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Honolulu rainfall for 2016

Honolulu picked up 13.16 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 97 days at Honolulu International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.47 inches on Jul 24, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 16.41 inches. The total landed 3.25 inches below the normal, which works out to 20% less. 2016 ranks 62nd out of 83 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1940.

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Honolulu rainfall for 2016

Honolulu rainfall for 2016
Year total13.16 inches2016
1991-2020 normal16.41 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-3.25 inches (-20%)80% of normal
Year rank62nd of 83Complete years from 1940, wettest first
Rain days97
Wettest day1.47 inches

Rain by month in 2016

Measured total1991-2020 normal
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: Honolulu
DateRainfall
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.03 inches
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0.06 inches
0.25 inches
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0.16 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.56 inches
0.03 inches
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1.16 inches
1.09 inches
0.21 inches
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0.28 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
1.07 inches
0.17 inches
0.13 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
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0.04 inches
0.35 inches
0.21 inches
1.47 inches
0.12 inches
0.33 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.05 inches
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0.03 inches
0.02 inches
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0.03 inches
0.47 inches
0.46 inches
1.22 inches
0.91 inches
0.01 inches
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0.04 inches
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0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
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0.02 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches

Daily totals come from Honolulu International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1940. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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