Newark picked up 47.18 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 123 days at Newark Liberty International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.78 inches on Jul 10, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.60 inches. The total landed 0.58 inches above the normal, which works out to 1% more. 2020 ranks 44th out of 119 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1900.
Monthly rain totals for 2020. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2020
Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Newark
Date
Rainfall
0.60″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.43″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.97″ inches
0.12″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.63″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.70″ inches
1.59″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.98″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.73″ inches
0.75″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
1.43″ inches
0.85″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.72″ inches
0.34″ inches
1.10″ inches
0.14″ inches
2.14″ inches
0.98″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.89″ inches
2.78″ inches
1.15″ inches
0.58″ inches
1.11″ inches
0.23″ inches
1.44″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.80″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.43″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.69″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.13″ inches
1.12″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.62″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.88″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.11″ inches
Daily totals come from Newark Liberty International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1900. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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