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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 >

 

September Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 76 year period of September 1949 through September 2024

 

Wettest September was 14.96 recorded in 1986

Driest September was 0.16 recorded in 2024

Difference between the wettest and driest September was 14.80

 

Driest September      Wettest September
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2024 0.16 41 1991 4.12
2 1952 0.40 42 1988 4.25
3 2004 0.56 43 1967 4.26
4 1979 0.75 44 1951 4.27
5 1956 0.91 45 1954 4.30
6 1983 1.09 46 1964 4.42
7 1994 1.12 47 1962 4.59
8 2022 1.28 48 1987 4.69
9 1953 1.32 49 1978 4.70
10 2002 1.39 50 1997 4.74
11 1960 1.43 51 1992 4.77
12 2017 1.50 52 1955 4.79
13 1966 1.51 53 1961 4.87
14 1976 1.57 54 1984 4.94
15 1963 1.61 55 1990 4.95
16 2015 1.75 56 1971 4.97
17 2021 1.93 57 1958 5.34
18 2018 2.05 58 1985 5.34
19 1981 2.06 59 2001 5.42
20 1982 2.14 60 2023 5.45
21 1989 2.22 61 2010 5.49
22 1950 2.44 62 1957 5.69
23 1965 2.45 63 2009 6.15
24 2020 2.49 64 1972 6.53
25 2007 2.60 65 1949 6.54
26 2016 2.64 66 1973 6.69
27 1969 2.68 67 1975 7.07
28 2012 2.75 68 2006 7.22
29 1999 2.99 69 1977 7.41
30 2003 3.01 70 2019 7.58
31 2014 3.58 71 1974 8.92
32 1998 3.61 72 2008 9.37
33 2005 3.61 73 1993 9.76
34 2011 3.63 74 1996 10.04
35 2013 3.66 75 1970 10.41
36 2000 3.78 76 1986 14.96
37 1995 3.88      
38 1968 3.95      
39 1959 3.97      
40 1980 4.08      
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1986 14.96 41 2000 3.78
2 1970 10.41 42 2013 3.66
3 1996 10.04 43 2011 3.63
4 1993 9.76 44 1998 3.61
5 2008 9.37 45 2005 3.61
6 1974 8.92 46 2014 3.58
7 2019 7.58 47 2003 3.01
8 1977 7.41 48 1999 2.99
9 2006 7.22 49 2012 2.75
10 1975 7.07 50 1969 2.68
11 1973 6.69 51 2016 2.64
12 1949 6.54 52 2007 2.60
13 1972 6.53 53 2020 2.49
14 2009 6.15 54 1965 2.45
15 1957 5.69 55 1950 2.44
16 2010 5.49 56 1989 2.22
17 2023 5.45 57 1982 2.14
18 2001 5.42 58 1981 2.06
19 1958 5.34 59 2018 2.05
20 1985 5.34 60 2021 1.93
21 1971 4.97 61 2015 1.75
22 1990 4.95 62 1963 1.61
23 1984 4.94 63 1976 1.57
24 1961 4.87 64 1966 1.51
25 1955 4.79 65 2017 1.50
26 1992 4.77 66 1960 1.43
27 1997 4.74 67 2002 1.39
28 1978 4.70 68 1953 1.32
29 1987 4.69 69 2022 1.28
30 1962 4.59 70 1994 1.12
31 1964 4.42 71 1983 1.09
32 1954 4.30 72 1956 0.91
33 1951 4.27 73 1979 0.75
34 1967 4.26 74 2004 0.56
35 1988 4.25 75 1952 0.40
36 1991 4.12 76 2024 0.16
37 1980 4.08      
38 1959 3.97      
39 1968 3.95      
40 1995 3.88      
           

 

Data is for Drake Field

 

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Updated: November 12, 2024