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Colorado Springs rainfall for 2020

Colorado Springs picked up 9.89 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 73 days at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 0.95 inches on May 24, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 15.91 inches. The total landed 6.02 inches below the normal, which works out to 38% less. 2020 ranks 72nd out of 77 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Colorado Springs rainfall for 2020

Colorado Springs rainfall for 2020
Year total9.89 inches2020
1991-2020 normal15.91 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-6.02 inches (-38%)62% of normal
Year rank72nd of 77Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days73
Wettest day0.95 inches

Rain by month in 2020

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

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Colorado Springs
DateRainfall
0.02 inches
0.33 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.16 inches
0.02 inches
0.32 inches
0.03 inches
0.88 inches
0.04 inches
0.83 inches
0.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.29 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.22 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.26 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.48 inches
0.15 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.40 inches
0.06 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.95 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.45 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
0.17 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.27 inches
0.08 inches
0.23 inches
0.11 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 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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