Springfield picked up 47.55 inches of rain in 2017. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 100 days at Springfield Branson National Airport; the wettest day brought 4.31 inches on Apr 29, 2017. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 44.71 inches. The total landed 2.84 inches above the normal, which works out to 6% more. 2017 ranks 25th out of 85 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1940.
Monthly rain totals for 2017. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2017
Every day with measurable rain in 2017: Springfield
Date
Rainfall
0.25″ inches
0.76″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.93″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.02″ inches
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0.04″ inches
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0.12″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.43″ inches
0.43″ inches
1.01″ inches
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0.64″ inches
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0.18″ inches
0.89″ inches
0.44″ inches
1.71″ inches
1.78″ inches
1.07″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.50″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.94″ inches
1.91″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.77″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.56″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.69″ inches
1.80″ inches
0.03″ inches
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0.95″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.87″ inches
0.43″ inches
4.31″ inches
0.89″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.16″ inches
1.97″ inches
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0.38″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.87″ inches
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0.05″ inches
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0.41″ inches
0.67″ inches
0.14″ inches
1.60″ inches
0.57″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.16″ inches
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0.06″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.50″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.83″ inches
1.80″ inches
0.05″ inches
Daily totals come from Springfield Branson National Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1940. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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