The Year in Rain & Snow
2024
103%
ran at 103% of normal — wetter than usual — across 386 cities, the 123rd driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 2024
11.43in
Tampa, FL · Oct 9
Snowiest Station of 2024
150.6in
Marquette County, MI · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 2024
Daily Rainfall Records Set
1,324
calendar-day rainfall records set in 2024 that still stand today
National Precipitation
103%
of the 1996–2025 average across 386 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 2024 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.
145%J
101%F
126%M
103%A
103%M
84%J
96%J
101%A
78%S
49%O
132%N
86%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 2024
| 1 | El Centro CA | 5% |
| 2 | Lihue HI | 43% |
| 3 | Laredo TX | 53% |
| 4 | El Paso TX | 55% |
| 5 | Lake Havasu City AZ | 55% |
| 6 | Del Rio TX | 57% |
| 7 | Las Vegas NV | 59% |
| 8 | Needles CA | 63% |
| 9 | Kingman AZ | 64% |
| 10 | Kahului HI | 65% |
Wettest Stations of 2024
| 1 | Long Beach CA | 162% |
| 2 | Sarasota-Bradenton FL | 159% |
| 3 | Tampa FL | 157% |
| 4 | Alamosa CO | 156% |
| 5 | Brownsville TX | 152% |
| 6 | Burns OR | 145% |
| 7 | Shreveport LA | 142% |
| 8 | Fort Myers FL | 142% |
| 9 | Galveston TX | 140% |
| 10 | Eureka CA | 140% |
By State
Wettest states of 2024
Puerto Rico129%Rhode Island127%Louisiana120%Georgia117%Colorado117%Oregon116%
Driest states of 2024
Hawaii62%Wyoming72%Arizona82%Maryland86%Delaware86%New Jersey89%
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