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Grand Rapids rainfall for 2021

Grand Rapids picked up 38.04 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 149 days at Grand Rapids Gerald R Ford International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.81 inches on Jun 26, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 39.40 inches. The total landed 1.36 inches below the normal, which works out to 3% less. 2021 ranks 26th out of 62 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1963.

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Grand Rapids rainfall for 2021

Grand Rapids rainfall for 2021
Year total38.04 inches2021
1991-2020 normal39.40 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-1.36 inches (-3%)97% of normal
Year rank26th of 62Complete years from 1963, wettest first
Rain days149
Wettest day2.81 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: Grand Rapids
DateRainfall
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.15 inches
0.32 inches
0.08 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.32 inches
0.24 inches
0.36 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.22 inches
0.05 inches
0.27 inches
0.27 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.08 inches
0.64 inches
0.09 inches
0.13 inches
0.48 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.34 inches
0.09 inches
1.05 inches
0.61 inches
0.06 inches
0.79 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.29 inches
0.37 inches
0.70 inches
0.03 inches
1.00 inches
0.12 inches
0.04 inches
0.55 inches
0.28 inches
0.15 inches
1.15 inches
0.11 inches
0.36 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
1.08 inches
0.06 inches
0.29 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
1.14 inches
0.04 inches
0.45 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.26 inches
0.31 inches
0.08 inches
0.15 inches
2.65 inches
0.17 inches
0.68 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.05 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
2.81 inches
2.17 inches
1.19 inches
0.09 inches
0.20 inches
0.42 inches
0.22 inches
0.67 inches
0.16 inches
0.46 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.21 inches
0.73 inches
0.07 inches
0.03 inches
0.14 inches
0.25 inches
0.21 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.96 inches
0.28 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
1.06 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
0.26 inches
0.06 inches
0.08 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.15 inches
0.29 inches
0.23 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.32 inches
0.06 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.08 inches
0.19 inches

Daily totals come from Grand Rapids Gerald R Ford International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1963. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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