Kansas City picked up 34.57 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 89 days at Kansas City International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.96 inches on May 31, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 39.30 inches. The total landed 4.73 inches below the normal, which works out to 12% less. 2022 ranks 35th out of 53 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1972.
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: Kansas City
Date
Rainfall
0.10″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.84″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.43″ inches
2.43″ inches
1.38″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.86″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.03″ inches
1.19″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.70″ inches
1.26″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.42″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.11″ inches
1.13″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.21″ inches
2.96″ inches
0.14″ inches
1.10″ inches
1.13″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.32″ inches
1.23″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.62″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.41″ inches
1.23″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.40″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.67″ inches
0.56″ inches
0.87″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.67″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.29″ inches
Daily totals come from Kansas City International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1972. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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