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Sacramento rainfall for 2018

Sacramento picked up 18.42 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 47 days at Sacramento Executive Airport; the wettest day brought 2.55 inches on Jan 8, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 18.14 inches. The total landed 0.28 inches above the normal, which works out to 2% more. 2018 ranks 36th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1941.

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Sacramento rainfall for 2018

Sacramento rainfall for 2018
Year total18.42 inches2018
1991-2020 normal18.14 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+0.28 inches (+2%)102% of normal
Year rank36th of 78Complete years from 1941, wettest first
Rain days47
Wettest day2.55 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: Sacramento
DateRainfall
0.11 inches
0.38 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.42 inches
0.95 inches
0.13 inches
0.31 inches
1.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.07 inches
0.25 inches
0.21 inches
0.72 inches
0.04 inches
0.18 inches
0.42 inches
0.29 inches
0.05 inches
0.39 inches
1.18 inches
0.09 inches
0.30 inches
0.87 inches
0.51 inches
0.26 inches
0.56 inches
0.16 inches
0.58 inches
0.07 inches
0.11 inches
0.34 inches
1.38 inches
0.04 inches
0.55 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.18 inches
0.16 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
1.17 inches
2.55 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.43 inches
0.16 inches

Daily totals come from Sacramento Executive Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1941. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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