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

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 76-year period of Winter 1949-50 through Winter 2024-25

 

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 41 1972-73 7.96
2 2005-06 2.86 42 1961-62 7.96
3 1962-63 3.50 43 2002-03 8.04
4 1979-80 3.82 44 2007-08 8.23
5 1963-64 3.95 45 1996-97 8.45
6 1952-53 4.35 46 1999-00 8.62
7 1976-77 4.41 47 2006-07 8.68
8 1957-58 4.60 48 2012-13 8.70
9 2008-09 5.00 49 2004-05 8.78
10 2016-17 5.33 50 1973-74 8.83
11 1975-76 5.39 51 1971-72 8.86
12 2010-11 5.45 52 1990-91 9.10
13 2014-15 5.70 53 1994-95 9.11
14 2009-10 5.79 54 2001-02 9.41
15 1953-54 5.81 55 1974-75 9.74
16 1951-52 5.99 56 2022-23 9.92
17 2020-21 6.16 57 1956-57 10.04
18 1985-86 6.18 58 1987-88 10.13
19 2003-04 6.19 59 2018-19 10.19
20 2023-24 6.23 60 1967-68 10.17
21 1983-84 6.33 61 2019-20 10.30
22 2024-25 6.35 62 1968-69 10.41
23 1955-56 6.42 63 1950-51 10.92
24 1977-78 6.49 64 2021-22 11.25
25 2013-14 6.58 65 1982-83 11.29
26 1991-92 6.58 66 2017-18 11.53
27 1966-67 6.88 67 2000-01 11.78
28 1969-70 6.89 68 1954-55 11.95
29 1980-81 6.91 69 1988-89 12.09
30 1959-60 7.04 70 2015-16 12.10
31 1998-99 7.07 71 1984-85 12.64
32 1993-94 7.10 72 1949-50 12.73
33 1970-71 7.30 73 1965-66 13.95
34 2011-12 7.36 74 1992-93 14.11
35 1995-96 7.44 75 1989-90 15.13
36 1978-79 7.45 76 1997-98 15.58
37 1960-61 7.73      
38 1964-65 7.78      
39 1986-87 7.80      
40 1981-82 7.82      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1997-98 15.58 41 1978-79 7.45
2 1989-90 15.13 42 1995-96 7.44
3 1992-93 14.11 43 2011-12 7.36
4 1965-66 13.95 44 1970-71 7.30
5 1949-50 12.73 45 1993-94 7.10
6 1984-85 12.64 46 1998-99 7.07
7 2015-16 12.10 47 1959-60 7.04
8 1988-89 12.09 48 1980-81 6.91
9 1954-55 11.95 49 1969-70 6.89
10 2000-01 11.78 50 1966-67 6.88
11 2017-18 11.53 51 2013-14 6.58
12 1982-83 11.29 52 1991-92 6.58
13 2021-22 11.25 53 1977-78 6.49
14 1950-51 10.92 54 1955-56 6.42
15 1968-69 10.41 55 2024-25 6.35
16 2019-20 10.30 56 1983-84 6.33
17 2018-19 10.19 57 2023-24 6.23
18 1967-68 10.17 58 2003-04 6.19
19 1987-88 10.13 59 1985-86 6.18
20 1956-57 10.04 60 2020-21 6.16
21 2022-23 9.92 61 1951-52 5.99
22 1974-75 9.74 62 1953-54 5.81
23 2001-02 9.41 63 2009-10 5.79
24 1994-95 9.11 64 2014-15 5.70
25 1990-91 9.10 65 2010-11 5.45
26 1971-72 8.86 66 1975-76 5.39
27 1973-74 8.83 67 2016-17 5.33
28 2004-05 8.78 68 2008-09 5.00
29 2012-13 8.70 69 1957-58 4.60
30 2006-07 8.68 70 1976-77 4.41
31 1999-00 8.62 71 1952-53 4.35
32 1996-97 8.45 72 1963-64 3.95
33 2007-08 8.23 73 1979-80 3.82
34 2002-03 8.04 74 1962-63 3.50
35 1972-73 7.96 75 2005-06 2.86
36 1961-62 7.96 76 1958-59 2.84
37 1981-82 7.82      
38 1986-87 7.80      
39 1964-65 7.78      
40 1960-61 7.73      
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: May 20, 2025