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Redding rainfall for 2020

Redding picked up 17.85 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 55 days at Redding Airport; the wettest day brought 1.42 inches on Mar 17, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 33.52 inches. The total landed 15.67 inches below the normal, which works out to 47% less. 2020 ranks 36th out of 39 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1986.

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Redding rainfall for 2020

Redding rainfall for 2020
Year total17.85 inches2020
1991-2020 normal33.52 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-15.67 inches (-47%)53% of normal
Year rank36th of 39Complete years from 1986, wettest first
Rain days55
Wettest day1.42 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: Redding
DateRainfall
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.58 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.44 inches
0.88 inches
0.05 inches
0.21 inches
0.02 inches
0.70 inches
0.30 inches
0.44 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.62 inches
1.21 inches
0.03 inches
0.36 inches
0.17 inches
0.10 inches
0.93 inches
0.28 inches
0.60 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.04 inches
1.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.34 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.38 inches
1.31 inches
0.05 inches
1.42 inches
0.61 inches
0.25 inches
0.29 inches
0.15 inches
0.41 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.24 inches
0.64 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.26 inches
0.96 inches
0.05 inches
0.40 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches

Daily totals come from Redding Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1986. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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