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Riverside rainfall for 2016

Riverside picked up 9.54 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 37 days at Riverside Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 0.95 inches on Jan 6, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 9.37 inches. The total landed 0.17 inches above the normal, which works out to 2% more. 2016 ranks 9th out of 25 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1998.

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Riverside rainfall for 2016

Riverside rainfall for 2016
Year total9.54 inches2016
1991-2020 normal9.37 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+0.17 inches (+2%)102% of normal
Year rank9th of 25Complete years from 1998, wettest first
Rain days37
Wettest day0.95 inches

Rain by month in 2016

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2016

Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Riverside
DateRainfall
0.76 inches
0.10 inches
0.29 inches
0.27 inches
0.67 inches
0.49 inches
0.46 inches
0.30 inches
0.30 inches
0.23 inches
0.38 inches
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.50 inches
0.39 inches
0.03 inches
0.14 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.19 inches
0.10 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.28 inches
0.25 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.20 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.78 inches
0.95 inches
0.72 inches

Daily totals come from Riverside Municipal 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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