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West Palm Beach rainfall for 2021

West Palm Beach picked up 54.14 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 139 days at Palm Beach International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.99 inches on Nov 19, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 61.75 inches. The total landed 7.61 inches below the normal, which works out to 12% less. 2021 ranks 61st out of 85 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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West Palm Beach rainfall for 2021

West Palm Beach rainfall for 2021
Year total54.14 inches2021
1991-2020 normal61.75 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-7.61 inches (-12%)88% of normal
Year rank61st of 85Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days139
Wettest day2.99 inches

Rain by month in 2021

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2021

Every day with measurable rain in 2021: West Palm Beach
DateRainfall
0.63 inches
0.24 inches
0.12 inches
0.49 inches
0.03 inches
0.48 inches
0.17 inches
0.11 inches
0.41 inches
2.99 inches
0.05 inches
0.13 inches
0.20 inches
2.47 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.58 inches
0.01 inches
0.54 inches
0.14 inches
0.03 inches
1.52 inches
0.93 inches
0.02 inches
2.22 inches
2.26 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
0.12 inches
0.40 inches
0.19 inches
0.53 inches
0.45 inches
0.33 inches
1.03 inches
0.58 inches
0.12 inches
0.96 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.28 inches
0.30 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
1.43 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
0.32 inches
0.31 inches
0.29 inches
0.43 inches
0.07 inches
0.71 inches
1.55 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
2.16 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
2.31 inches
0.98 inches
0.26 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.81 inches
0.60 inches
0.71 inches
0.53 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.37 inches
0.19 inches
0.07 inches
0.74 inches
0.18 inches
0.04 inches
0.85 inches
0.08 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.66 inches
0.25 inches
0.22 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.09 inches
0.11 inches
0.32 inches
0.11 inches
0.17 inches
1.46 inches
0.10 inches
0.12 inches
0.78 inches
0.31 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.42 inches
0.49 inches
0.79 inches
0.06 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.40 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.13 inches
0.84 inches
0.97 inches
0.78 inches
0.40 inches
0.01 inches
0.55 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.46 inches
1.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.20 inches
0.14 inches
0.54 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.21 inches
0.02 inches

Daily totals come from Palm Beach International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1938. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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