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

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 75 year period of Winter 1949-50 through Winter 2023-24

 

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

 

Data is for Drake Field

Spring Summer Autumn

 

Updated: August 11, 2024