The Year in Rain & Snow
1877
102%
ran at 102% of normal — wetter than usual — across 54 cities, the 122nd driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1877
8.86in
Memphis, TN · Jun 8
Snowiest Station of 1877
62.9in
Lansing, MI · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1877
Daily Rainfall Records Set
145
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1877 that still stand today
National Precipitation
102%
of the 1996–2025 average across 54 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1877 precipitation as a percent of its 1996–2025 normal — brown where the year ran dry, green-to-blue where it ran wet.
Month by Month
Precipitation by month as a percent of normal — blue above the line is a wet month, amber below is dry.
104%J
43%F
129%M
117%A
63%M
119%J
74%J
93%A
91%S
160%O
150%N
111%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1877
| 1 | Cincinnati OH | 75% |
| 2 | Madison WI | 75% |
| 3 | Mount Ida AR | 77% |
| 4 | Cheyenne WY | 79% |
| 5 | New York-Central Park NY | 80% |
| 6 | Cleveland OH | 81% |
| 7 | Newark NJ | 81% |
| 8 | Philadelphia PA | 83% |
| 9 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | 84% |
| 10 | Buffalo NY | 85% |
Wettest Stations of 1877
| 1 | Galveston TX | 149% |
| 2 | Wilmington NC | 143% |
| 3 | Norfolk VA | 140% |
| 4 | Milwaukee WI | 134% |
| 5 | Omaha NE | 133% |
| 6 | Memphis TN | 132% |
| 7 | Savannah GA | 130% |
| 8 | Washington DC | 125% |
| 9 | Dodge City KS | 124% |
| 10 | Augusta GA | 122% |
By State
Wettest states of 1877
Texas149%North Carolina143%Virginia140%Nebraska127%Georgia126%District of Columbia125%
Driest states of 1877
Wyoming79%New Jersey82%Ohio85%Pennsylvania86%New York87%Kentucky87%
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