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Reno rainfall for 2018

Reno picked up 9.26 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 53 days at Reno Airport; the wettest day brought 1.29 inches on Jul 21, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 7.35 inches. The total landed 1.91 inches above the normal, which works out to 26% more. 2018 ranks 20th out of 88 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1937.

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Reno rainfall for 2018

Reno rainfall for 2018
Year total9.26 inches2018
1991-2020 normal7.35 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+1.91 inches (+26%)126% of normal
Year rank20th of 88Complete years from 1937, wettest first
Rain days53
Wettest day1.29 inches

Rain by month in 2018

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2018

Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Reno
DateRainfall
0.73 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.12 inches
0.08 inches
0.61 inches
0.15 inches
0.16 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
1.29 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.69 inches
0.31 inches
0.06 inches
0.06 inches
0.09 inches
0.35 inches
0.17 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.26 inches
0.84 inches
0.23 inches
0.03 inches
0.52 inches
0.18 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.38 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches

Daily totals come from Reno Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1937. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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