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Philadelphia rainfall for 2019

Philadelphia picked up 47.43 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 146 days at Philadelphia International Airport; the wettest day brought 2.87 inches on Jun 20, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 44.11 inches. The total landed 3.32 inches above the normal, which works out to 8% more. 2019 ranks 21st out of 84 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1940.

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Philadelphia rainfall for 2019

Philadelphia rainfall for 2019
Year total47.43 inches2019
1991-2020 normal44.11 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+3.32 inches (+8%)108% of normal
Year rank21st of 84Complete years from 1940, wettest first
Rain days146
Wettest day2.87 inches

Rain by month in 2019

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2019

Every day with measurable rain in 2019: Philadelphia
DateRainfall
0.63 inches
0.36 inches
0.82 inches
0.38 inches
0.17 inches
0.51 inches
0.08 inches
0.17 inches
1.31 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.65 inches
0.79 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.10 inches
0.08 inches
0.06 inches
0.59 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.64 inches
0.64 inches
0.51 inches
1.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.05 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.06 inches
0.08 inches
0.05 inches
0.06 inches
0.07 inches
0.19 inches
0.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.20 inches
0.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.42 inches
0.14 inches
1.63 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.50 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.48 inches
0.05 inches
1.36 inches
0.10 inches
2.27 inches
0.33 inches
0.14 inches
0.39 inches
0.09 inches
0.09 inches
0.05 inches
2.87 inches
1.76 inches
0.11 inches
0.04 inches
1.49 inches
0.18 inches
0.20 inches
0.68 inches
0.37 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.20 inches
0.35 inches
0.12 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.50 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.93 inches
1.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.46 inches
0.14 inches
1.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.78 inches
0.01 inches
0.56 inches
0.42 inches
0.65 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.09 inches
0.14 inches
0.27 inches
0.74 inches
0.03 inches
0.89 inches
0.09 inches
0.90 inches
0.31 inches
0.39 inches
0.38 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.65 inches
0.15 inches
0.21 inches
0.03 inches
1.00 inches
0.26 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.30 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
1.27 inches
0.01 inches
0.75 inches
0.61 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
0.53 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 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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