Charlotte picked up 59.13 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 136 days at Charlotte Douglas Airport; the wettest day brought 4.28 inches on Sep 16, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 43.60 inches. The total landed 15.53 inches above the normal, which works out to 36% more. 2018 ranks 3rd out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1939.
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: Charlotte
Date
Rainfall
0.16″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.77″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.17″ inches
1.61″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.78″ inches
0.25″ inches
1.45″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.69″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.04″ inches
1.53″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.14″ inches
1.78″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.14″ inches
2.07″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
2.43″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.03″ inches
1.03″ inches
0.38″ inches
4.28″ inches
1.72″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.70″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.70″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.16″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.81″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.96″ inches
0.87″ inches
0.68″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.65″ inches
1.57″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.74″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.88″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.92″ inches
2.05″ inches
1.16″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.86″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.53″ inches
0.48″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.51″ inches
0.87″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.10″ inches
1.06″ inches
1.15″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.04″ inches
Daily totals come from Charlotte Douglas Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1939. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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