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Anchorage rainfall for 2017

Anchorage picked up 18.66 inches of rain in 2017. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 123 days at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport; the wettest day brought 0.83 inches on Aug 16, 2017. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 16.42 inches. The total landed 2.24 inches above the normal, which works out to 14% more. 2017 ranks 17th out of 73 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1952.

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Anchorage rainfall for 2017

Anchorage rainfall for 2017
Year total18.66 inches2017
1991-2020 normal16.42 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+2.24 inches (+14%)114% of normal
Year rank17th of 73Complete years from 1952, wettest first
Rain days123
Wettest day0.83 inches

Rain by month in 2017

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2017. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2017

Every day with measurable rain in 2017: Anchorage
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.05 inches
0.30 inches
0.64 inches
0.47 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.36 inches
0.17 inches
0.06 inches
0.07 inches
0.32 inches
0.52 inches
0.34 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.14 inches
0.29 inches
0.35 inches
0.17 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.53 inches
0.56 inches
0.10 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.15 inches
0.07 inches
0.38 inches
0.33 inches
0.31 inches
0.02 inches
0.83 inches
0.01 inches
0.66 inches
0.33 inches
0.29 inches
0.16 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.08 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.54 inches
0.07 inches
0.22 inches
0.53 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
0.04 inches
0.29 inches
0.02 inches
0.24 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.22 inches
0.13 inches
0.22 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.55 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.18 inches
0.05 inches
0.12 inches
0.09 inches
0.09 inches
0.32 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.35 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.32 inches
0.03 inches
0.18 inches
0.21 inches

Daily totals come from Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1952. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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