The Year in Rain & Snow
1906
105%
ran at 105% of normal — wetter than usual — across 226 cities, the 135th driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1906
7.88in
Key West, FL · Nov 2
Snowiest Station of 1906
143.7in
Millinocket, ME · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1906
Daily Rainfall Records Set
653
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1906 that still stand today
National Precipitation
105%
of the 1996–2025 average across 226 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1906 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.
109%J
86%F
128%M
83%A
114%M
105%J
104%J
118%A
114%S
90%O
109%N
110%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1906
| 1 | Zanesville OH | 54% |
| 2 | Austin TX | 62% |
| 3 | Beaumont-Port Arthur TX | 66% |
| 4 | Shreveport LA | 67% |
| 5 | Sault Ste Marie MI | 68% |
| 6 | San Antonio TX | 68% |
| 7 | Topeka KS | 68% |
| 8 | Galveston TX | 70% |
| 9 | Pensacola FL | 70% |
| 10 | Akron OH | 72% |
Wettest Stations of 1906
| 1 | Needles CA | 275% |
| 2 | Stockton CA | 197% |
| 3 | Yuma AZ | 191% |
| 4 | Redding CA | 178% |
| 5 | El Paso TX | 176% |
| 6 | Sacramento CA | 173% |
| 7 | Merced CA | 169% |
| 8 | San Diego CA | 164% |
| 9 | Kingman AZ | 163% |
| 10 | Santa Maria CA | 162% |
By State
Wettest states of 1906
California164%Arizona144%Utah139%South Dakota134%Nevada134%Montana127%
Driest states of 1906
Vermont77%New Hampshire77%Ohio79%Louisiana82%Kentucky83%Michigan84%
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