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Nashville rainfall for 2021

Nashville picked up 59.32 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 130 days at Nashville International Airport; the wettest day brought 5.75 inches on Mar 27, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 50.51 inches. The total landed 8.81 inches above the normal, which works out to 17% more. 2021 ranks 10th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Nashville rainfall for 2021

Nashville rainfall for 2021
Year total59.32 inches2021
1991-2020 normal50.51 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+8.81 inches (+17%)117% of normal
Year rank10th of 78Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days130
Wettest day5.75 inches

Rain by month in 2021

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2021

Every day with measurable rain in 2021: Nashville
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.44 inches
0.02 inches
0.32 inches
0.61 inches
0.40 inches
0.29 inches
0.16 inches
1.33 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.43 inches
0.30 inches
0.23 inches
0.51 inches
0.11 inches
0.29 inches
0.21 inches
1.12 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.66 inches
0.59 inches
1.05 inches
0.35 inches
0.19 inches
0.55 inches
1.57 inches
0.80 inches
0.64 inches
0.36 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
2.32 inches
0.41 inches
0.08 inches
0.19 inches
2.36 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.63 inches
0.01 inches
0.37 inches
0.22 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.27 inches
3.13 inches
0.16 inches
1.41 inches
2.50 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.56 inches
0.60 inches
0.35 inches
0.09 inches
0.07 inches
0.20 inches
0.22 inches
0.33 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
1.16 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.97 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.43 inches
0.28 inches
0.20 inches
0.84 inches
1.86 inches
0.17 inches
0.48 inches
0.72 inches
0.34 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.42 inches
0.03 inches
0.66 inches
0.71 inches
1.26 inches
5.75 inches
1.76 inches
0.04 inches
1.20 inches
0.20 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.19 inches
0.26 inches
0.91 inches
1.37 inches
0.44 inches
0.14 inches
0.03 inches
0.28 inches
0.76 inches
0.17 inches
0.31 inches
0.05 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
1.35 inches
0.03 inches
0.16 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.54 inches

Daily totals come from Nashville International 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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