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Tulsa rainfall for 2018

Tulsa picked up 34.08 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 93 days at Tulsa International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.34 inches on Sep 21, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 40.96 inches. The total landed 6.88 inches below the normal, which works out to 17% less. 2018 ranks 56th out of 83 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Tulsa rainfall for 2018

Tulsa rainfall for 2018
Year total34.08 inches2018
1991-2020 normal40.96 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-6.88 inches (-17%)83% of normal
Year rank56th of 83Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days93
Wettest day2.34 inches

Rain by month in 2018

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2018

Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Tulsa
DateRainfall
0.75 inches
0.08 inches
0.08 inches
0.60 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
2.03 inches
0.48 inches
0.26 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.52 inches
0.11 inches
0.18 inches
0.11 inches
0.12 inches
0.87 inches
0.04 inches
0.25 inches
0.12 inches
0.99 inches
0.12 inches
0.19 inches
0.10 inches
0.07 inches
2.34 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.50 inches
0.12 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
1.68 inches
0.46 inches
0.25 inches
1.03 inches
0.12 inches
1.07 inches
0.25 inches
0.72 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.10 inches
0.53 inches
0.01 inches
0.89 inches
0.13 inches
0.41 inches
0.15 inches
0.21 inches
0.42 inches
0.46 inches
0.31 inches
0.42 inches
0.02 inches
0.12 inches
0.63 inches
0.30 inches
0.05 inches
0.78 inches
0.45 inches
0.12 inches
0.40 inches
0.07 inches
1.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
1.08 inches
1.73 inches
0.38 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.02 inches
0.46 inches
1.59 inches
0.59 inches
0.05 inches
1.12 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches

Daily totals come from Tulsa 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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