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Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

 

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