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Rainfall totals Billings, MT

Through Oct 7, 2026, Billings has received 12.40 inches of rain for the year, according to the official daily climate report. The normal year-to-date total is 12.14 inches. The normal figure is what the city would typically have seen by this point in the calendar. This reading comes from the station gauge at BILLINGS/LOGAN INTL in the National Weather Service's daily climate report.

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Data from Billings International Airport, with records back to 1948. Across the record from 1948, 100 percent of days have a reading, with 100 percent in 2025.

Most recent rainfall

0.14 inches of rain fell on Sep 23, 2026, the latest measurable rainfall this year.

BILLINGS/LOGAN INTL saw no measurable rain on Oct 7, 2026, according to the National Weather Service daily climate report.

The last measurable rain in Billings fell on Sep 23, 2026, 15 days ago. In October, rain days at this station are typically 2 days apart.

Official rainfall report for Oct 7, 2026

National Weather Service daily climate report for Billings, Oct 7, 2026
MeasuredNormalvs normal
Rain on Oct 7, 20260.00 inches0.05 inches-0.05 inches
Last 48 hours0.00 inches
Last 72 hours0.00 inches
Last 7 days0.00 inches
Month to date0.00 inches0.37 inches-0.37 inches
Year to date12.40 inches12.14 inches+0.26 inches (+2%)
Record for Oct 71.23 inches1993

Source: National Weather Service daily climate report for BILLINGS/LOGAN INTL, issued the morning after Oct 7, 2026. The local National Weather Service office issues the daily climate report for the airport station the next morning, and that report is the official figure.

How much rain did Billings get?

Days with measurable rain, 2026

Days with measurable rain in Billings during 2026, newest first
DateRainfall
Sep 23, 20260.14 inches
Sep 20, 20260.16 inches
Sep 19, 20261.28 inches
Sep 18, 20261.65 inches
Sep 14, 20260.02 inches
Sep 12, 20260.01 inches
Sep 7, 20261.37 inches
Aug 30, 20260.27 inches
Aug 28, 20260.01 inches
Aug 27, 20260.15 inches
Aug 22, 20260.03 inches
Aug 18, 20260.03 inches
Aug 14, 20260.03 inches
Aug 13, 20260.03 inches
Aug 12, 20260.32 inches
Jul 31, 20260.05 inches
Jul 26, 20260.01 inches
Jul 24, 20260.08 inches
Jul 17, 20260.33 inches
Jul 15, 20260.43 inches
Jul 14, 20260.11 inches
Jul 10, 20260.04 inches
Jul 8, 20260.10 inches
Jul 7, 20260.01 inches
Jul 6, 20260.01 inches
Jul 2, 20260.02 inches
Jun 27, 20260.40 inches
Jun 26, 20260.01 inches
Jun 25, 20260.30 inches
Jun 13, 20260.36 inches

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With 1.65 inches on Sep 18, 2026, this is the 22nd wettest of the 7,664 measurable rain days in the Billings International Airport record, which begins in 1948.

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Running rain total for 2026, January to December. Dark line is measured, light line is the 1991-2020 normal, violet dot marks the latest day.

Through Oct 3, 2026, the GHCN-Daily station record shows 12.40 inches of measurable rain so far this year, falling over a 68-day span. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

Billings rainfall by month, 2026

Monthly rainfall totals for Billings in 2026, compared with 1991-2020 normals.
MonthRainfallNormalvs normal
January0.07 inches0.55 inches-0.48 inches (-87%)
February0.36 inches0.57 inches-0.21 inches (-37%)
March1.30 inches0.90 inches+0.40 inches (+44%)
April0.61 inches1.72 inches-1.11 inches (-65%)
May1.94 inches2.36 inches-0.42 inches (-18%)
June1.43 inches2.22 inches-0.79 inches (-36%)
July1.19 inches1.22 inches-0.03 inches (-2%)
August0.87 inches0.87 inches0.00 inches
September4.63 inches1.36 inches+3.27 inches (+240%)
October0.00 inches1.37 inches

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Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2026. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

October is still in progress; figures run through Oct 3, 2026. Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

Rainfall days at each threshold in Billings

Rainfall days at each threshold in Billings
Year0.5+ in.1+ in.2+ in.3+ in.
20258000
20244210
20238310
20228200
20214000
20208200
20199000
20189400
201710400
20167100
Average6.01.30.20.0

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A day counts when its rainfall total meets or passes the column amount, from Billings International Airport records in GHCN-Daily. Every complete year starting with 1948 counts toward the average, 78 years in total.

Past rainfall years in Billings

All-time rainfall records

All-time rainfall records for Billings since 1948
Wettest day3.12 inchesMay 24, 2011
Wettest year26.81 inches1978
Driest year7.13 inches2012
Average year14.43 inches78 complete years on record
Rain days a year97average, 0.01 inch or more
Record begins194828,749 daily readings

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Monthly rainfall normals

Average monthly rainfall for Billings, 1991 to 2020
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Inches0.550.570.901.722.362.221.220.871.361.370.600.5714.31

Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

The daily climate report is issued by the local National Weather Service forecast office and delivered to this page by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University. Under 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright attaches to the government-produced figures on this page, including reports, alerts, station observations, and normals, which were created by the National Weather Service and other NOAA offices. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. It does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with those agencies. See: Data sources and attribution.

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