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Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Threats in the Midwest and Ohio Valley; Heat Continues in the Plains and Southeast

An active pattern will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall and flash flooding threats to the Midwest and Ohio Valley over the next couple of days. Dangerous heat continues across the central/southern Plains and Southeast U.S. into next week. There is potential for record-tying/breaking temperatures with many areas forecast to see their hottest temperatures so far this year. 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

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: March 18, 2026