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Amarillo rainfall for 2021

Amarillo picked up 15.03 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 62 days at Amarillo Airport; the wettest day brought 1.66 inches on May 30, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 19.66 inches. The total landed 4.63 inches below the normal, which works out to 24% less. 2021 ranks 64th out of 79 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1947.

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Amarillo rainfall for 2021

Amarillo rainfall for 2021
Year total15.03 inches2021
1991-2020 normal19.66 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-4.63 inches (-24%)76% of normal
Year rank64th of 79Complete years from 1947, wettest first
Rain days62
Wettest day1.66 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: Amarillo
DateRainfall
0.03 inches
0.10 inches
0.52 inches
0.05 inches
0.05 inches
0.45 inches
0.21 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.11 inches
0.29 inches
0.10 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.35 inches
0.17 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.25 inches
0.68 inches
1.19 inches
0.07 inches
0.09 inches
0.19 inches
0.20 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.10 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
1.66 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.06 inches
1.14 inches
1.45 inches
0.49 inches
0.85 inches
0.37 inches
0.05 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.30 inches
0.30 inches
0.61 inches
0.25 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.22 inches
0.19 inches
0.05 inches

Daily totals come from Amarillo Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1947. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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