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Riverside rainfall for 2018

Riverside picked up 7.20 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 28 days at Riverside Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 1.20 inches on Jan 9, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 9.37 inches. The total landed 2.17 inches below the normal, which works out to 23% less. 2018 ranks 15th out of 25 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1998.

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Riverside rainfall for 2018

Riverside rainfall for 2018
Year total7.20 inches2018
1991-2020 normal9.37 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-2.17 inches (-23%)77% of normal
Year rank15th of 25Complete years from 1998, wettest first
Rain days28
Wettest day1.20 inches

Rain by month in 2018

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2018

Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Riverside
DateRainfall
0.89 inches
0.21 inches
0.70 inches
0.08 inches
0.17 inches
0.63 inches
0.16 inches
0.14 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
0.14 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.69 inches
0.13 inches
0.09 inches
0.83 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
1.20 inches
0.33 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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