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Rochester rainfall for 2024

Rochester picked up 35.36 inches of rain in 2024. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 170 days at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.44 inches on Sep 6, 2024. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 35.09 inches. The total landed 0.27 inches above the normal, which works out to 1% more. 2024 ranks 27th out of 100 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1926.

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Rochester rainfall for 2024

Rochester rainfall for 2024
Year total35.36 inches2024
1991-2020 normal35.09 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+0.27 inches (+1%)101% of normal
Year rank27th of 100Complete years from 1926, wettest first
Rain days170
Wettest day1.44 inches

Rain by month in 2024

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2024. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2024

Every day with measurable rain in 2024: Rochester
DateRainfall
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.13 inches
0.20 inches
0.25 inches
0.06 inches
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0.11 inches
0.11 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.51 inches
0.03 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.24 inches
0.19 inches
0.17 inches
0.05 inches
1.18 inches
0.17 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.40 inches
0.07 inches
0.05 inches
0.12 inches
0.03 inches
0.97 inches
0.48 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.62 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.22 inches
0.21 inches
0.32 inches
0.68 inches
1.44 inches
0.47 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
1.38 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.73 inches
0.04 inches
0.67 inches
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.66 inches
0.51 inches
0.07 inches
0.89 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
1.32 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.21 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.88 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.45 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.27 inches
1.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.05 inches
0.47 inches
0.52 inches
0.10 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.10 inches
0.05 inches
0.38 inches
0.03 inches
0.26 inches
0.39 inches
1.03 inches
0.19 inches
0.11 inches
0.20 inches
1.19 inches
0.12 inches
0.08 inches
0.25 inches
0.04 inches
0.16 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.05 inches
0.27 inches
0.04 inches
0.11 inches
0.22 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.13 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.35 inches
1.16 inches
0.05 inches
0.38 inches
0.20 inches
0.11 inches
0.19 inches
0.16 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.34 inches
0.19 inches
0.18 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.16 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches

Daily totals come from Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1926. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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