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Fayetteville, Arkansas Climatology

Fayetteville, AR - Drake Field

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Annual

Average High Temperature

 

46.4

51.1

60.1

69.0

76.1

83.6

88.6

89.1

80.5

70.0

58.8

48.0

68.5

Average Low Temperature

 

24.8

28.3

36.2

44.7

54.0

62.2

66.6

65.1

56.6

45.5

36.1

26.9

45.7

Average Mean Temperature

 

35.6

39.7

48.1

56.8

65.1

72.9

77.6

77.1

68.5

57.7

47.4

37.5

57.1

Record High Temperature

 

77

87

89

93

93

101

110

110

103

96

83

78

110

Record Low Temperature

 

-15

-20

0

17

29

41

45

45

31

17

4

-14

-20

Average Days Above 90 Degrees

 

0

0

0

0.1

0.1

3.0

12.9

15.0

2.8

0

0

0

33.8

Average Days Below 32 Degrees

 

23.7

18.7

11.9

2.8

0.1

0

0

0

0

2.8

12.0

22.0

94.0

Average Rainfall

 

2.84

2.81

3.95

4.57

6.04

4.98

3.46

3.24

4.82

4.33

4.23

3.24

48.51

Record Rainfall

 

9.17

1998

8.60

1990

10.05

2008

15.28

2011

13.39

1957

14.42

2000

12.03

1960

9.12

1964

14.96

1986

12.07

2019

9.65

1996

10.95

2015

75.01

1990

Record Least Rainfall

 

0.10

1986

0.22

1996

0.58

2001

0.14

1989

1.05

2012

0.18

1953

0.26

1964

0.02

2010

0.40

1952

0.03

1963

0.35

2007

0.26

1955

21.03

1963

Average Snowfall

 

2.3

1.6

1.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

T

0.2

1.5

7.0

Average Heating Degree Days

 

911

709

526

269

84

8

0

1

51

248

529

854

4190

Average Cooling Degree Days

 

0

0

4

24

85

245

391

376

158

23

2

0

1308

*Average Date Of 32 Degrees:

 

Last: April 18

First: October 15

Freezing Temperature:

 

Latest Recorded: May 12, 1960

Earliest Recorded: September 24, 1989

Station Information

 

Elevation: 1251 ft / Latitude: 36 00N / Longitude: 94 10W

Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and Rainfall/Snowfall totals are reported in inches.
* Averages are for the period 1961-1990.

Records are for the period August 1949 - Present. Averages are for the period 1981-2010.

 

Updated: March 23, 2021