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Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. Read More >

 

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

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 76-year period of Winter 1949-50 through Winter 2024-25

 

Wettest Winter was 15.58 recorded in 1997-98

Driest Winter was 2.84 recorded in 1958-59

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 12.74

 

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

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: May 20, 2025