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Phoenix rainfall for 2019

Phoenix picked up 5.93 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 43 days at Phoenix Airport; the wettest day brought 1.01 inches on Feb 21, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 7.22 inches. The total landed 1.29 inches below the normal, which works out to 18% less. 2019 ranks 57th out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1933.

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Phoenix rainfall for 2019

Phoenix rainfall for 2019
Year total5.93 inches2019
1991-2020 normal7.22 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-1.29 inches (-18%)82% of normal
Year rank57th of 84Complete years from 1933, wettest first
Rain days43
Wettest day1.01 inches

Rain by month in 2019

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2019

Every day with measurable rain in 2019: Phoenix
DateRainfall
0.10 inches
0.13 inches
0.22 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.70 inches
0.01 inches
0.18 inches
0.31 inches
0.35 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.10 inches
0.13 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.23 inches
0.05 inches
0.28 inches
1.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.31 inches
0.12 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.48 inches
0.07 inches

Daily totals come from Phoenix Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1933. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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