Philadelphia picked up 35.32 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 111 days at Philadelphia International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.96 inches on May 21, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 44.11 inches. The total landed 8.79 inches below the normal, which works out to 20% less. 2016 ranks 69th out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1940.
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2016
Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Philadelphia
Date
Rainfall
0.19″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.39″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.72″ inches
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0.42″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.74″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.73″ inches
1.02″ inches
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0.38″ inches
0.01″ inches
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0.48″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.89″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.77″ inches
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0.09″ inches
0.12″ inches
1.29″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.60″ inches
0.19″ inches
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0.03″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.39″ inches
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1.68″ inches
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0.29″ inches
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0.56″ inches
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0.44″ inches
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0.92″ inches
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0.03″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.11″ inches
1.96″ inches
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0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.08″ inches
1.15″ inches
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0.34″ inches
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0.09″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.39″ inches
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0.05″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
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1.02″ inches
0.07″ inches
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0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.09″ inches
1.91″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.56″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.10″ inches
1.40″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.63″ inches
Daily totals come from Philadelphia International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1940. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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