The Year in Rain & Snow
1909
101%
ran at 101% of normal — wetter than usual — across 230 cities, the 110th driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1909
9.0in
Miami, FL · Oct 11
Snowiest Station of 1909
115.8in
Millinocket, ME · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1909
Daily Rainfall Records Set
668
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1909 that still stand today
National Precipitation
101%
of the 1996–2025 average across 230 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1909 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.
105%J
131%F
86%M
93%A
90%M
97%J
114%J
93%A
99%S
65%O
131%N
115%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1909
| 1 | Corpus Christi TX | 47% |
| 2 | Wilmington NC | 47% |
| 3 | San Antonio TX | 50% |
| 4 | El Paso TX | 51% |
| 5 | Nome AK | 51% |
| 6 | Albuquerque NM | 53% |
| 7 | Austin TX | 58% |
| 8 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX | 58% |
| 9 | Cape Hatteras NC | 59% |
| 10 | Wilmington DE | 59% |
Wettest Stations of 1909
| 1 | Needles CA | 342% |
| 2 | Yuma AZ | 305% |
| 3 | Santa Maria CA | 221% |
| 4 | San Jose CA | 181% |
| 5 | Ukiah CA | 177% |
| 6 | Redding CA | 175% |
| 7 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | 169% |
| 8 | Great Falls MT | 164% |
| 9 | Denver CO | 164% |
| 10 | Klamath Falls OR | 161% |
By State
Wettest states of 1909
California177%Arizona154%Nevada137%Montana136%Utah129%Idaho126%
Driest states of 1909
Alaska51%Delaware59%Rhode Island69%Texas70%New Hampshire71%Virginia72%
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