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Tucson rainfall for 2022

Tucson picked up 7.41 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 43 days at Tucson International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.06 inches on Aug 23, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 10.61 inches. The total landed 3.20 inches below the normal, which works out to 30% less. 2022 ranks 69th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1946.

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Tucson rainfall for 2022

Tucson rainfall for 2022
Year total7.41 inches2022
1991-2020 normal10.61 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-3.20 inches (-30%)70% of normal
Year rank69th of 78Complete years from 1946, wettest first
Rain days43
Wettest day1.06 inches

Rain by month in 2022

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2022. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2022

Every day with measurable rain in 2022: Tucson
DateRainfall
0.08 inches
0.50 inches
0.38 inches
0.31 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.40 inches
0.27 inches
0.04 inches
0.15 inches
0.34 inches
0.01 inches
0.71 inches
1.06 inches
0.07 inches
0.26 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 inches
0.28 inches
0.15 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.11 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.13 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 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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