Fayetteville, AR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FAYETTEVILLE EXP STN, AR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fayetteville has an annual average temperature of 58.3°F with about 46.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (6.01 in) and February the driest (2.31 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →14 of 366 (3.8%) of Fayetteville's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 38 | |
| 1900s | 66 | |
| 1910s | 45 | |
| 1920s | 31 | |
| 1930s | 55 | |
| 1940s | 17 | |
| 1950s | 44 | |
| 1960s | 16 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 9 | |
| 2020s | 11 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46.5°F | 26.9°F | 36.7°F | 2.57 in | — | 6 |
| February | 51.2°F | 30.0°F | 40.6°F | 2.31 in | — | 7 |
| March | 59.1°F | 37.9°F | 48.5°F | 3.74 in | — | 7 |
| April | 69.0°F | 47.2°F | 58.1°F | 4.51 in | — | 9 |
| May | 75.9°F | 56.2°F | 66.0°F | 6.01 in | — | 11 |
| June | 84.1°F | 65.5°F | 74.8°F | 4.68 in | — | 8 |
| July | 88.7°F | 69.4°F | 79.1°F | 3.59 in | — | 7 |
| August | 88.6°F | 67.7°F | 78.1°F | 3.44 in | — | 7 |
| September | 81.4°F | 59.8°F | 70.6°F | 4.53 in | — | 7 |
| October | 70.9°F | 47.9°F | 59.4°F | 4.05 in | — | 8 |
| November | 58.6°F | 37.7°F | 48.1°F | 3.99 in | — | 7 |
| December | 49.6°F | 29.8°F | 39.7°F | 2.86 in | — | 6 |
Climate twins of Fayetteville
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