The Year in Rain & Snow
1920
100%
ran at 100% of normal — wetter than usual — across 254 cities, the 102nd driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1920
6.05in
Punta Gorda, FL · Apr 12
Snowiest Station of 1920
145.0in
Millinocket, ME · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1920
Daily Rainfall Records Set
728
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1920 that still stand today
National Precipitation
100%
of the 1996–2025 average across 254 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1920 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.
102%J
85%F
109%M
122%A
90%M
114%J
114%J
125%A
99%S
84%O
111%N
100%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1920
| 1 | Kodiak AK | 56% |
| 2 | Bismarck ND | 59% |
| 3 | Cedar Rapids IA | 61% |
| 4 | Fort Smith AR | 61% |
| 5 | Clayton NM | 65% |
| 6 | San Antonio TX | 65% |
| 7 | Colorado Springs CO | 66% |
| 8 | Youngstown OH | 67% |
| 9 | Elko NV | 68% |
| 10 | Fairbanks AK | 68% |
Wettest Stations of 1920
| 1 | Yuma AZ | 168% |
| 2 | Winslow AZ | 159% |
| 3 | Mitchell SD | 158% |
| 4 | Stillwater OK | 151% |
| 5 | Kingman AZ | 150% |
| 6 | Monroe LA | 145% |
| 7 | Abilene TX | 145% |
| 8 | Salt Lake City UT | 141% |
| 9 | Lawton OK | 140% |
| 10 | Newark NJ | 139% |
By State
Wettest states of 1920
Utah141%Arizona130%Oklahoma130%Connecticut127%South Dakota126%Maine126%
Driest states of 1920
North Dakota78%Kentucky78%Ohio82%Colorado82%Indiana82%New Mexico83%
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