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Atlanta rainfall for 2020

Atlanta picked up 66.99 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 138 days at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport; the wettest day brought 4.55 inches on Oct 10, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 50.43 inches. The total landed 16.56 inches above the normal, which works out to 33% more. 2020 ranks 5th out of 96 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1930.

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Atlanta rainfall for 2020

Atlanta rainfall for 2020
Year total66.99 inches2020
1991-2020 normal50.43 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+16.56 inches (+33%)133% of normal
Year rank5th of 96Complete years from 1930, wettest first
Rain days138
Wettest day4.55 inches

Rain by month in 2020

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

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Atlanta
DateRainfall
0.02 inches
1.31 inches
0.32 inches
0.43 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.12 inches
0.26 inches
1.28 inches
0.12 inches
0.69 inches
0.29 inches
0.09 inches
0.09 inches
0.11 inches
0.89 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
2.48 inches
0.05 inches
4.55 inches
0.13 inches
0.27 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.98 inches
2.79 inches
1.20 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
2.70 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
1.19 inches
0.15 inches
0.06 inches
0.21 inches
0.32 inches
0.64 inches
0.32 inches
0.10 inches
0.71 inches
0.09 inches
0.18 inches
0.09 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.58 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
1.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.40 inches
0.01 inches
0.71 inches
0.32 inches
0.12 inches
0.26 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
1.41 inches
0.07 inches
0.68 inches
0.29 inches
0.22 inches
0.13 inches
0.25 inches
1.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.34 inches
0.74 inches
0.04 inches
0.50 inches
2.46 inches
0.18 inches
0.72 inches
0.18 inches
0.19 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.58 inches
0.57 inches
1.45 inches
0.03 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 inches
0.05 inches
1.57 inches
1.02 inches
0.49 inches
0.95 inches
0.03 inches
1.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.94 inches
0.09 inches
2.41 inches
0.29 inches
0.91 inches
0.34 inches
1.48 inches
0.12 inches
2.30 inches
0.56 inches
0.08 inches
0.66 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.54 inches
0.61 inches
0.66 inches
1.91 inches
1.28 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.97 inches
0.92 inches

Daily totals come from Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1930. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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