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Washington rainfall for 2024

Washington picked up 37.57 inches of rain in 2024. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 123 days at Washington Reagan National Airport; the wettest day brought 2.24 inches on Jan 9, 2024. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 41.82 inches. The total landed 4.25 inches below the normal, which works out to 10% less. 2024 ranks 47th out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1941.

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Washington rainfall for 2024

Washington rainfall for 2024
Year total37.57 inches2024
1991-2020 normal41.82 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-4.25 inches (-10%)90% of normal
Year rank47th of 84Complete years from 1941, wettest first
Rain days123
Wettest day2.24 inches

Rain by month in 2024

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2024. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2024

Every day with measurable rain in 2024: Washington
DateRainfall
0.39 inches
0.11 inches
0.56 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.42 inches
0.26 inches
0.90 inches
0.05 inches
0.05 inches
0.35 inches
0.05 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.77 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.18 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
1.46 inches
0.08 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.13 inches
0.57 inches
0.08 inches
0.47 inches
0.09 inches
0.32 inches
0.33 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.77 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
0.43 inches
1.80 inches
1.08 inches
0.14 inches
0.57 inches
0.04 inches
0.26 inches
1.28 inches
0.01 inches
1.57 inches
0.02 inches
0.48 inches
0.05 inches
0.15 inches
0.13 inches
0.26 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.46 inches
0.01 inches
0.38 inches
0.41 inches
0.17 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.55 inches
0.09 inches
0.27 inches
0.40 inches
0.24 inches
0.07 inches
0.22 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.58 inches
0.82 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
1.03 inches
0.38 inches
0.25 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.78 inches
1.61 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.81 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
0.52 inches
0.07 inches
0.73 inches
0.04 inches
0.27 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.74 inches
0.11 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
1.26 inches
0.21 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 inches
0.31 inches
0.04 inches
0.33 inches
2.24 inches
1.02 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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