DRIESTSINCE
North Carolina · precipitation record 1910–2026

Fayetteville, NC

THIS YEAR · 2026
DRIEST THIS YEAR SINCE 2011
17.28in
9th driest of 117 years · normal 26.21"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 114 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
5.27in
50th wettest of 115 yrs
111% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
11.24in
37th driest of 115 yrs
85% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
17.28in
9th driest of 117 yrs
66% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

14.0in
on Oct 8, 2016 · in 117 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 38 days (to Oct 3, 1968)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days

Year to Date vs Normal

66%
17.28" of a normal 26.21" · wettest 42.81" (1922) · driest 14.06" (1986)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 113-year record (1910–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 45.5" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1193668.7in
2192264.5in
3202060.76in
4192859.8in
5199559.05in

Driest Years on Record

1200729.47in
2200532.13in
3198132.43in
4200433.18in
5202233.29in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~5.42") and driest in Oct (~1.86"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1942, 16.02".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Fayetteville — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

3.11in
set in 1943

Rain on Jul 28

34%
of 114 years had measurable rain
1910: 0.21″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.05″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.48″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.40″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.69″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.74″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.44″1928: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 1.46″1933: 0.19″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 1.60″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 3.11″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.32″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.14″1960: 1.47″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1964: 0.91″1965: 0.32″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.09″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.10″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.57″1974: 0.04″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.06″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.12″1985: 0.13″1986: 1.56″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.35″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 1.40″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.40″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.17″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 1.20″2005: 1.49″2006: 0.06″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.08″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.09″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.09″2013: 0.03″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.01″2018: 2.46″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.08″2021: 0.26″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″4″191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Fayetteville's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Fayetteville, NC — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Fayetteville's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Fayetteville, NC — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Fayetteville's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Fayetteville, NC — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:22 AM
Sunset7:22 PM
Solar noon12:22 PM
Daylight14h 00m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.99°N, 78.88°W

Nearby Stations

Lumberton, NC28 mi SWRaleigh, NC62 mi NWilmington, NC74 mi SEMyrtle Beach, SC81 mi SGreensboro, NC97 mi NWNew Bern, NC103 mi E

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