Des Moines picked up 42.03 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 121 days at Des Moines International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.67 inches on Jun 25, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 36.55 inches. The total landed 5.48 inches above the normal, which works out to 15% more. 2018 ranks 11th out of 80 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1945.
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2018
Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Des Moines
Date
Rainfall
0.11″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.90″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.12″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.11″ inches
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0.21″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.66″ inches
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0.05″ inches
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0.08″ inches
0.82″ inches
1.09″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.01″ inches
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0.28″ inches
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0.01″ inches
0.72″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.85″ inches
1.07″ inches
0.54″ inches
2.31″ inches
0.05″ inches
1.20″ inches
0.89″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.64″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.82″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.51″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.23″ inches
2.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.32″ inches
2.67″ inches
0.20″ inches
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0.15″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.50″ inches
0.81″ inches
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0.28″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.28″ inches
1.01″ inches
0.96″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.15″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.13″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.56″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.09″ inches
Daily totals come from Des Moines International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1945. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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