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Cedar Rapids rainfall for 2019

Cedar Rapids picked up 40.22 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 129 days at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport; the wettest day brought 2.02 inches on May 18, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 35.91 inches. The total landed 4.31 inches above the normal, which works out to 12% more. 2019 ranks 20th out of 72 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1953.

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Cedar Rapids rainfall for 2019

Cedar Rapids rainfall for 2019
Year total40.22 inches2019
1991-2020 normal35.91 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+4.31 inches (+12%)112% of normal
Year rank20th of 72Complete years from 1953, wettest first
Rain days129
Wettest day2.02 inches

Rain by month in 2019

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2019

Every day with measurable rain in 2019: Cedar Rapids
DateRainfall
0.06 inches
1.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.16 inches
0.23 inches
0.30 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.30 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
0.55 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
0.05 inches
0.59 inches
0.53 inches
0.91 inches
0.14 inches
1.24 inches
0.31 inches
0.03 inches
0.42 inches
1.24 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.31 inches
0.40 inches
0.39 inches
0.88 inches
0.42 inches
0.32 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.12 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
1.77 inches
1.72 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.20 inches
0.89 inches
0.24 inches
0.10 inches
0.22 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.76 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
0.18 inches
0.20 inches
0.56 inches
0.35 inches
0.57 inches
0.08 inches
0.25 inches
0.07 inches
0.95 inches
0.06 inches
0.45 inches
0.34 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
0.07 inches
0.26 inches
1.18 inches
1.21 inches
0.35 inches
0.90 inches
0.58 inches
0.03 inches
2.02 inches
0.79 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.39 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.28 inches
0.59 inches
0.44 inches
0.75 inches
0.05 inches
0.25 inches
0.20 inches
0.18 inches
0.67 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.35 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.68 inches
0.43 inches
1.27 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.32 inches
0.03 inches
0.22 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.48 inches
0.08 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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