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Boston rainfall for 2022

Boston picked up 31.25 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 122 days at Boston Logan International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.87 inches on Feb 4, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 43.59 inches. The total landed 12.34 inches below the normal, which works out to 28% less. 2022 ranks 85th out of 90 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1936.

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Boston rainfall for 2022

Boston rainfall for 2022
Year total31.25 inches2022
1991-2020 normal43.59 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-12.34 inches (-28%)72% of normal
Year rank85th of 90Complete years from 1936, wettest first
Rain days122
Wettest day1.87 inches

Rain by month in 2022

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2022. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2022

Every day with measurable rain in 2022: Boston
DateRainfall
0.35 inches
0.66 inches
0.14 inches
0.15 inches
1.28 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.85 inches
0.09 inches
0.16 inches
0.66 inches
0.64 inches
0.01 inches
0.79 inches
0.10 inches
0.07 inches
0.38 inches
0.04 inches
0.47 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.07 inches
0.18 inches
0.23 inches
1.19 inches
1.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.44 inches
0.46 inches
0.02 inches
0.29 inches
0.75 inches
0.01 inches
0.42 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.53 inches
0.44 inches
0.33 inches
0.41 inches
0.02 inches
0.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.19 inches
0.65 inches
0.31 inches
0.09 inches
0.85 inches
0.23 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.09 inches
0.73 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.09 inches
0.16 inches
0.09 inches
0.23 inches
0.56 inches
0.39 inches
0.23 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.40 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.33 inches
0.25 inches
0.75 inches
0.20 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.36 inches
0.26 inches
0.31 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.09 inches
0.70 inches
0.35 inches
0.31 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.22 inches
0.49 inches
0.41 inches
0.05 inches
1.87 inches
0.17 inches
0.45 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.73 inches
0.01 inches
0.48 inches
0.12 inches
0.23 inches
0.08 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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