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Tucson rainfall for 2016

Tucson picked up 11.81 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 51 days at Tucson International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.25 inches on Sep 7, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 10.61 inches. The total landed 1.20 inches above the normal, which works out to 11% more. 2016 ranks 30th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1946.

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Tucson rainfall for 2016

Tucson rainfall for 2016
Year total11.81 inches2016
1991-2020 normal10.61 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+1.20 inches (+11%)111% of normal
Year rank30th of 78Complete years from 1946, wettest first
Rain days51
Wettest day1.25 inches

Rain by month in 2016

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2016

Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Tucson
DateRainfall
0.22 inches
0.13 inches
0.27 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
0.19 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.40 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.09 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
1.25 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.86 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.09 inches
0.70 inches
0.01 inches
0.86 inches
0.41 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.12 inches
0.25 inches
0.83 inches
0.12 inches
1.15 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.45 inches
0.17 inches
0.08 inches
0.11 inches
0.18 inches
0.82 inches
0.71 inches

Daily totals come from Tucson International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1946. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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