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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 >

 

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 75 year period of Winter 1949-50 through Winter 2023-24

 

Wettest Winter was 15.58 recorded in 1997-98

Driest Winter was 2.84 recorded in 1958-59

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 12.74

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1958-59 2.84 36 1960-61 7.73
2 2005-06 2.86 37 1964-65 7.78
3 1962-63 3.50 38 1986-87 7.80
4 1979-80 3.82 39 1981-82 7.82
5 1963-64 3.95 40 1972-73 7.96
6 1952-53 4.35 41 1961-62 7.96
7 1976-77 4.41 42 2002-03 8.04
8 1957-58 4.60 43 2007-08 8.23
9 2008-09 5.00 44 1996-97 8.45
10 2016-17 5.33 45 1999-00 8.62
11 1975-76 5.39 46 2006-07 8.68
12 2010-11 5.45 47 2012-13 8.70
13 2014-15 5.70 48 2004-05 8.78
14 2009-10 5.79 49 1973-74 8.83
15 1953-54 5.81 50 1971-72 8.86
16 1951-52 5.99 51 1990-91 9.10
17 2020-21 6.16 52 1994-95 9.11
18 1985-86 6.18 53 2001-02 9.41
19 2003-04 6.19 54 1974-75 9.74
20 2023-24 6.23 55 2022-23 9.92
21 1983-84 6.33 56 1956-57 10.04
22 1955-56 6.42 57 1987-88 10.13
23 1977-78 6.49 58 2018-19 10.19
24 2013-14 6.58 59 1967-68 10.17
25 1991-92 6.58 60 2019-20 10.30
26 1966-67 6.88 61 1968-69 10.41
27 1969-70 6.89 62 1950-51 10.92
28 1980-81 6.91 63 2021-22 11.25
29 1959-60 7.04 64 1982-83 11.29
30 1998-99 7.07 65 2017-18 11.53
31 1993-94 7.10 66 2000-01 11.78
32 1970-71 7.30 67 1954-55 11.95
33 2011-12 7.36 68 1988-89 12.09
34 1995-96 7.44 69 2015-16 12.10
35 1978-79 7.45 70 1984-85 12.64
      71 1949-50 12.73
      72 1965-66 13.95
      73 1992-93 14.11
      74 1989-90 15.13
      75 1997-98 15.58
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1997-98 15.58 36 1961-62 7.96
2 1989-90 15.13 37 1981-82 7.82
3 1992-93 14.11 38 1986-87 7.80
4 1965-66 13.95 39 1964-65 7.78
5 1949-50 12.73 40 1960-61 7.73
6 1984-85 12.64 41 1978-79 7.45
7 2015-16 12.10 42 1995-96 7.44
8 1988-89 12.09 43 2011-12 7.36
9 1954-55 11.95 44 1970-71 7.30
10 2000-01 11.78 45 1993-94 7.10
11 2017-18 11.53 46 1998-99 7.07
12 1982-83 11.29 47 1959-60 7.04
13 2021-22 11.25 48 1980-81 6.91
14 1950-51 10.92 49 1969-70 6.89
15 1968-69 10.41 50 1966-67 6.88
16 2019-20 10.30 51 2013-14 6.58
17 2018-19 10.19 52 1991-92 6.58
18 1967-68 10.17 53 1977-78 6.49
19 1987-88 10.13 54 1955-56 6.42
20 1956-57 10.04 55 1983-84 6.33
21 2022-23 9.92 56 2023-24 6.23
22 1974-75 9.74 57 2003-04 6.19
23 2001-02 9.41 58 1985-86 6.18
24 1994-95 9.11 59 2020-21 6.16
25 1990-91 9.10 60 1951-52 5.99
26 1971-72 8.86 61 1953-54 5.81
27 1973-74 8.83 62 2009-10 5.79
28 2004-05 8.78 63 2014-15 5.70
29 2012-13 8.70 64 2010-11 5.45
30 2006-07 8.68 65 1975-76 5.39
31 1999-00 8.62 66 2016-17 5.33
32 1996-97 8.45 67 2008-09 5.00
33 2007-08 8.23 68 1957-58 4.60
34 2002-03 8.04 69 1976-77 4.41
35 1972-73 7.96 70 1952-53 4.35
      71 1963-64 3.95
      72 1979-80 3.82
      73 1962-63 3.50
      74 2005-06 2.86
      75 1958-59 2.84
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: August 11, 2024