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Monterey rainfall for 2022

Monterey picked up 12.01 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 34 days at Monterey Peninsula Airport; the wettest day brought 1.72 inches on Dec 11, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 16.24 inches. The total landed 4.23 inches below the normal, which works out to 26% less. 2022 ranks 24th out of 34 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1968.

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Monterey rainfall for 2022

Monterey rainfall for 2022
Year total12.01 inches2022
1991-2020 normal16.24 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-4.23 inches (-26%)74% of normal
Year rank24th of 34Complete years from 1968, wettest first
Rain days34
Wettest day1.72 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: Monterey
DateRainfall
1.11 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
1.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
1.72 inches
1.38 inches
0.08 inches
0.13 inches
1.08 inches
0.36 inches
0.25 inches
0.94 inches
0.71 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
1.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.13 inches
0.28 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.52 inches
0.19 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches

Daily totals come from Monterey Peninsula Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1968. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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