The Year in Rain & Snow
1905
110%
ran at 110% of normal — wetter than usual — across 221 cities, the 150th driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1905
8.0in
Shreveport, LA · Jul 23
Snowiest Station of 1905
127.0in
Flagstaff, AZ · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1905
Daily Rainfall Records Set
684
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1905 that still stand today
National Precipitation
110%
of the 1996–2025 average across 221 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1905 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.
106%J
119%F
126%M
124%A
130%M
104%J
109%J
94%A
106%S
87%O
127%N
93%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1905
| 1 | Kahului HI | 56% |
| 2 | Havre MT | 60% |
| 3 | Albany NY | 64% |
| 4 | Eureka CA | 64% |
| 5 | Fresno CA | 68% |
| 6 | Worcester MA | 68% |
| 7 | Madison WI | 70% |
| 8 | Providence RI | 71% |
| 9 | Salem OR | 71% |
| 10 | Milton MA | 72% |
Wettest Stations of 1905
| 1 | Yuma AZ | 403% |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | 308% |
| 3 | Needles CA | 293% |
| 4 | Kingman AZ | 246% |
| 5 | Tucson AZ | 238% |
| 6 | Riverside CA | 217% |
| 7 | El Paso TX | 209% |
| 8 | San Diego CA | 180% |
| 9 | Grand Island NE | 177% |
| 10 | Flagstaff AZ | 176% |
By State
Wettest states of 1905
Arizona274%New Mexico168%Nebraska140%South Dakota136%Texas134%Wyoming132%
Driest states of 1905
Hawaii56%Massachusetts71%Rhode Island71%Nevada74%Connecticut77%Maine79%
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