Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. 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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