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Charleston rainfall for 2022

Charleston picked up 54.65 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 140 days at Charleston West Virginia International Yeager Airport; the wettest day brought 3.54 inches on Aug 15, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 46.24 inches. The total landed 8.41 inches above the normal, which works out to 18% more. 2022 ranks 7th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1947.

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Charleston rainfall for 2022

Charleston rainfall for 2022
Year total54.65 inches2022
1991-2020 normal46.24 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+8.41 inches (+18%)118% of normal
Year rank7th of 78Complete years from 1947, wettest first
Rain days140
Wettest day3.54 inches

Rain by month in 2022

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2022. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2022

Every day with measurable rain in 2022: Charleston
DateRainfall
0.11 inches
0.17 inches
0.03 inches
0.10 inches
0.09 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.17 inches
0.27 inches
0.11 inches
0.37 inches
0.02 inches
0.21 inches
0.07 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.62 inches
0.01 inches
0.13 inches
1.34 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.55 inches
0.09 inches
0.13 inches
0.03 inches
0.15 inches
0.91 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.14 inches
0.05 inches
0.26 inches
0.12 inches
0.42 inches
0.26 inches
0.05 inches
0.95 inches
0.19 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.36 inches
3.54 inches
0.90 inches
0.28 inches
0.13 inches
2.22 inches
0.64 inches
1.22 inches
0.14 inches
0.09 inches
1.13 inches
0.14 inches
0.26 inches
0.17 inches
0.75 inches
0.12 inches
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0.88 inches
0.01 inches
0.97 inches
0.55 inches
0.99 inches
0.93 inches
0.56 inches
0.07 inches
0.12 inches
0.74 inches
0.28 inches
0.02 inches
0.26 inches
0.80 inches
0.64 inches
0.63 inches
0.18 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
1.13 inches
0.21 inches
0.23 inches
0.03 inches
0.72 inches
0.41 inches
0.49 inches
0.03 inches
0.19 inches
0.23 inches
0.74 inches
1.81 inches
0.38 inches
0.29 inches
0.03 inches
0.66 inches
0.50 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.78 inches
0.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.18 inches
0.04 inches
0.27 inches
0.64 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.07 inches
0.68 inches
0.06 inches
0.67 inches
0.48 inches
0.38 inches
1.31 inches
0.01 inches
0.48 inches
0.90 inches
0.03 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
1.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.55 inches
0.97 inches
0.15 inches
0.07 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.26 inches
0.39 inches
0.34 inches
0.59 inches
1.21 inches
0.05 inches
0.59 inches
0.23 inches
2.09 inches

Daily totals come from Charleston West Virginia International Yeager 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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