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Colorado Springs rainfall for 2017

Colorado Springs picked up 18.44 inches of rain in 2017. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 96 days at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 1.66 inches on Jul 26, 2017. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 15.91 inches. The total landed 2.53 inches above the normal, which works out to 16% more. 2017 ranks 22nd out of 77 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Colorado Springs rainfall for 2017

Colorado Springs rainfall for 2017
Year total18.44 inches2017
1991-2020 normal15.91 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+2.53 inches (+16%)116% of normal
Year rank22nd of 77Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days96
Wettest day1.66 inches

Rain by month in 2017

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2017. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2017

Every day with measurable rain in 2017: Colorado Springs
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
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0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.53 inches
0.54 inches
0.05 inches
0.29 inches
0.05 inches
1.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.33 inches
0.08 inches
0.31 inches
0.78 inches
0.65 inches
0.13 inches
0.07 inches
0.33 inches
1.34 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
1.66 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.51 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.32 inches
0.15 inches
0.36 inches
0.15 inches
0.26 inches
0.08 inches
0.67 inches
0.06 inches
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0.28 inches
0.03 inches
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0.04 inches
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0.15 inches
0.44 inches
0.21 inches
1.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.27 inches
0.11 inches
0.43 inches
0.22 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.33 inches
0.52 inches
0.02 inches
0.59 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.10 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
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0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches

Daily totals come from Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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