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Asheville rainfall for 2023

Asheville picked up 38.42 inches of rain in 2023. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 117 days at Asheville Regional Airport; the wettest day brought 2.34 inches on Dec 10, 2023. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 49.59 inches. The total landed 11.17 inches below the normal, which works out to 23% less. 2023 ranks 59th out of 70 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1946.

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Asheville rainfall for 2023

Asheville rainfall for 2023
Year total38.42 inches2023
1991-2020 normal49.59 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-11.17 inches (-23%)77% of normal
Year rank59th of 70Complete years from 1946, wettest first
Rain days117
Wettest day2.34 inches

Rain by month in 2023

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2023. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2023

Every day with measurable rain in 2023: Asheville
DateRainfall
1.42 inches
1.26 inches
0.15 inches
0.03 inches
2.34 inches
0.92 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.09 inches
0.17 inches
0.78 inches
0.11 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.33 inches
0.21 inches
0.03 inches
0.46 inches
0.23 inches
0.89 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.80 inches
0.76 inches
1.06 inches
0.23 inches
0.23 inches
0.05 inches
0.45 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.36 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.73 inches
0.01 inches
0.30 inches
0.09 inches
1.61 inches
0.15 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.30 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.23 inches
0.53 inches
0.37 inches
0.10 inches
0.06 inches
0.13 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.27 inches
1.37 inches
0.77 inches
0.02 inches
0.30 inches
0.06 inches
0.13 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.37 inches
0.29 inches
0.02 inches
0.21 inches
1.28 inches
0.15 inches
0.59 inches
0.03 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
1.05 inches
1.61 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.23 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
0.50 inches
0.01 inches
0.46 inches
0.39 inches
0.08 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
1.17 inches
0.04 inches
0.48 inches
0.41 inches
0.01 inches
0.42 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.21 inches
0.07 inches
1.24 inches
0.10 inches
0.40 inches
0.16 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.86 inches
0.33 inches
1.00 inches
0.44 inches

Daily totals come from Asheville Regional Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1946. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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