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West Palm Beach, FL

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
33.77in
year to date · normal 35.77"
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Accumulation

TODAY
1.37in
8th wettest of 137 yrs
13700% of normal
MONTH TO DATE
2.63in
28th driest of 138 yrs
58% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
15.81in
38th driest of 139 yrs
81% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
33.77in
65th driest of 139 yrs
94% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

15.22in
on Apr 17, 1942 · in 139 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 54 days (to Apr 20, 1922)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 22 days

Year to Date vs Normal

94%
33.77" of a normal 35.77" · wettest 64.11" (1947) · driest 17.72" (1894)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 137-year record (1889–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 60.78" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

11947108.63in
2189787.07in
3193386.54in
4199485.89in
5198382.71in

Driest Years on Record

1195537.31in
2196137.76in
3195638.4in
4198938.66in
5190739.09in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Sep (~7.96") and driest in Dec (~1.72"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 2004, 29.4".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at West Palm Beach — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

3.00in
set in 1980

Rain on Aug 24

50%
of 137 years had measurable rain
1888: 0.22″1889: 0.30″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.54″1892: 0.17″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.90″1898: 0.16″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.09″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 1.68″1907: 0.05″1908: 0.03″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.09″1912: 0.03″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.29″1917: 0.13″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.33″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.06″1925: 0.50″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.02″1932: 0.25″1934: 0.22″1935: 0.01″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.01″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.35″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 1.72″1946: 0.06″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.24″1950: 0.18″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.81″1953: 0.04″1954: 0.10″1955: 0.10″1956: 0.14″1957: 1.40″1958: 0.11″1959: 0.03″1960: 1.38″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.35″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.53″1967: 0.05″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.43″1974: 0.16″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.02″1977: 0.19″1978: 0.31″1979: 0.21″1980: 3.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.62″1984: 0.02″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.05″1991: 0.65″1992: 0.95″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.17″1995: 0.77″1996: 0.00″1997: 1.29″1998: 0.00″1999: 1.52″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.28″2004: 0.30″2005: 0.04″2006: 0.28″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 1.19″2010: 0.05″2011: 0.07″2012: 1.99″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.04″2017: 0.83″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.99″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.04″2024: 0.20″2025: 1.37″0″1″2″3″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

West Palm Beach's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
West Palm Beach, FL — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

West Palm Beach's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
West Palm Beach, FL — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for West Palm Beach's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
West Palm Beach, FL — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Solar noon12:23 PM
Daylight12h 53m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.68°N, 80.10°W

Nearby Stations

Fort Lauderdale, FL42 mi SFort Pierce, FL58 mi NMiami, FL63 mi SVero Beach, FL69 mi NMelbourne, FL103 mi NFort Myers, FL109 mi W

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