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Milwaukee rainfall for 2021

Milwaukee picked up 24.04 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 111 days at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport; the wettest day brought 1.14 inches on Sep 13, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 34.57 inches. The total landed 10.53 inches below the normal, which works out to 30% less. 2021 ranks 79th out of 87 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Milwaukee rainfall for 2021

Milwaukee rainfall for 2021
Year total24.04 inches2021
1991-2020 normal34.57 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-10.53 inches (-30%)70% of normal
Year rank79th of 87Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days111
Wettest day1.14 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: Milwaukee
DateRainfall
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.40 inches
0.27 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.10 inches
1.03 inches
0.24 inches
0.18 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.08 inches
0.28 inches
0.51 inches
0.28 inches
0.78 inches
0.71 inches
0.04 inches
0.36 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.23 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.15 inches
0.21 inches
0.22 inches
0.12 inches
0.23 inches
0.08 inches
1.14 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches
0.12 inches
0.58 inches
0.64 inches
0.13 inches
0.55 inches
1.01 inches
0.92 inches
0.72 inches
0.11 inches
0.33 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.55 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.59 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.07 inches
0.74 inches
0.04 inches
0.02 inches
0.10 inches
0.54 inches
0.58 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.05 inches
0.01 inches
0.29 inches
0.01 inches
0.30 inches
0.44 inches
0.10 inches
0.65 inches
0.01 inches
0.34 inches
0.29 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.35 inches
0.04 inches
0.16 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.29 inches
0.26 inches
0.12 inches
0.04 inches
0.08 inches
0.23 inches
0.53 inches
0.19 inches
0.29 inches
0.16 inches
0.04 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.23 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.42 inches

Daily totals come from Milwaukee Mitchell Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1938. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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