Denver picked up 12.53 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 69 days at Denver International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.28 inches on Mar 14, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 14.48 inches. The total landed 1.95 inches below the normal, which works out to 13% less. 2021 ranks 19th out of 29 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1994.
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2021
Every day with measurable rain in 2021: Denver
Date
Rainfall
0.12″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
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0.06″ inches
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0.03″ inches
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0.71″ inches
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0.99″ inches
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0.09″ inches
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0.03″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.63″ inches
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0.73″ inches
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0.01″ inches
0.23″ inches
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0.44″ inches
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0.05″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.01″ inches
2.28″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.16″ 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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