Wilmington picked up 47.97 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 131 days at Wilmington Airport; the wettest day brought 2.09 inches on Jul 11, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 45.33 inches. The total landed 2.64 inches above the normal, which works out to 6% more. 2019 ranks 22nd out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1931.
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: Wilmington
Date
Rainfall
0.39″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.12″ inches
1.28″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.70″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.85″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.99″ inches
0.74″ inches
0.54″ inches
1.91″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.12″ inches
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0.19″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.22″ inches
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0.12″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.95″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.40″ inches
1.43″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.24″ inches
2.09″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.67″ inches
1.74″ inches
1.91″ inches
1.73″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.73″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.07″ inches
0.96″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.04″ inches
1.13″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.00″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.48″ inches
0.03″ inches
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0.24″ inches
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0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.13″ inches
1.35″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.81″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.95″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.25″ inches
1.34″ inches
0.63″ inches
0.64″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.09″ inches
Daily totals come from Wilmington Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1931. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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