The Year in Rain & Snow
1941
111%
ran at 111% of normal — wetter than usual — across 314 cities, the 152nd driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1941
9.93in
Gainesville, FL · Oct 21
Snowiest Station of 1941
91.0in
Caribou, ME · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1941
Daily Rainfall Records Set
1,039
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1941 that still stand today
National Precipitation
111%
of the 1996–2025 average across 314 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1941 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
92%F
108%M
144%A
92%M
118%J
107%J
132%A
109%S
149%O
84%N
114%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1941
| 1 | Honolulu HI | 42% |
| 2 | Richmond VA | 49% |
| 3 | Nome AK | 52% |
| 4 | Portland ME | 52% |
| 5 | Buffalo NY | 55% |
| 6 | Danville VA | 57% |
| 7 | Middletown-Harrisburg PA | 57% |
| 8 | Worcester MA | 57% |
| 9 | Concord NH | 58% |
| 10 | Erie PA | 58% |
Wettest Stations of 1941
| 1 | Palmdale CA | 326% |
| 2 | Roswell NM | 288% |
| 3 | Needles CA | 283% |
| 4 | Burbank Glendale Pasadena CA | 279% |
| 5 | Las Vegas NV | 278% |
| 6 | Phoenix AZ | 276% |
| 7 | San Diego CA | 275% |
| 8 | Camarillo CA | 264% |
| 9 | Santa Maria CA | 260% |
| 10 | Riverside CA | 260% |
By State
Wettest states of 1941
New Mexico242%California205%Arizona196%Nevada167%Colorado147%Texas146%
Driest states of 1941
Hawaii42%Vermont60%Kentucky62%Massachusetts63%New Hampshire64%Virginia64%
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