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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

Fayetteville, Arkansas
May Climate Data (Page 2)

 

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    |-- Temp. Records --||- Precip Records -||------ Degree Day Normals -------|
     Hi        Lo         Record    Record    Heating          Cooling
Day  Mean Year Mean Year  Rain Year Snow Year Day Month Season Day Month Season  Day
 1  75.0 1959  47.5*2005  1.90 2011 0.0  --     5    5   3993    1    1     30    1 
 2  75.5 2012  40.0 2011  2.66 1990 0.0  --     5   10   3998    1    2     31    2 
 3  73.5*1955  39.5 2013  2.74 1979(0.5)2013    5   15   4003    1    3     32    3 
 4  77.0 1950 (38.5)2013  2.26 1999 0.0  --     5   20   4008    2    5     34    4 
 5  77.0 2014  45.5 2013  5.55 1960 0.0  --     4   24   4012    2    7     36    5 
  
 6  79.5 2007  51.0 1989  1.41 1971 0.0  --     4   28   4016    2    9     38    6 
 7  77.5 2023  51.5 1992 (5.77)1978 0.0  --     4   32   4020    2   11     40    7 
 8  77.5 2000  50.5 1976  1.99 2015 0.0  --     4   36   4024    2   13     42    8 
 9  79.0 2022  51.5 1980  2.02 1993 0.0  --     4   40   4028    2   15     44    9 
10  79.0 2022  51.5 1981  4.71 1950 0.0  --     4   44   4032    2   17     46   10 
 
11  77.5 2022  46.5*2020  2.67 1992 0.0  --     4   48   4036    2   19     48   11 
12  77.0 1956  49.5 2020  1.92 1953 0.0  --     3   51   4039    3   22     51   12 
13  78.0*1995  51.0 1953  3.84 1982 0.0  --     3   54   4042    3   25     54   13 
14  77.0 2022  47.0 2014  3.58 1956 0.0  --     3   57   4045    3   28     57   14 
15  79.0 1990  51.0*2011  2.09 1989 0.0  --     3   60   4048    3   31     60   15 
 
16  78.5 2026  49.5 2014  2.51 2003 0.0  --     3   63   4051    3   34     63   16 
17  77.5 2026  53.0*2014  3.20 1957 0.0  --     3   66   4054    3   37     66   17 
18  80.5 2026  51.0 2002  1.75 2025 0.0  --     3   69   4057    3   40     69   18 
19  79.5 2022  52.5 1968  1.31 1961 0.0  --     2   71   4059    4   44     73   19 
20  77.5*1996  51.0 1968  2.42 2011 0.0  --     2   73   4061    4   48     77   20 
 
21  79.0 1987  53.0 1968  2.46 1985 0.0  --     2   75   4063    4   52     81   21 
22 (82.0)1953  49.0 1963  3.93 1957 0.0  --     2   77   4065    4   56     85   22 
23  80.0*2000  47.0 1963  4.47 2011 0.0  --     2   79   4067    4   60     89   23 
24  78.5*1989  53.5 2001  1.88 2015 0.0  --     2   81   4069    4   64     93   24 
25  80.5 2006  53.0 2001  2.60 2025 0.0  --     1   82   4070    4   68     97   25 
 
26  79.0 2024  52.5 1979  2.91 1963 0.0  --     1   83   4071    5   73    102   26 
27  80.0 2012  53.0 1961  2.08 2000 0.0  --     1   84   4072    5   78    107   27 
28  80.5 2012  49.0 1992  2.58 1987 0.0  --     1   85   4073    5   83    112   28 
29  79.5 2011  55.0 1984  3.03 1950 0.0  --     1   86   4074    5   88    117   29 
30  80.0*1989  54.0 1983  2.28 2013 0.0  --     1   87   4075    5   93    122   30
31  79.5*2026  56.5 1983  2.65 1974 0.0  --     1   88   4076    6   99    128   31
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
Period of Record:
Temperature:  August 1949 - Present
Rainfall:     August 1949 - Present
Snowfall:     August 1949 - Present
Normals:      1991-2020 (30 Year Average)
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

 

Updated: June 29, 2026