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Denver rainfall for 2020

Denver picked up 8.74 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 70 days at Denver International Airport; the wettest day brought 0.94 inches on May 24, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 14.48 inches. The total landed 5.74 inches below the normal, which works out to 40% less. 2020 ranks 26th out of 29 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1994.

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Denver rainfall for 2020

Denver rainfall for 2020
Year total8.74 inches2020
1991-2020 normal14.48 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-5.74 inches (-40%)60% of normal
Year rank26th of 29Complete years from 1994, wettest first
Rain days70
Wettest day0.94 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: Denver
DateRainfall
0.16 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.11 inches
0.05 inches
0.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.72 inches
0.15 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.24 inches
0.27 inches
0.04 inches
0.15 inches
0.03 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.46 inches
0.05 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.94 inches
0.14 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.35 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.25 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.74 inches
0.02 inches
0.30 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
0.11 inches
0.09 inches
0.14 inches
0.15 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches

Daily totals come from Denver International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1994. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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