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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

 

Average Winter (December, January, February) Temperatures for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All temperatures in °F

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

 

Warmest Winter was 43.2 recorded in 2022-23

Coldest Winter was 30.7 recorded in 1977-78

Difference between the warmest and coldest Winter was 12.5

 

Coldest Winter      Warmest Winter
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1977-78 30.7 41 1959-60 38.4
2 1978-79 31.4 42 2008-09 38.6
3 1983-84 32.6 43 1990-91 38.7
4 1976-77 33.1 44 1964-65 38.7
5 2013-14 33.2 45 2001-02 38.8
6 2009-10 33.5 46 1974-75 38.8
7 2000-01 34.1 47 1954-55 38.9
8 1963-64 34.5 48 2018-19 39.2
9 1962-63 34.5 49 1973-74 39.0
10 1981-82 34.8 50 2024-25 39.3
11 1969-70 35.0 51 1996-97 39.4
12 1984-85 35.5 52 1989-90 39.4
13 2010-11 35.6 53 1986-87 39.4
14 1972-73 35.9 54 2012-13 39.8
15 1958-59 36.1 55 1953-54 39.8
16 1967-68 36.2 56 2005-06 39.9
17 2014-15 36.3 57 1997-98 40.1
18 2002-03 36.3 58 1982-83 40.3
19 1987-88 36.3 59 1952-53 40.4
20 2020-21 36.6 60 1975-76 40.6
21 1960-61 36.9 61 2015-16 40.9
22 1950-51 37.0 62 1994-95 40.9
23 1985-86 37.3 63 1998-99 41.1
24 1965-66 37.4 64 1999-00 41.3
25 1955-56 37.6 65 1971-72 41.3
26 1957-58 37.7 66 2011-12 41.5
27 1966-67 37.8 67 2004-05 41.5
28 1961-62 37.8 68 1956-57 41.5
29 2017-18 37.9 69 2021-22 41.9
30 2006-07 37.9 70 1951-52 42.0
31 1995-96 37.9 71 2023-24 42.1
32 1993-94 37.9 72 1949-50 42.1
33 2003-04 38.0 73 2016-17 42.2
34 1968-69 38.0 74 2019-20 42.6
35 1979-80 38.1 75 1991-92 43.0
36 1992-93 38.2 76 2022-23 43.2
37 1980-81 38.2      
38 2007-08 38.3      
39 1988-89 38.4      
40 1970-71 38.4      
           
 
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 2022-23 43.2 41 1980-81 38.2
2 1991-92 43.0 42 1979-80 38.1
3 2019-20 42.6 43 2003-04 38.0
4 2016-17 42.2 44 1968-69 38.0
5 2023-24 42.1 45 2017-18 37.9
6 1949-50 42.1 46 2006-07 37.9
7 1951-52 42.0 47 1995-96 37.9
8 2021-22 41.9 48 1993-94 37.9
9 2011-12 41.5 49 1966-67 37.8
10 2004-05 41.5 50 1961-62 37.8
11 1956-57 41.5 51 1957-58 37.7
12 1999-00 41.3 52 1955-56 37.6
13 1971-72 41.3 53 1965-66 37.4
14 1998-99 41.1 54 1985-86 37.3
15 2015-16 40.9 55 1950-51 37.0
16 1994-95 40.9 56 1960-61 36.9
17 1975-76 40.6 57 2020-21 36.6
18 1952-53 40.4 58 2014-15 36.3
19 1982-83 40.3 59 2002-03 36.3
20 1997-98 40.1 60 1987-88 36.3
21 2005-06 39.9 61 1967-68 36.2
22 2012-13 39.8 62 1958-59 36.1
23 1953-54 39.8 63 1972-73 35.9
24 1996-97 39.4 64 2010-11 35.6
25 1989-90 39.4 65 1984-85 35.5
26 1986-87 39.4 66 1969-70 35.0
27 2024-25 39.3 67 1981-82 34.8
28 2018-19 39.2 68 1963-64 34.5
29 1973-74 39.0 69 1962-63 34.5
30 1954-55 38.9 70 2000-01 34.1
31 2001-02 38.8 71 2009-10 33.5
32 1974-75 38.8 72 2013-14 33.2
33 1990-91 38.7 73 1976-77 33.1
34 1964-65 38.7 74 1983-84 32.6
35 2008-09 38.6 75 1978-79 31.4
36 1988-89 38.4 76 1977-78 30.7
37 1970-71 38.4      
38 1959-60 38.4      
39 2007-08 38.3      
40 1992-93 38.2      
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: May 20, 2025