Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Mid-South; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected across portions of the mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and portions of Arizona. Dangerous heat persists in the South and Southeast while building into the Southwest. Overnight lows will be so warm that, when combined with oppressive dew points, little-to-no relief from the scorching daytime highs will be available. Read More >

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Fayetteville, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

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

Wettest Winter was 15.58 recorded in 1997-98

Driest Winter was 2.35 recorded in 2025-26

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 13.23

Driest Winter

Wettest Winter

RANK	YEAR	RAIN	RANK	YEAR	RAIN

1	2025-26	2.35	41	1981-82	7.82
2	1958-59	2.84	42	1972-73	7.96
3	2005-06	2.86	43	1961-62	7.96
4	1962-63	3.50	44	2002-03	8.04
5	1979-80	3.82	45	2007-08	8.23
6	1963-64	3.95	46	1996-97	8.45
7	1952-53	4.35	47	1999-00	8.62
8	1976-77	4.41	48	2006-07	8.68
9	1957-58	4.60	49	2012-13	8.70
10	2008-09	5.00	50	2004-05	8.78
11	2016-17	5.33	51	1973-74	8.83
12	1975-76	5.39	52	1971-72	8.86
13	2010-11	5.45	53	1990-91	9.10
14	2014-15	5.70	54	1994-95	9.11
15	2009-10	5.79	55	2001-02	9.41
16	1953-54	5.81	56	1974-75	9.74
17	1951-52	5.99	57	2022-23	9.92
18	2020-21	6.16	58	1956-57	10.04
19	1985-86	6.18	59	1987-88	10.13
20	2003-04	6.19	60	2018-19	10.19
21	2023-24	6.23	61	1967-68	10.17
22	1983-84	6.33	62	2019-20	10.30
23	2024-25	6.35	63	1968-69	10.41
24	1955-56	6.42	64	1950-51	10.92
25	1977-78	6.49	65	2021-22	11.25
26	2013-14	6.58	66	1982-83	11.29
27	1991-92	6.58	67	2017-18	11.53
28	1966-67	6.88	68	2000-01	11.78
29	1969-70	6.89	69	1954-55	11.95
30	1980-81	6.91	70	1988-89	12.09
31	1959-60	7.04	71	2015-16	12.10
32	1998-99	7.07	72	1984-85	12.64
33	1993-94	7.10	73	1949-50	12.73
34	1970-71	7.30	74	1965-66	13.95
35	2011-12	7.36	75	1992-93	14.11
36	1995-96	7.44	76	1989-90	15.13
37	1978-79	7.45	77	1997-98	15.58
38	1960-61	7.73
39	1964-65	7.78
40	1986-87	7.80

RANK	YEAR	RAIN	RANK	YEAR	RAIN

1	1997-98	15.58	41	1978-79	7.45
2	1989-90	15.13	42	1995-96	7.44
3	1992-93	14.11	43	2011-12	7.36
4	1965-66	13.95	44	1970-71	7.30
5	1949-50	12.73	45	1993-94	7.10
6	1984-85	12.64	46	1998-99	7.07
7	2015-16	12.10	47	1959-60	7.04
8	1988-89	12.09	48	1980-81	6.91
9	1954-55	11.95	49	1969-70	6.89
10	2000-01	11.78	50	1966-67	6.88
11	2017-18	11.53	51	2013-14	6.58
12	1982-83	11.29	52	1991-92	6.58
13	2021-22	11.25	53	1977-78	6.49
14	1950-51	10.92	54	1955-56	6.42
15	1968-69	10.41	55	2024-25	6.35
16	2019-20	10.30	56	1983-84	6.33
17	2018-19	10.19	57	2023-24	6.23
18	1967-68	10.17	58	2003-04	6.19
19	1987-88	10.13	59	1985-86	6.18
20	1956-57	10.04	60	2020-21	6.16
21	2022-23	9.92	61	1951-52	5.99
22	1974-75	9.74	62	1953-54	5.81
23	2001-02	9.41	63	2009-10	5.79
24	1994-95	9.11	64	2014-15	5.70
25	1990-91	9.10	65	2010-11	5.45
26	1971-72	8.86	66	1975-76	5.39
27	1973-74	8.83	67	2016-17	5.33
28	2004-05	8.78	68	2008-09	5.00
29	2012-13	8.70	69	1957-58	4.60
30	2006-07	8.68	70	1976-77	4.41
31	1999-00	8.62	71	1952-53	4.35
32	1996-97	8.45	72	1963-64	3.95
33	2007-08	8.23	73	1979-80	3.82
34	2002-03	8.04	74	1962-63	3.50
35	1972-73	7.96	75	2005-06	2.86
36	1961-62	7.96	76	1958-59	2.84
37	1981-82	7.82	77	2025-26	2.35
38	1986-87	7.80
39	1964-65	7.78
40	1960-61	7.73

Data is for Drake Field

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