Fayetteville, Arkansas
           Christmas Day Records

Last White Christmas* (at least 1" of snow on the ground) - 1990 (previous - 1983, 1975, 1966, 1963)

Last Christmas with measurable snowfall was 1975 - 4.0" of snow

Highest
Maximum
Temperatures
  Year High
1 1955 72
2 1971 71
3 1950 65
4 1960 63
5 1954 62
6 1963 62
7 1951 59
8 2008 57
9 1959 57
10 2011, 1994, 1978, 1964
 56
Lowest
Minimum
Temperatures
  Year Low
1 1983 -8
2 1980 7
3 2002 8
4 1985 8
5 2001 12
6 1998 12
7 1996 12
8 1970 13
9 1966 13
10 1990 14
Lowest
Maximum
Temperatures
  Year High
1 1983 7
2 1985 20
3 2009 26
4 1980 27
5 1952 28
6 2000 30
7 1995 30
8 2012 32
9 2002 33
10 1975 33
10 1970 33
Highest
Minimum
Temperatures
  Year Low
1 1971 51
2 1957 43
3 1959 42
4 1949 41
5 1955 40
6 1954 38
7 1982 36
8 1997 34
9 1964 33
10 1987
 32

Highest Mean
Temperatures
  Year Mean High Low
1 1971 61 71 51
2 1955 56 72 40
3 1959 50 57 42
4 1954 50 62 38
5 1957 47 51 43
6 1950 47 65 28
7 1960 46 63 29
8 1964 45 56 33
9 1982 44 51 36
10 1949 44 46 41
Lowest Mean
Temperatures
  Year Mean High Low
1 1983 0 7 -8
2 1985 14 20 8
3 1980 17 27 7
4 2002 21 33 8
5 2009 22 26 17
6 2001 23 34 12
7 1970 23 33 13
8 1998 24 36 12
9 1977 25 34 15
10 1952 25 28 22
Maximum
Precipitation
  Year Precip Snow
1 1987 2.16 0.0
2 1949 0.79 0.0
3 1975 0.51 4.0
4 1957 0.26 0.0
5 1992 0.21 0.0
6 1964 0.13 0.0
7 2006 0.07 0.0
8 2000 0.04 0.0
9 2009 0.01 missing
10 2010 0.01 Trace
Maximum
Snowfall
  Year Snow Precip
1 1975 4.0 0.51
2 1952 Trace Trace
3 1962 Trace Trace
4 1972 Trace Trace
5 1985 Trace Trace
6 1989 Trace
Trace
7 1993 Trace Trace
8 2010
 Trace
 Trace
9 2012 Trace
 Trace
10      
 

Temperature, Precipitation, and Snow records since December 1949
*Snow on the ground measurements are not available from 1997-2008.  It is very likely that 2002 was also a White Christmas based on the snowfall that occurred on 12/24/2002.

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Last Updated: January 11, 2013

 

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