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Cleveland rainfall for 2020

Cleveland picked up 54.21 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 171 days at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; the wettest day brought 3.98 inches on Sep 7, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 41.03 inches. The total landed 13.18 inches above the normal, which works out to 32% more. 2020 ranks 2nd out of 87 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Cleveland rainfall for 2020

Cleveland rainfall for 2020
Year total54.21 inches2020
1991-2020 normal41.03 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+13.18 inches (+32%)132% of normal
Year rank2nd of 87Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days171
Wettest day3.98 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: Cleveland
DateRainfall
0.35 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.20 inches
0.39 inches
0.03 inches
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0.06 inches
0.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.07 inches
1.16 inches
1.38 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.43 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.74 inches
0.12 inches
0.35 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.13 inches
0.51 inches
0.57 inches
0.08 inches
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0.04 inches
2.55 inches
0.32 inches
0.54 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
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0.05 inches
0.48 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
0.57 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
1.23 inches
0.21 inches
3.98 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.25 inches
3.01 inches
0.14 inches
0.21 inches
1.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.09 inches
0.15 inches
0.58 inches
0.06 inches
0.96 inches
2.91 inches
0.23 inches
0.41 inches
0.07 inches
0.25 inches
0.24 inches
0.34 inches
0.03 inches
0.66 inches
0.22 inches
0.16 inches
0.41 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.36 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.42 inches
0.10 inches
0.46 inches
0.12 inches
1.35 inches
0.46 inches
2.38 inches
0.90 inches
0.23 inches
0.34 inches
0.03 inches
0.11 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.09 inches
0.33 inches
0.03 inches
0.47 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.08 inches
0.43 inches
0.04 inches
0.14 inches
0.27 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.18 inches
1.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.95 inches
1.34 inches
0.28 inches
0.22 inches
0.10 inches
0.13 inches
0.14 inches
0.15 inches
0.98 inches
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0.01 inches
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0.25 inches
0.06 inches
0.25 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.29 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.30 inches
0.15 inches
0.20 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.12 inches
0.26 inches
0.16 inches
0.14 inches
0.03 inches
0.17 inches
0.06 inches
0.24 inches
0.13 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 inches
0.19 inches
0.71 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.92 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.16 inches

Daily totals come from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1938. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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