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Pensacola, FL

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
36.87in
year to date · normal 40.43"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
1.29" of rain forecast
the 3-day record here is 20.5"
1.29in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.16in
30th wettest of 146 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
5.69in
67th wettest of 147 yrs
117% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
22.23in
48th wettest of 147 yrs
119% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
36.87in
48th driest of 147 yrs
91% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

15.55in
on Apr 29, 2014 · in 148 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 49 days (to Nov 9, 1952)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

91%
36.87" of a normal 40.43" · wettest 68.74" (2014) · driest 19.53" (1930)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 146-year record (1880–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 62.27" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1195393.32in
2201791.91in
3194790.32in
4201890.01in
5199589.45in

Driest Years on Record

1195428.52in
2189135.58in
3193837.54in
4192138.27in
5198139.37in

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 Jul (~6.74") and driest in Oct (~2.81"). Wettest calendar month ever: Apr 2014, 29.53".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.44in
set in 2020

Rain on Aug 24

35%
of 146 years had measurable rain
1880: 0.00″1881: 0.12″1882: 0.01″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.00″1885: 0.00″1886: 0.67″1887: 0.04″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.91″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.24″1895: 0.06″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.22″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.66″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.15″1908: 1.30″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.60″1911: 0.17″1912: 0.01″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.01″1915: 0.05″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.18″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.02″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.31″1924: 0.24″1925: 0.04″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.63″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.50″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.41″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.02″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.25″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.04″1952: 1.41″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.30″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.02″1961: 2.16″1962: 0.01″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 1.70″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.91″1971: 0.24″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 1.22″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.17″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.18″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.24″1991: 0.14″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.03″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.03″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.89″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.01″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.01″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.19″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.02″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 2.44″2021: 0.02″2022: 1.65″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.16″0″1″2″3″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Pensacola'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.
Pensacola, FL — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Pensacola'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.
Pensacola, FL — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

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

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:21 AM
Sunset6:21 PM
Solar noon11:51 AM
Daylight13h 01m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

30.48°N, 87.19°W

Nearby Stations

Mobile, AL64 mi WGulfport, MS112 mi WMontgomery, AL134 mi NEHattiesburg, MS134 mi WMeridian, MS158 mi NWTallahassee, FL168 mi E

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