Cedar Rapids picked up 41.84 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 110 days at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 4.91 inches on Aug 11, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 35.91 inches. The total landed 5.93 inches above the normal, which works out to 17% more. 2016 ranks 14th out of 72 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1953.
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: Cedar Rapids
Date
Rainfall
0.45″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.88″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.27″ inches
1.02″ inches
0.10″ inches
1.41″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.75″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
2.65″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.08″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.31″ inches
1.46″ inches
1.19″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.16″ inches
4.91″ inches
1.28″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.78″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.64″ inches
0.50″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.90″ inches
4.21″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.15″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.10″ inches
Daily totals come from Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1953. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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