San Francisco picked up 23.49 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 78 days at San Francisco International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.64 inches on Jan 6, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 19.64 inches. The total landed 3.85 inches above the normal, which works out to 20% more. 2019 ranks 22nd out of 80 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1945.
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2019
Every day with measurable rain in 2019: San Francisco
Date
Rainfall
0.47″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.64″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.84″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.56″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.08″ inches
1.07″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.94″ inches
1.55″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.62″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.68″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.03″ inches
1.16″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.03″ inches
1.64″ inches
0.19″ inches
Daily totals come from San Francisco International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1945. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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