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Milwaukee rainfall for 2023

Milwaukee picked up 34.01 inches of rain in 2023. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 125 days at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport; the wettest day brought 2.08 inches on Aug 14, 2023. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 34.57 inches. The total landed 0.56 inches below the normal, which works out to 2% less. 2023 ranks 36th out of 87 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1938.

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Milwaukee rainfall for 2023

Milwaukee rainfall for 2023
Year total34.01 inches2023
1991-2020 normal34.57 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-0.56 inches (-2%)98% of normal
Year rank36th of 87Complete years from 1938, wettest first
Rain days125
Wettest day2.08 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: Milwaukee
DateRainfall
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.33 inches
0.02 inches
0.23 inches
0.24 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.34 inches
0.04 inches
0.33 inches
0.41 inches
0.12 inches
0.64 inches
0.10 inches
0.84 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.30 inches
0.06 inches
0.58 inches
0.01 inches
0.21 inches
0.19 inches
0.13 inches
0.54 inches
1.20 inches
0.11 inches
0.09 inches
1.31 inches
0.37 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.38 inches
0.64 inches
0.31 inches
0.67 inches
0.02 inches
0.68 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.06 inches
0.22 inches
0.01 inches
2.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
1.31 inches
0.08 inches
0.25 inches
0.02 inches
1.58 inches
0.47 inches
0.01 inches
0.60 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.61 inches
0.04 inches
0.82 inches
0.17 inches
0.11 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.31 inches
0.03 inches
0.26 inches
0.15 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.12 inches
0.12 inches
0.16 inches
0.13 inches
0.06 inches
0.16 inches
0.02 inches
0.31 inches
0.54 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
0.82 inches
0.10 inches
0.83 inches
0.03 inches
0.04 inches
0.34 inches
0.05 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.46 inches
0.67 inches
0.45 inches
0.06 inches
0.03 inches
2.06 inches
0.02 inches
0.08 inches
0.05 inches
0.68 inches
0.01 inches
0.37 inches
0.04 inches
0.99 inches
0.09 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.27 inches
0.06 inches
0.31 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.20 inches
0.20 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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