.96
10 1975 4.49 45 2015 1.95
11 2022 4.47 46 1992 1.87
12 1956 4.25 47 1959 1.83
13 2008 4.13 48 2012 1.79
14 1987 4.05 49 1969 1.77
15 1957 4.01 50 2000 1.71
16 1985 3.91 51 1967 1.67
17 1984 3.78 52 1962 1.60
18 2011 3.70 53 2010 1.50
19 1994 3.49 54 1977 1.49
20 2020 3.47 55 1970 1.39
21 1950 3.46 56 1972 1.35
22 1981 3.33 57 1988 1.33
23 1965 3.28 58 1963 1.31
24 2019 3.26 59 1982 1.26
25 1979 3.20 60 1976 1.26
26 1974 3.20 61 2004 1.19
27 1952 3.20 62 1980 1.18
28 1978 3.19 63 2024 1.17
29 2023 3.08 64 1953 1.13
30 1986 3.05 65 2017 1.11
31 2003 2.93 66 2002 0.98
32 1971 2.86 67 1995 0.98
33 1998 2.85 68 2021 0.97
34 2013 2.82 69 1954 0.97
35 1968 2.51 70 1983 0.89
      71 2014 0.84
      72 1991 0.78
      73 2006 0.66
      74 2016 0.64
      75 1996 0.22
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

 

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Updated: March 19, 2024