Sarasota picked up 27.13 inches of rain in 2023. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 83 days at Sarasota Bradenton Airport; the wettest day brought 2.47 inches on Apr 17, 2023. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 49.05 inches. The total landed 21.92 inches below the normal, which works out to 45% less. 2023 is the driest among 26 complete years, with the station record beginning in 1999.
Monthly rain totals for 2023. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2023
Every day with measurable rain in 2023: Sarasota
Date
Rainfall
0.16″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.04″ inches
2.46″ inches
0.56″ inches
0.06″ inches
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0.23″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.17″ inches
1.72″ inches
2.20″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.25″ inches
1.88″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.86″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.12″ inches
1.61″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.31″ inches
2.47″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.53″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.31″ inches
Daily totals come from Sarasota Bradenton Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1999. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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