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Boston rainfall for 2020

Boston picked up 37.54 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 117 days at Boston Logan International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.81 inches on Nov 23, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 43.59 inches. The total landed 6.05 inches below the normal, which works out to 14% less. 2020 ranks 64th out of 90 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1936.

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Boston rainfall for 2020

Boston rainfall for 2020
Year total37.54 inches2020
1991-2020 normal43.59 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-6.05 inches (-14%)86% of normal
Year rank64th of 90Complete years from 1936, wettest first
Rain days117
Wettest day1.81 inches

Rain by month in 2020

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

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Boston
DateRainfall
0.10 inches
1.49 inches
0.03 inches
1.30 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.50 inches
1.72 inches
0.02 inches
0.41 inches
0.85 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
1.81 inches
0.05 inches
0.34 inches
0.22 inches
0.01 inches
0.62 inches
0.26 inches
0.91 inches
0.27 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
1.16 inches
0.77 inches
1.50 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.46 inches
0.05 inches
0.25 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.07 inches
0.18 inches
1.33 inches
0.06 inches
0.16 inches
0.08 inches
0.16 inches
0.17 inches
0.07 inches
0.57 inches
0.32 inches
0.11 inches
0.07 inches
0.62 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.07 inches
0.18 inches
0.19 inches
1.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.74 inches
0.14 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.67 inches
0.23 inches
0.12 inches
0.25 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.79 inches
0.01 inches
0.60 inches
0.22 inches
0.21 inches
0.33 inches
0.67 inches
0.01 inches
0.56 inches
0.01 inches
0.64 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.83 inches
0.13 inches
0.08 inches
0.74 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
1.38 inches
0.02 inches
0.56 inches
0.03 inches
0.29 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.75 inches
0.15 inches
0.26 inches
0.45 inches
0.53 inches
0.17 inches
0.16 inches
0.32 inches
0.44 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.70 inches
0.02 inches
0.28 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.13 inches

Daily totals come from Boston Logan International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1936. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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