Washington picked up 42.34 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 120 days at Washington Reagan National Airport; the wettest day brought 3.44 inches on Jul 8, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 41.82 inches. The total landed 0.52 inches above the normal, which works out to 1% more. 2019 ranks 30th out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1941.
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: Washington
Date
Rainfall
0.26″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.75″ inches
0.01″ inches
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0.50″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.06″ inches
1.25″ inches
0.26″ inches
1.48″ inches
0.58″ inches
1.60″ inches
1.35″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.90″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.88″ inches
3.44″ inches
0.72″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.08″ inches
1.16″ inches
0.99″ inches
1.05″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.48″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.72″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.09″ inches
1.96″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.64″ inches
0.94″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.73″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.68″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.20″ inches
1.03″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.04″ inches
Daily totals come from Washington Reagan National Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1941. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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