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Key West rainfall for 2018

Key West picked up 37.50 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 110 days at Key West International Airport; the wettest day brought 3.41 inches on May 25, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 40.44 inches. The total landed 2.94 inches below the normal, which works out to 7% less. 2018 ranks 43rd out of 73 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Key West rainfall for 2018

Key West rainfall for 2018
Year total37.50 inches2018
1991-2020 normal40.44 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-2.94 inches (-7%)93% of normal
Year rank43rd of 73Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days110
Wettest day3.41 inches

Rain by month in 2018

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2018

Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Key West
DateRainfall
1.69 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.36 inches
0.28 inches
0.14 inches
0.27 inches
0.02 inches
0.54 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.54 inches
0.16 inches
0.85 inches
0.56 inches
0.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.73 inches
0.06 inches
2.59 inches
0.74 inches
0.33 inches
0.17 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.60 inches
0.64 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.12 inches
0.08 inches
0.11 inches
0.08 inches
0.19 inches
0.01 inches
0.54 inches
0.29 inches
0.26 inches
0.01 inches
0.18 inches
0.08 inches
0.07 inches
0.29 inches
0.77 inches
0.26 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.62 inches
0.18 inches
0.09 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.20 inches
0.74 inches
0.22 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.59 inches
0.10 inches
0.64 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.45 inches
0.38 inches
3.41 inches
0.03 inches
1.79 inches
1.43 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.33 inches
1.24 inches
3.25 inches
0.11 inches
0.88 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.35 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
1.49 inches
0.01 inches
0.62 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.56 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.05 inches

Daily totals come from Key West International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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