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Palm Springs rainfall for 2020

Palm Springs picked up 3.87 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 16 days at Palm Springs Airport; the wettest day brought 1.09 inches on Mar 10, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 4.61 inches. The total landed 0.74 inches below the normal, which works out to 16% less. 2020 ranks 12th out of 27 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1998.

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Palm Springs rainfall for 2020

Palm Springs rainfall for 2020
Year total3.87 inches2020
1991-2020 normal4.61 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-0.74 inches (-16%)84% of normal
Year rank12th of 27Complete years from 1998, wettest first
Rain days16
Wettest day1.09 inches

Rain by month in 2020

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

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Palm Springs
DateRainfall
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
0.06 inches
0.46 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.23 inches
0.94 inches
1.09 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches

Daily totals come from Palm Springs Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1998. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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