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St Louis rainfall for 2021

St Louis picked up 42.48 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 117 days at St Louis Lambert International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.62 inches on Jun 25, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 41.70 inches. The total landed 0.78 inches above the normal, which works out to 2% more. 2021 ranks 28th out of 83 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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St Louis rainfall for 2021

St Louis rainfall for 2021
Year total42.48 inches2021
1991-2020 normal41.70 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+0.78 inches (+2%)102% of normal
Year rank28th of 83Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days117
Wettest day2.62 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: St Louis
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
1.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.21 inches
0.31 inches
0.05 inches
0.92 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.59 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.82 inches
0.02 inches
0.44 inches
0.02 inches
0.32 inches
0.14 inches
0.06 inches
1.70 inches
0.03 inches
0.12 inches
0.24 inches
0.88 inches
0.01 inches
1.22 inches
0.12 inches
0.08 inches
0.52 inches
0.91 inches
0.39 inches
0.60 inches
1.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.18 inches
0.64 inches
0.76 inches
0.22 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
1.28 inches
2.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.65 inches
0.11 inches
1.59 inches
0.24 inches
0.06 inches
2.62 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.36 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
1.29 inches
0.16 inches
0.46 inches
0.50 inches
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.31 inches
0.46 inches
0.68 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.33 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
1.06 inches
0.03 inches
1.01 inches
0.28 inches
0.54 inches
0.46 inches
2.04 inches
0.87 inches
0.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.48 inches
0.44 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.52 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.10 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
0.05 inches
1.25 inches
0.26 inches
1.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.11 inches
0.11 inches
0.78 inches

Daily totals come from St Louis Lambert 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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