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Raleigh rainfall for 2025

Raleigh picked up 41.32 inches of rain in 2025. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 118 days at Raleigh Durham International Airport; the wettest day brought 3.59 inches on Aug 6, 2025. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.07 inches. The total landed 4.75 inches below the normal, which works out to 10% less. 2025 ranks 49th out of 81 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1944.

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Raleigh rainfall for 2025

Raleigh rainfall for 2025
Year total41.32 inches2025
1991-2020 normal46.07 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-4.75 inches (-10%)90% of normal
Year rank49th of 81Complete years from 1944, wettest first
Rain days118
Wettest day3.59 inches

Rain by month in 2025

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2025. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2025

Every day with measurable rain in 2025: Raleigh
DateRainfall
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.81 inches
0.06 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.12 inches
0.81 inches
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0.69 inches
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0.04 inches
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0.68 inches
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0.07 inches
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3.59 inches
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0.49 inches
0.07 inches
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0.94 inches
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0.74 inches
0.37 inches
0.03 inches
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0.48 inches
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1.06 inches
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0.08 inches
0.32 inches
0.98 inches
0.49 inches
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0.49 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.27 inches
0.62 inches
0.02 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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