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Minneapolis rainfall for 2016

Minneapolis picked up 40.32 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 129 days at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.17 inches on Jul 23, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 31.62 inches. The total landed 8.70 inches above the normal, which works out to 28% more. 2016 ranks 2nd out of 87 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Minneapolis rainfall for 2016

Minneapolis rainfall for 2016
Year total40.32 inches2016
1991-2020 normal31.62 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+8.70 inches (+28%)128% of normal
Year rank2nd of 87Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days129
Wettest day2.17 inches

Rain by month in 2016

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2016

Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Minneapolis
DateRainfall
0.97 inches
0.10 inches
0.07 inches
0.35 inches
0.03 inches
0.33 inches
0.16 inches
0.13 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.97 inches
0.31 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.74 inches
0.80 inches
0.06 inches
0.33 inches
0.56 inches
0.01 inches
0.65 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
1.01 inches
0.60 inches
0.13 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 inches
0.63 inches
0.08 inches
1.88 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.85 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.88 inches
0.51 inches
0.02 inches
0.34 inches
1.27 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
1.01 inches
0.38 inches
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0.20 inches
0.33 inches
1.11 inches
1.53 inches
1.13 inches
0.48 inches
2.17 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
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0.20 inches
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0.08 inches
0.40 inches
0.07 inches
1.21 inches
0.10 inches
0.47 inches
0.20 inches
1.49 inches
0.40 inches
0.99 inches
0.54 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.21 inches
0.02 inches
0.31 inches
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0.27 inches
0.33 inches
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0.15 inches
0.59 inches
0.33 inches
0.65 inches
0.28 inches
0.53 inches
0.39 inches
0.32 inches
0.25 inches
0.08 inches
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0.02 inches
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0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.40 inches
0.19 inches
0.07 inches
0.12 inches
0.31 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.85 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.37 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches

Daily totals come from Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1938. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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