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Wichita rainfall for 2021

Wichita picked up 30.56 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 85 days at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport; the wettest day brought 2.18 inches on Jun 30, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 34.31 inches. The total landed 3.75 inches below the normal, which works out to 11% less. 2021 ranks 40th out of 72 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1953.

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Wichita rainfall for 2021

Wichita rainfall for 2021
Year total30.56 inches2021
1991-2020 normal34.31 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-3.75 inches (-11%)89% of normal
Year rank40th of 72Complete years from 1953, wettest first
Rain days85
Wettest day2.18 inches

Rain by month in 2021

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2021

Every day with measurable rain in 2021: Wichita
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.09 inches
0.08 inches
0.20 inches
1.70 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.12 inches
0.93 inches
0.02 inches
0.79 inches
1.14 inches
0.16 inches
0.65 inches
0.01 inches
0.23 inches
1.29 inches
0.82 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
0.27 inches
0.10 inches
0.34 inches
0.77 inches
0.05 inches
0.70 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.09 inches
0.20 inches
2.18 inches
0.64 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.49 inches
0.91 inches
0.94 inches
0.23 inches
0.88 inches
0.04 inches
1.76 inches
0.15 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.10 inches
0.22 inches
0.04 inches
1.10 inches
0.30 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.15 inches
0.06 inches
0.44 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.20 inches
1.66 inches
1.48 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.27 inches
1.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
1.04 inches
1.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.54 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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