The Year in Rain & Snow
1991
105%
ran at 105% of normal — wetter than usual — across 378 cities, the 133rd driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1991
10.44in
Shreveport, LA · Apr 12
Snowiest Station of 1991
189.4in
Talkeetna, AK · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1991
Daily Rainfall Records Set
1,337
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1991 that still stand today
National Precipitation
105%
of the 1996–2025 average across 378 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1991 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.
112%J
74%F
155%M
117%A
113%M
92%J
106%J
119%A
93%S
88%O
115%N
125%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1991
| 1 | Barrow AK | 29% |
| 2 | Crescent City CA | 51% |
| 3 | Eureka CA | 56% |
| 4 | Dodge City KS | 57% |
| 5 | San Juan PR | 57% |
| 6 | Akron OH | 58% |
| 7 | Youngstown OH | 60% |
| 8 | Baltimore MD | 66% |
| 9 | Evansville IN | 66% |
| 10 | Martinsburg WV | 67% |
Wettest Stations of 1991
| 1 | El Centro CA | 244% |
| 2 | Palm Springs CA | 190% |
| 3 | Midland-Odessa TX | 189% |
| 4 | Roswell NM | 184% |
| 5 | Yakutat AK | 166% |
| 6 | New Orleans LA | 164% |
| 7 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | 163% |
| 8 | Longview TX | 162% |
| 9 | Shreveport LA | 161% |
| 10 | Palmdale CA | 161% |
By State
Wettest states of 1991
New Mexico149%Louisiana144%Texas137%Alabama126%Mississippi126%Georgia125%
Driest states of 1991
Puerto Rico57%District of Columbia70%Pennsylvania75%Ohio77%Maryland80%Virginia81%
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