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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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