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Boston rainfall for 2021

Boston picked up 52.33 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 134 days at Boston Logan International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.54 inches on Sep 2, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 43.59 inches. The total landed 8.74 inches above the normal, which works out to 20% more. 2021 ranks 13th out of 90 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1936.

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Boston rainfall for 2021

Boston rainfall for 2021
Year total52.33 inches2021
1991-2020 normal43.59 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+8.74 inches (+20%)120% of normal
Year rank13th of 90Complete years from 1936, wettest first
Rain days134
Wettest day2.54 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: Boston
DateRainfall
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.24 inches
0.32 inches
0.09 inches
0.38 inches
0.56 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.25 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
0.28 inches
0.08 inches
0.19 inches
0.53 inches
0.42 inches
1.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.92 inches
0.81 inches
0.31 inches
0.02 inches
0.30 inches
1.08 inches
0.13 inches
0.72 inches
0.55 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.28 inches
0.06 inches
0.31 inches
0.06 inches
0.19 inches
0.96 inches
0.05 inches
2.54 inches
1.69 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.07 inches
1.69 inches
0.76 inches
0.05 inches
1.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
1.15 inches
1.42 inches
0.58 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.38 inches
0.15 inches
0.30 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
1.21 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
2.04 inches
0.30 inches
0.03 inches
0.29 inches
0.31 inches
1.68 inches
1.67 inches
1.28 inches
0.16 inches
0.09 inches
0.91 inches
0.01 inches
0.53 inches
0.59 inches
0.12 inches
0.05 inches
0.11 inches
0.15 inches
0.72 inches
1.08 inches
1.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.28 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.53 inches
0.67 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.89 inches
0.22 inches
0.11 inches
0.24 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
1.60 inches
0.22 inches
0.92 inches
0.20 inches
0.69 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.66 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.16 inches
0.43 inches
0.09 inches
0.63 inches
0.03 inches
0.17 inches
0.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.69 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.22 inches
1.03 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.41 inches
0.10 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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