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Monterey rainfall for 2024

Monterey picked up 17.33 inches of rain in 2024. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 77 days at Monterey Peninsula Airport; the wettest day brought 1.09 inches on Jan 31, 2024. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 16.24 inches. The total landed 1.09 inches above the normal, which works out to 7% more. 2024 ranks 11th out of 34 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1968.

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Monterey rainfall for 2024

Monterey rainfall for 2024
Year total17.33 inches2024
1991-2020 normal16.24 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+1.09 inches (+7%)107% of normal
Year rank11th of 34Complete years from 1968, wettest first
Rain days77
Wettest day1.09 inches

Rain by month in 2024

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2024. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2024

Every day with measurable rain in 2024: Monterey
DateRainfall
0.11 inches
0.44 inches
0.07 inches
0.57 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.28 inches
0.52 inches
0.39 inches
0.25 inches
0.35 inches
0.08 inches
0.77 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.29 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.74 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.45 inches
0.24 inches
0.61 inches
0.23 inches
0.63 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.22 inches
0.42 inches
0.45 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.20 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.40 inches
0.42 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.15 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
0.11 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.52 inches
0.40 inches
0.95 inches
0.40 inches
0.38 inches
0.32 inches
1.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.44 inches
0.02 inches
0.28 inches
0.18 inches
0.23 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.18 inches
0.36 inches
0.10 inches
0.41 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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