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Charlotte rainfall for 2020

Charlotte picked up 58.80 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 137 days at Charlotte Douglas Airport; the wettest day brought 4.62 inches on Nov 12, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 43.60 inches. The total landed 15.20 inches above the normal, which works out to 35% more. 2020 ranks 4th out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1939.

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Charlotte rainfall for 2020

Charlotte rainfall for 2020
Year total58.80 inches2020
1991-2020 normal43.60 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+15.20 inches (+35%)135% of normal
Year rank4th of 84Complete years from 1939, wettest first
Rain days137
Wettest day4.62 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: Charlotte
DateRainfall
0.06 inches
0.72 inches
0.38 inches
0.72 inches
0.49 inches
0.01 inches
0.60 inches
0.68 inches
0.54 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
4.62 inches
0.38 inches
0.40 inches
1.48 inches
0.34 inches
0.38 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
2.91 inches
1.37 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
1.26 inches
0.20 inches
1.86 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.50 inches
0.23 inches
0.94 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.48 inches
0.09 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.97 inches
0.25 inches
0.14 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.47 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.61 inches
0.03 inches
2.03 inches
0.21 inches
0.12 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.13 inches
0.06 inches
0.46 inches
0.33 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.39 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.63 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.34 inches
0.32 inches
0.05 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
1.75 inches
0.03 inches
0.70 inches
0.39 inches
1.27 inches
1.32 inches
0.31 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.12 inches
0.23 inches
1.82 inches
0.60 inches
0.91 inches
0.40 inches
1.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
1.47 inches
0.56 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
1.16 inches
0.41 inches
0.39 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.45 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.10 inches
0.87 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.50 inches
0.34 inches
0.15 inches
0.21 inches
0.45 inches
0.57 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
3.16 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.53 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
1.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.32 inches
0.77 inches
0.56 inches
0.09 inches
0.29 inches
0.52 inches
0.38 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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