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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected from the Upper Ohio Valley into the southern Mid-Atlantic today and portions of the central Appalachians and Carolinas on Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will bring a flash flooding threat to the Desert Southwest. Sweltering heat persists from the Plains to the southern Mid-Atlantic through tonight. Read More >

 

October Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 77-year period of October 1949 through October 2025

 

Wettest October was 12.07 recorded in 2019

Driest October was 0.03 recorded in 1963

Difference between the wettest and driest October was 12.04

 

Driest October      Wettest October
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1963 0.03 41 1979 3.48
2 1964 0.25 42 2003 3.63
3 1952 0.55 43 1974 3.85
4 1965 0.57 44 2017 3.86
5 1955 0.57 45 1983 4.07
6 1977 0.74 46 2011 4.11
7 1989 0.75 47 1996 4.41
8 1978 0.76 48 1980 4.46
9 1975 1.15 49 1997 4.53
10 1966 1.18 50 2007 4.64
11 1958 1.21 51 1994 4.72
12 1950 1.34 52 1949 4.89
13 2024 1.37 53 1993 5.21
14 1957 1.37 54 1986 5.36
15 1992 1.59 55 1962 5.45
16 2005 1.81 56 1951 5.51
17 1968 1.85 57 2004 5.53
18 2015 1.90 58 2013 5.55
19 2010 2.07 59 1985 5.66
20 1956 2.10 60 1972 5.71
21 1988 2.13 61 1990 5.79
22 2008 2.38 62 1973 5.81
23 1995 2.40 63 1998 5.85
24 1961 2.48 64 2021 6.10
25 1971 2.63 65 2001 6.16
26 2002 2.64 66 1981 6.35
27 1953 2.78 67 1959 6.40
28 1999 2.80 68 1954 6.48
29 2025 2.89 69 2020 6.80
30 2016 2.97 70 2014 7.23
31 2012 2.98 71 1969 7.81
32 1982 3.07 72 1991 8.19
33 1976 3.11 73 1967 8.54
34 2000 3.13 74 1970 9.60
35 2022 3.21 75 1984 10.52
36 2006 3.21 76 2009 10.69
37 1960 3.21 77 2019 12.07
38 2018 3.25      
39 1987 3.37      
40 2023 3.47      
           
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2019 12.07 41 2022 3.21
2 2009 10.69 42 2006 3.21
3 1984 10.52 43 1960 3.21
4 1970 9.60 44 2000 3.13
5 1967 8.54 45 1976 3.11
6 1991 8.19 46 1982 3.07
7 1969 7.81 47 2012 2.98
8 2014 7.23 48 2016 2.97
9 2020 6.80 49 2025 2.89
10 1954 6.48 50 1999 2.80
11 1959 6.40 51 1953 2.78
12 1981 6.35 52 2002 2.64
13 2001 6.16 53 1971 2.63
14 2021 6.10 54 1961 2.48
15 1998 5.85 55 1995 2.40
16 1973 5.81 56 2008 2.38
17 1990 5.79 57 1988 2.13
18 1972 5.71 58 1956 2.10
19 1985 5.66 59 2010 2.07
20 2013 5.55 60 2015 1.90
21 2004 5.53 61 1968 1.85
22 1951 5.51 62 2005 1.81
23 1962 5.45 63 1992 1.59
24 1986 5.36 64 2024 1.37
25 1993 5.21 65 1957 1.37
26 1949 4.89 66 1950 1.34
27 1994 4.72 67 1958 1.21
28 2007 4.64 68 1966 1.18
29 1997 4.53 69 1975 1.15
30 1980 4.46 70 1978 0.76
31 1996 4.41 71 1989 0.75
32 2011 4.11 72 1977 0.74
33 1983 4.07 73 1965 0.57
34 2017 3.86 74 1955 0.57
35 1974 3.85 75 1952 0.55
36 2003 3.63 76 1964 0.25
37 1979 3.48 77 1963 0.03
38 2023 3.47      
39 1987 3.37      
40 2018 3.25      
           
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

 

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Updated: November 10, 2025