Raleigh picked up 42.97 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 126 days at Raleigh Durham International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.98 inches on Apr 8, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.07 inches. The total landed 3.10 inches below the normal, which works out to 7% less. 2019 ranks 43rd out of 81 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1944.
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2019
Every day with measurable rain in 2019: Raleigh
Date
Rainfall
0.09″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.09″ inches
1.40″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.76″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.94″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.18″ inches
1.57″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.93″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.64″ inches
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0.56″ inches
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0.14″ inches
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0.22″ inches
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0.21″ inches
0.87″ inches
0.24″ inches
1.16″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.31″ inches
1.00″ inches
0.03″ inches
1.09″ inches
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0.30″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.32″ inches
0.53″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.67″ inches
0.05″ inches
1.32″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.63″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.31″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.93″ inches
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0.04″ inches
1.98″ inches
0.54″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.54″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.81″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.05″ inches
1.02″ inches
0.69″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.73″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.61″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.04″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.54″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.01″ inches
Daily totals come from Raleigh Durham International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1944. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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