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Dallas rainfall for 2020

Dallas picked up 43.70 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 94 days at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport; the wettest day brought 3.57 inches on May 16, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 37.01 inches. The total landed 6.69 inches above the normal, which works out to 18% more. 2020 ranks 13th out of 72 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1953.

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Dallas rainfall for 2020

Dallas rainfall for 2020
Year total43.70 inches2020
1991-2020 normal37.01 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+6.69 inches (+18%)118% of normal
Year rank13th of 72Complete years from 1953, wettest first
Rain days94
Wettest day3.57 inches

Rain by month in 2020

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

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Dallas
DateRainfall
1.64 inches
0.35 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.82 inches
0.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.48 inches
0.59 inches
0.45 inches
0.09 inches
0.24 inches
0.05 inches
0.91 inches
0.07 inches
0.07 inches
0.03 inches
1.30 inches
0.37 inches
0.48 inches
1.55 inches
0.01 inches
0.95 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
1.00 inches
0.07 inches
1.01 inches
0.22 inches
2.49 inches
0.69 inches
0.32 inches
0.81 inches
1.04 inches
0.01 inches
1.65 inches
0.18 inches
0.62 inches
0.01 inches
0.37 inches
3.57 inches
0.67 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.21 inches
0.17 inches
0.85 inches
0.01 inches
0.10 inches
0.49 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.11 inches
0.12 inches
0.33 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.17 inches
0.08 inches
0.43 inches
1.33 inches
0.11 inches
0.46 inches
0.53 inches
0.12 inches
2.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.88 inches
0.03 inches
0.18 inches
0.75 inches
0.27 inches
1.66 inches
0.34 inches
0.30 inches
0.04 inches
0.09 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.04 inches
0.51 inches
0.04 inches
0.46 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.28 inches
2.10 inches
0.07 inches
1.47 inches

Daily totals come from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1953. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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