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Rainfall totals: how much rain did we get?

The highest measured rainfall total in the last 24 hours nationwide is 7.19 inches at 5 S Jefferson, South Carolina, as of 12:56 AM EDT, out of 7 National Weather Service reports.

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The numbers here are observations from rain gauges, National Weather Service reports, and airport station records, not radar estimates or model output.

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Rainfall totals last 24 hours: did it rain last night?

Rain reports received in the last 24 hours, newest first
PlaceAmountReported byTime
3 NNE GlennvilleTattnall County1.99 inchesMesonet
Reidsville AirportTattnall County2.55 inchesAWOS
5 ENE MidwayEvans County2.28 inchesOther Federal
3 N HobokenBrantley County4.01 inchesMesonet
5 S JeffersonChesterfield County7.19 inchesPublic
3 WNW ColesburgCamden County5.02 inchesMesonet
5 SSW SurrencyAppling County3.92 inchesMesonet

Rain reports come from National Weather Service Local Storm Reports, with sources including automated gauges, the public, trained spotters, and CoCoRaHS; each report shows its source and time.

State rainfall totals

Every US state with the wettest city tracked in it, that city's average annual rainfall, and its wettest year on record
StateWettest city we trackIts average yearIts wettest yearCities
HawaiiHilo124.34 inches211.22 inches 19902
AlabamaMobile66.21 inches86.58 inches 19753
FloridaPensacola64.57 inches93.32 inches 195310
LouisianaNew Orleans61.77 inches102.37 inches 19913
MississippiJackson56.53 inches92.75 inches 19791
North CarolinaWilmington56.27 inches102.40 inches 20185
TennesseeMemphis53.71 inches76.85 inches 19573
South CarolinaCharleston51.61 inches74.89 inches 20153
ArkansasLittle Rock50.52 inches81.79 inches 20091
TexasHouston49.59 inches79.69 inches 201712
GeorgiaAtlanta49.31 inches71.45 inches 19482
MassachusettsWorcester48.09 inches71.66 inches 19722
Rhode IslandProvidence46.61 inches67.52 inches 19831
VirginiaNorfolk46.43 inches68.86 inches 20163
New YorkNew York City46.21 inches80.56 inches 19836
West VirginiaElkins46.07 inches72.88 inches 19962
KentuckyLouisville45.79 inches68.83 inches 20182
ConnecticutHartford45.70 inches69.23 inches 20111
PennsylvaniaAllentown45.38 inches71.72 inches 20116
MainePortland44.96 inches66.40 inches 20052
New JerseyNewark44.85 inches69.91 inches 20112
OregonEugene43.31 inches76.51 inches 19963
DelawareWilmington43.07 inches61.37 inches 20181
MissouriSpringfield43.01 inches63.19 inches 19903
OhioCincinnati42.87 inches73.28 inches 20113
MarylandBaltimore42.43 inches71.82 inches 20181
IndianaIndianapolis41.47 inches56.81 inches 19962
DCWashington40.29 inches66.28 inches 20181
OklahomaTulsa40.01 inches69.88 inches 19732
CaliforniaEureka39.11 inches67.21 inches 198318
New HampshireConcord39.10 inches57.97 inches 20081
WashingtonSeattle38.63 inches55.14 inches 19502
MichiganGrand Rapids38.05 inches51.37 inches 20194
IllinoisChicago36.28 inches50.86 inches 20082
VermontBurlington35.55 inches50.92 inches 20111
KansasTopeka35.14 inches60.89 inches 19732
IowaCedar Rapids33.83 inches60.46 inches 19932
WisconsinMadison33.08 inches50.64 inches 20183
MinnesotaDuluth30.43 inches43.44 inches 19912
NebraskaOmaha30.40 inches44.85 inches 19652
South DakotaSioux Falls25.60 inches39.54 inches 20192
North DakotaFargo21.22 inches34.76 inches 20002
ArizonaFlagstaff20.57 inches36.59 inches 19653
AlaskaAnchorage16.35 inches28.60 inches 20221
ColoradoColorado Springs15.89 inches27.58 inches 19992
UtahSalt Lake City15.50 inches24.26 inches 19831
WyomingCheyenne15.16 inches23.69 inches 19421
MontanaBillings14.43 inches26.81 inches 19782
IdahoBoise11.85 inches18.77 inches 19831
New MexicoAlbuquerque8.53 inches15.88 inches 19411
NevadaReno7.41 inches13.73 inches 20172

Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA. Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

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