Heavy Rain in the Mid-Atlantic; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains; Critical Fire in the West

Locally heavy rain and flash flooding will be possible today into tonight near the Mid-Atlantic/Carolina coast. Storms with large hail and severe wind gusts are expected across parts of the central and northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley. Dry thunderstorms, and warm, dry, and windy conditions will produce fire weather conditions in parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies. 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

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