Fayetteville Snow Climatology

Fayetteville, Arkansas
Snowfall Normals (1981-2010), Totals (1949-Present),
and All-Time Records by Month, Year, and Season

Data is for Drake Field. Snowfall data includes amounts recorded for both snow and ice pellets (sleet). Hail was included in the official totals in years before 1956 and again from 1989 to the present, but for the purpose of this data has been removed from the totals.

Fayetteville Drake Field Snowfall
Normals	Max Months	Max/Min Years	Max/Min Seasons	Christmas
Snowfall Totals by Month and Year
Snowfall Totals by Month and Season
Snowfall Rankings by Month for All Years

Fayetteville, AR - Snowfall Normals by Month and Year (1991-2020)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Normal 1.5 2.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 6.5

Fayetteville, AR - Highest Monthly Snowfall **

 Rank October    November    December     January     February       March       April       May
   1  0.3/1999   8.0/1976    7.0/2013    14.0/1977    18.8/2011    15.0/1968    1.0/1957  0.5/2013
   2    T/2019   4.4/1951    6.0/2009    13.1/1996    12.0/1978    12.0/2010    0.2/1971     -
   3    T/1996   4.0/1980    6.0/2000    11.5/1978    10.6/2022    10.2/1970     T /2021     -
   4    T/1994   4.0/1975    5.0/2002    11.3/1979    10.6/1960    10.0/1999     T /2020     -
   5    T/1991   4.0/1971    5.0/1984     9.0/2023     9.9/2003     7.0/1989     T /2019     -
   6    T/1989   2.9/2022    5.0/1969     8.7/1997     8.0/2010     6.9/1960     T /2018     -
   7    T/1957   2.7/1995    4.6/1950     8.3/2000     8.0/1975     6.7/1965     T /2013     -
   8    -        2.3/1952    4.1/1990     7.0/2010     7.0/1980     5.5/1967     T /1996     -
   9    -        2.0/1993    4.0/1983     7.0/1988     7.0/1967     5.4/1964     T /1995     -
  10    -        2.0/1972    4.0/1975     7.0/1955     6.9/2021     4.2/1958     T /1994     -
  10             2.0/1958    4.0/1963     7.0/1954                                       
  10                         4.0/1958                                            More years

    ** Snow has never occurred in Fayetteville during the months of June, July, August, or September.
        Records began August 1949.

Fayetteville, AR - Maximum and Minimum Snowfall by Year

                       Rank       Maximum     Year         Minimum   Year
             1           27.0       2010           0.0     2008
             2           23.5       1978           0.0     1998
             3           20.5       1960           0.2     2001
             4           20.4       2011           0.3     2018
             5           20.1       2022           0.3     2016
             6           17.3       1979           0.5     2007
             7           16.5       1970           1.1     2017
             8           16.1       1996           1.4     2012
             9           16.1       1975           1.4     1974
            10           15.5       1968           1.5     2004

            Records began August 1949.

Fayetteville, AR - Maximum and Minimum Snowfall by Season

             Rank         Maximum Season       Minimum Season
            1           33.0   2009-10        0.0   2006-07
            2           23.5   1977-78         T    2015-16
            3           22.0   1976-77        0.3   1962-63
            4           21.7   1969-70        0.4   2017-18
            5           20.5   1959-60        0.5   2007-08
            6           20.3   2010-11        0.6   2019-20
            7           18.1   1995-96        0.6   1949-50
            8           17.9   2013-14        0.8   2011-12
            9           17.3   1978-79        1.0   2016-17
           10           16.4   2021-22        1.0   2008-09, 1956-57

           Records began August 1949.

Fayetteville, AR - Snowfall Totals by Month and Year
Fayetteville, AR - Snowfall Totals by Month and Season
Fayetteville, AR - Snowfall Rankings by Month - All Years

Updated: November 25, 2024