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Columbia rainfall for 2022

Columbia picked up 40.84 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 112 days at Columbia Metropolitan Airport; the wettest day brought 2.64 inches on Apr 5, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 45.24 inches. The total landed 4.40 inches below the normal, which works out to 10% less. 2022 ranks 61st out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Columbia rainfall for 2022

Columbia rainfall for 2022
Year total40.84 inches2022
1991-2020 normal45.24 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-4.40 inches (-10%)90% of normal
Year rank61st of 78Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days112
Wettest day2.64 inches

Rain by month in 2022

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2022. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2022

Every day with measurable rain in 2022: Columbia
DateRainfall
0.11 inches
0.57 inches
0.23 inches
0.24 inches
0.64 inches
0.06 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.17 inches
0.45 inches
0.43 inches
0.77 inches
0.18 inches
0.10 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
1.12 inches
0.47 inches
0.33 inches
0.09 inches
0.19 inches
0.02 inches
0.82 inches
0.01 inches
2.12 inches
0.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.86 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.22 inches
1.06 inches
0.06 inches
0.51 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.37 inches
0.80 inches
0.37 inches
0.07 inches
0.31 inches
0.38 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
1.60 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.08 inches
1.80 inches
0.14 inches
0.17 inches
0.17 inches
0.79 inches
1.24 inches
1.18 inches
0.19 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 inches
0.02 inches
0.51 inches
0.55 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.14 inches
0.62 inches
1.22 inches
0.46 inches
0.22 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
1.38 inches
0.08 inches
0.13 inches
0.23 inches
1.16 inches
2.64 inches
0.30 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.81 inches
0.62 inches
0.14 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.22 inches
0.01 inches
0.46 inches
0.56 inches
0.08 inches
0.53 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.22 inches
0.28 inches
1.24 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.40 inches
0.01 inches
0.41 inches
1.34 inches

Daily totals come from Columbia Metropolitan Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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