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Buffalo rainfall for 2020

Buffalo picked up 39.67 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 151 days at Buffalo Niagara International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.72 inches on Sep 30, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 40.68 inches. The total landed 1.01 inches below the normal, which works out to 2% less. 2020 ranks 36th out of 87 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Buffalo rainfall for 2020

Buffalo rainfall for 2020
Year total39.67 inches2020
1991-2020 normal40.68 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-1.01 inches (-2%)98% of normal
Year rank36th of 87Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days151
Wettest day1.72 inches

Rain by month in 2020

Measured total1991-2020 normal
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: Buffalo
DateRainfall
0.06 inches
0.69 inches
0.09 inches
1.48 inches
0.35 inches
0.49 inches
0.02 inches
0.23 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.45 inches
0.05 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.26 inches
0.79 inches
0.13 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.43 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.32 inches
0.45 inches
0.40 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.04 inches
0.15 inches
0.33 inches
0.18 inches
0.39 inches
0.35 inches
0.45 inches
0.02 inches
0.38 inches
0.16 inches
0.03 inches
0.36 inches
0.03 inches
0.48 inches
0.01 inches
1.72 inches
0.41 inches
0.01 inches
0.61 inches
0.28 inches
0.18 inches
0.19 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.40 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.36 inches
0.90 inches
0.29 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.42 inches
0.21 inches
0.03 inches
0.86 inches
0.47 inches
1.21 inches
0.10 inches
0.40 inches
0.54 inches
0.12 inches
0.76 inches
0.59 inches
1.04 inches
1.03 inches
0.19 inches
0.13 inches
0.51 inches
0.73 inches
0.14 inches
0.44 inches
0.17 inches
0.12 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.62 inches
0.64 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.03 inches
0.13 inches
0.21 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.81 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.29 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
0.36 inches
0.45 inches
0.02 inches
0.22 inches
0.21 inches
0.12 inches
0.14 inches
0.23 inches
0.44 inches
0.18 inches
0.24 inches
0.45 inches
0.08 inches
0.18 inches
0.56 inches
0.06 inches
0.20 inches
0.22 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.13 inches
0.18 inches
0.31 inches
0.07 inches
0.26 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.29 inches
0.23 inches
0.17 inches
0.05 inches
0.53 inches
0.08 inches
0.07 inches
0.49 inches
0.30 inches
0.02 inches
0.26 inches
0.20 inches

Daily totals come from Buffalo Niagara 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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