Arkansas Annual Rainfall and Climate Data

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Omaha, northern Arkansas,  40.40"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Big Fork, western Arkansas, 62.65"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Gravette northwestern Arkansas, 16.2"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Big Fork, western Arkansas, 12/3/1982, 14.05"

State precipitation record for 1 year - New Hope, southwestern Arkansas, 1957, 98.55"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Fort Smith, western Arkansas, 1/22/1918, 25.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Hardy, northeastern Arkansas, 1917-1918, 61.0"

During 2009, Little Rock experienced its wettest year ever by receiving 81.79" of precipitation. Normal
annual rainfall is 50.93"

Arkansas encountered only five tornadoes during the summer of 2005, but on the afternoon November, 27, 2005 
severe storms produced twenty-four tornadoes in northern and central Arkansas. There were two F3 tornadoes 
(158-206 mph winds)

During the afternoon and evening of January 21, 1999, the state of Arkansas experienced its largest tornado outbreak.
Over 30 tornadoes were reported across the state, the strongest tornadoes rated at F3 on the Fujita Scale. Baseball to 
grapefruit-sized hail was also reported at several locations.

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Climatic Data Center

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg. days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	Avg wind / record high wind
Fort Smith	43.87	6.2	97	59	3	7.6 / 54 mph
Little Rock	50.93	5.2	105	57	1	7.8 / 65 mph
Fayetteville	45.00	13.5	104	56	3	7.5 / 60 mph
Jonesboro	47.50	6.2	97	53	1	7.6 / 62 mph
Arkansas Precipitation Average - 50.78", 17th wettest in the U.S. Arkansas Tornado Average - 19.4 per year, 16th most in the U.S.