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Salt Lake City rainfall for 2023

Salt Lake City picked up 17.64 inches of rain in 2023. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 105 days at Salt Lake City International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.31 inches on Aug 2, 2023. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 15.52 inches. The total landed 2.12 inches above the normal, which works out to 14% more. 2023 ranks 21st out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Salt Lake City rainfall for 2023

Salt Lake City rainfall for 2023
Year total17.64 inches2023
1991-2020 normal15.52 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+2.12 inches (+14%)114% of normal
Year rank21st of 78Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days105
Wettest day1.31 inches

Rain by month in 2023

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2023. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2023

Every day with measurable rain in 2023: Salt Lake City
DateRainfall
0.20 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.56 inches
0.03 inches
0.09 inches
0.14 inches
0.19 inches
0.62 inches
0.05 inches
0.46 inches
0.28 inches
0.56 inches
0.18 inches
0.42 inches
0.17 inches
0.39 inches
0.25 inches
0.26 inches
0.13 inches
0.50 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.48 inches
0.27 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.33 inches
1.31 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.15 inches
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
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0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.05 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.17 inches
0.13 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.50 inches
0.55 inches
0.09 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.44 inches
0.06 inches
0.20 inches
0.27 inches
0.04 inches
0.17 inches
0.05 inches
0.24 inches
0.26 inches
0.04 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.08 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.77 inches
0.41 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.05 inches
0.27 inches
0.06 inches
0.77 inches
0.09 inches
0.14 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.89 inches

Daily totals come from Salt Lake City 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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