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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

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: March 18, 2026