The Year in Rain & Snow
1919
102%
ran at 102% of normal — wetter than usual — across 259 cities, the 120th driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1919
9.6in
Pensacola, FL · Aug 3
Snowiest Station of 1919
119.8in
McCall, ID · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1919
Daily Rainfall Records Set
747
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1919 that still stand today
National Precipitation
102%
of the 1996–2025 average across 259 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1919 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.
71%J
132%F
116%M
94%A
109%M
89%J
105%J
88%A
104%S
131%O
142%N
68%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1919
| 1 | Fresno CA | 42% |
| 2 | Elko NV | 43% |
| 3 | Cape Hatteras NC | 55% |
| 4 | Colorado Springs CO | 56% |
| 5 | Glasgow MT | 58% |
| 6 | Dodge City KS | 61% |
| 7 | Wilmington NC | 61% |
| 8 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | 62% |
| 9 | Asheville NC | 63% |
| 10 | Sheridan WY | 63% |
Wettest Stations of 1919
| 1 | Laredo TX | 253% |
| 2 | Roswell NM | 192% |
| 3 | Austin TX | 189% |
| 4 | Lawton OK | 181% |
| 5 | Albuquerque NM | 180% |
| 6 | Tucson AZ | 178% |
| 7 | Clayton NM | 175% |
| 8 | Lubbock TX | 172% |
| 9 | San Antonio TX | 167% |
| 10 | Kingman AZ | 162% |
By State
Wettest states of 1919
New Mexico182%Texas143%Arizona141%Delaware134%Mississippi122%Oklahoma118%
Driest states of 1919
New Hampshire71%Montana71%Kansas77%Maine77%Vermont78%North Carolina80%
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