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Fayetteville, Arkansas
Christmas Day Records

Last White Christmas* (at least 1" of snow on the ground) - 2009** (previous - 1990, 1983, 1975, 1966, 1963)

Last Christmas with measurable snowfall was 1975 - 4.0" of snow

Highest Maximum Temperatures
	Year	High
1	2021	73
2	1955	72
3	1971	71
4	2019	69
5	2016	67
6	2015	65
7	1950	65
8	1960	63
9	1963	62
10	1954	62

Lowest Minimum Temperatures
	Year	Low
1	1983	-8
2	1980	7
3	2002	8
4	1985	8
5	2022	9
6	2001	12
7	1998	12
8	1996	12
9	2020	13
10	1970	13

Lowest Maximum Temperatures
	Year	High
1	1983	7
2	1985	20
3	2009	26
4	1980	27
5	1952	28
6	2000	30
7	1995	30
8	2012	32
9	2002	33
10	1975	33
10	1970	33

Highest Minimum Temperatures
	Year	Low
1	2016	56
2	1971	51
3	2019	49
4	2021	43
5	1957	43
6	1959	42
7	1949	41
8	1955	40
9	1954	38
10	1982	36

Highest Mean Temperatures
	Year	Mean	High	Low
1	2016	62	67	56
2	1971	61	71	51
3	2019	59	69	49
4	2021	58	73	43
5	1955	56	72	40
6	2015	50	65	35
7	1959	50	57	42
8	1954	50	62	38
9	1957	47	51	43
10	1950	47	65	28

Lowest Mean Temperatures
	Year	Mean	High	Low
1	1983	0	7	-8
2	1985	14	20	8
3	1980	17	27	7
4	2002	21	33	8
5	2009	22	26	17
6	2001	23	34	12
7	1970	23	33	13
8	1998	24	36	12
9	1977	25	34	15
10	1952	25	28	22

Maximum Precipitation
	Year	Precip	Snow
1	1987	2.16	0.0
2	1949	0.79	0.0
3	1975	0.51	4.0
4	2016	0.34	0.0
5	1957	0.26	0.0
6	1992	0.21	0.0
7	1964	0.13	0.0
8	2006	0.07	0.0
9	2000	0.04	0.0
10	2010	0.01	Trace
10	2009	0.01	missing

Maximum Snowfall
	Year	Snow	Precip
1	1975	4.0	0.51
2	1952	Trace	Trace
3	1962	Trace	Trace
4	1972	Trace	Trace
5	1985	Trace	Trace
6	1989	Trace	Trace
7	1993	Trace	Trace
8	2010	Trace	Trace
9	2012	Trace	Trace
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Temperature, Precipitation, and Snow records since December 1949
*Snow on the ground measurements are not available from 1997- 2009. It is very likely that 2002 was also a White Christmas based on the snowfall that occurred on 12/24/2002.
**The Christmas Eve Winter Storm in 2009 produced 2"-6" across northwest Arkansas. While an official 6am snow depth reading was not available, there was likely at least 1" of snow on the ground Christmas morning in Fayetteville.

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Updated: December 7, 2023

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