Savannah picked up 55.45 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 88 days at Savannah Hilton Head International Airport; the wettest day brought 8.94 inches on Oct 7, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 48.12 inches. The total landed 7.33 inches above the normal, which works out to 15% more. 2016 ranks 17th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2016
Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Savannah
Date
Rainfall
0.15″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.04″ inches
1.98″ inches
1.36″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.09″ inches
2.57″ inches
8.94″ inches
1.22″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.12″ inches
2.49″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.90″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.50″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.44″ inches
1.62″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.01″ inches
2.58″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.84″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.25″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.21″ inches
1.95″ inches
1.72″ inches
2.29″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.86″ inches
0.72″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
3.98″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.32″ inches
1.93″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.69″ inches
1.13″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.41″ inches
Daily totals come from Savannah Hilton Head 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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