Raleigh picked up 45.25 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 109 days at Raleigh Durham International Airport; the wettest day brought 4.96 inches on Oct 9, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.07 inches. The total landed 0.82 inches below the normal, which works out to 2% less. 2021 ranks 36th out of 81 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1944.
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2021
Every day with measurable rain in 2021: Raleigh
Date
Rainfall
0.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.67″ inches
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0.41″ inches
0.14″ inches
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0.52″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.28″ inches
1.04″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.17″ inches
4.96″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.73″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.01″ inches
1.60″ inches
0.21″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.55″ inches
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0.39″ inches
0.03″ inches
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0.52″ inches
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2.52″ inches
1.08″ inches
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0.03″ inches
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1.03″ inches
1.45″ inches
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0.11″ inches
1.00″ inches
0.02″ inches
2.04″ inches
1.82″ inches
0.01″ inches
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0.02″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.05″ inches
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0.09″ inches
0.37″ inches
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0.02″ inches
0.27″ inches
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0.07″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.25″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.78″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.63″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.77″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.83″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.16″ inches
1.07″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.93″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.65″ 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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