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Roanoke rainfall for 2020

Roanoke picked up 62.65 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 137 days at Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Airport; the wettest day brought 2.84 inches on May 19, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 42.82 inches. The total landed 19.83 inches above the normal, which works out to 46% more. 2020 is the wettest among 78 complete years, with the station record beginning in 1948.

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Roanoke rainfall for 2020

Roanoke rainfall for 2020
Year total62.65 inches2020
1991-2020 normal42.82 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+19.83 inches (+46%)146% of normal
Year rank1st of 78Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days137
Wettest day2.84 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: Roanoke
DateRainfall
0.05 inches
0.69 inches
0.62 inches
1.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
1.19 inches
0.85 inches
0.26 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
1.68 inches
2.64 inches
0.03 inches
0.35 inches
2.14 inches
0.04 inches
0.35 inches
0.22 inches
0.07 inches
1.26 inches
0.49 inches
0.74 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
1.67 inches
0.01 inches
2.12 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.07 inches
0.49 inches
1.39 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.88 inches
0.16 inches
0.96 inches
0.17 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.86 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
1.45 inches
0.92 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.04 inches
0.13 inches
0.03 inches
1.32 inches
0.06 inches
2.78 inches
0.64 inches
0.52 inches
1.76 inches
0.04 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.09 inches
0.22 inches
0.32 inches
0.39 inches
0.91 inches
0.20 inches
2.72 inches
2.76 inches
2.84 inches
0.74 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.29 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
1.33 inches
0.38 inches
0.03 inches
0.44 inches
0.18 inches
0.19 inches
0.31 inches
0.11 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
1.78 inches
0.88 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.71 inches
0.39 inches
0.59 inches
0.24 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.26 inches
0.01 inches
0.17 inches
0.11 inches
0.47 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.05 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.52 inches
0.06 inches
0.16 inches
0.32 inches
0.40 inches
1.74 inches
0.49 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
1.54 inches
0.18 inches
0.15 inches
0.89 inches
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.08 inches

Daily totals come from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional 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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