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Sacramento rainfall for 2024

Sacramento picked up 19.29 inches of rain in 2024. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 67 days at Sacramento Executive Airport; the wettest day brought 1.96 inches on Nov 22, 2024. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 18.14 inches. The total landed 1.15 inches above the normal, which works out to 6% more. 2024 ranks 30th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1941.

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Sacramento rainfall for 2024

Sacramento rainfall for 2024
Year total19.29 inches2024
1991-2020 normal18.14 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+1.15 inches (+6%)106% of normal
Year rank30th of 78Complete years from 1941, wettest first
Rain days67
Wettest day1.96 inches

Rain by month in 2024

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2024. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2024

Every day with measurable rain in 2024: Sacramento
DateRainfall
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.27 inches
0.42 inches
0.08 inches
0.10 inches
0.12 inches
0.37 inches
1.10 inches
0.05 inches
0.75 inches
0.15 inches
0.13 inches
0.16 inches
1.96 inches
0.18 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
0.25 inches
0.03 inches
0.57 inches
0.10 inches
0.73 inches
0.16 inches
0.61 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.15 inches
0.10 inches
0.14 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.19 inches
0.54 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.24 inches
1.14 inches
0.54 inches
0.03 inches
0.15 inches
0.50 inches
0.11 inches
0.97 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.55 inches
0.42 inches
0.28 inches
0.40 inches
0.47 inches
0.77 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.30 inches
0.28 inches
0.11 inches
0.03 inches
0.45 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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