The Year in Rain & Snow
1884
120%
ran at 120% of normal — wetter than usual — across 77 cities, the 157th driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1884
7.5in
Mount Ida, AR · Dec 28
Snowiest Station of 1884
111.3in
Portland, ME · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1884
Daily Rainfall Records Set
244
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1884 that still stand today
National Precipitation
120%
of the 1996–2025 average across 77 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1884 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.
121%J
167%F
145%M
116%A
108%M
196%J
123%J
95%A
105%S
107%O
77%N
157%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1884
| 1 | North Platte NE | 65% |
| 2 | Columbus OH | 74% |
| 3 | Cleveland OH | 80% |
| 4 | Toledo OH | 80% |
| 5 | Detroit MI | 82% |
| 6 | Key West FL | 83% |
| 7 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | 84% |
| 8 | Cincinnati OH | 85% |
| 9 | Burlington VT | 86% |
| 10 | Concord NH | 86% |
Wettest Stations of 1884
| 1 | San Diego CA | 304% |
| 2 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | 285% |
| 3 | Havre MT | 226% |
| 4 | El Paso TX | 214% |
| 5 | Fresno CA | 202% |
| 6 | Sacramento CA | 197% |
| 7 | Yuma AZ | 189% |
| 8 | Boise ID | 177% |
| 9 | Lewiston ID | 172% |
| 10 | Helena MT | 172% |
By State
Wettest states of 1884
California247%Montana199%Arizona189%Idaho174%Texas168%Kansas135%
Driest states of 1884
Ohio80%Vermont86%New Hampshire86%Virginia91%South Dakota92%Indiana92%
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