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Wichita rainfall for 2016

Wichita picked up 50.60 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 83 days at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport; the wettest day brought 5.72 inches on Jul 2, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 34.31 inches. The total landed 16.29 inches above the normal, which works out to 47% more. 2016 ranks 2nd out of 72 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1953.

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Wichita rainfall for 2016

Wichita rainfall for 2016
Year total50.60 inches2016
1991-2020 normal34.31 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+16.29 inches (+47%)147% of normal
Year rank2nd of 72Complete years from 1953, wettest first
Rain days83
Wettest day5.72 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: Wichita
DateRainfall
0.13 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
0.21 inches
0.07 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.04 inches
0.92 inches
0.02 inches
0.47 inches
0.29 inches
0.34 inches
1.07 inches
0.58 inches
0.39 inches
0.30 inches
5.39 inches
3.46 inches
0.11 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.05 inches
1.13 inches
0.09 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.85 inches
2.67 inches
2.17 inches
1.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
1.03 inches
0.14 inches
0.50 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.30 inches
1.42 inches
5.72 inches
0.33 inches
0.08 inches
0.39 inches
0.07 inches
0.19 inches
1.51 inches
0.59 inches
0.36 inches
0.16 inches
0.58 inches
1.09 inches
1.29 inches
1.68 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
1.34 inches
0.01 inches
0.33 inches
0.12 inches
0.03 inches
0.70 inches
2.75 inches
0.04 inches
1.14 inches
0.31 inches
1.12 inches
0.10 inches
0.04 inches
0.53 inches
0.09 inches
0.80 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.34 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches

Daily totals come from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National 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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