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Raleigh rainfall for 2023

Raleigh picked up 44.94 inches of rain in 2023. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 114 days at Raleigh Durham International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.85 inches on Dec 17, 2023. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.07 inches. The total landed 1.13 inches below the normal, which works out to 2% less. 2023 ranks 37th out of 81 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1944.

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Raleigh rainfall for 2023

Raleigh rainfall for 2023
Year total44.94 inches2023
1991-2020 normal46.07 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-1.13 inches (-2%)98% of normal
Year rank37th of 81Complete years from 1944, wettest first
Rain days114
Wettest day2.85 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: Raleigh
DateRainfall
0.64 inches
0.62 inches
2.85 inches
0.34 inches
2.41 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.91 inches
0.51 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.46 inches
1.62 inches
0.02 inches
2.38 inches
0.43 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
0.02 inches
1.87 inches
0.42 inches
0.20 inches
0.25 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.43 inches
0.38 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 inches
1.25 inches
0.84 inches
0.01 inches
0.62 inches
1.39 inches
0.88 inches
0.07 inches
0.39 inches
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.31 inches
0.58 inches
1.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.76 inches
0.29 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.24 inches
0.33 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
0.57 inches
0.26 inches
0.07 inches
1.36 inches
0.27 inches
0.31 inches
0.03 inches
0.66 inches
1.73 inches
0.02 inches
1.42 inches
2.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.28 inches
0.54 inches
0.22 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.57 inches
0.20 inches
0.14 inches
0.62 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
1.33 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.44 inches
0.18 inches
0.11 inches
0.29 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.48 inches
0.08 inches
0.71 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.15 inches
0.38 inches
0.04 inches
0.12 inches
0.54 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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