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

All temperatures in °F

For the 77-year period of Winter 1949-50 through Winter 2025-26

 

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 2025-26 42.9
36 1992-93 38.2 76 1991-92 43.0
37 1980-81 38.2 77 2022-23 43.2
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 1992-93 38.2
2 1991-92 43.0 42 1980-81 38.2
3 2025-26 42.9 43 1979-80 38.1
4 2019-20 42.6 44 2003-04 38.0
5 2016-17 42.2 45 1968-69 38.0
6 2023-24 42.1 46 2017-18 37.9
7 1949-50 42.1 47 2006-07 37.9
8 1951-52 42.0 48 1995-96 37.9
9 2021-22 41.9 49 1993-94 37.9
10 2011-12 41.5 50 1966-67 37.8
11 2004-05 41.5 51 1961-62 37.8
12 1956-57 41.5 52 1957-58 37.7
13 1999-00 41.3 53 1955-56 37.6
14 1971-72 41.3 54 1965-66 37.4
15 1998-99 41.1 55 1985-86 37.3
16 2015-16 40.9 56 1950-51 37.0
17 1994-95 40.9 57 1960-61 36.9
18 1975-76 40.6 58 2020-21 36.6
19 1952-53 40.4 59 2014-15 36.3
20 1982-83 40.3 60 2002-03 36.3
21 1997-98 40.1 61 1987-88 36.3
22 2005-06 39.9 62 1967-68 36.2
23 2012-13 39.8 63 1958-59 36.1
24 1953-54 39.8 64 1972-73 35.9
25 1996-97 39.4 65 2010-11 35.6
26 1989-90 39.4 66 1984-85 35.5
27 1986-87 39.4 67 1969-70 35.0
28 2024-25 39.3 68 1981-82 34.8
29 2018-19 39.2 69 1963-64 34.5
30 1973-74 39.0 70 1962-63 34.5
31 1954-55 38.9 71 2000-01 34.1
32 2001-02 38.8 72 2009-10 33.5
33 1974-75 38.8 73 2013-14 33.2
34 1990-91 38.7 74 1976-77 33.1
35 1964-65 38.7 75 1983-84 32.6
36 2008-09 38.6 76 1978-79 31.4
37 1988-89 38.4 77 1977-78 30.7
38 1970-71 38.4      
39 1959-60 38.4      
40 2007-08 38.3      
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: March 18, 2026