current run under 0.01" · longest ever 38 days (to Nov 9, 2024)
Wet Streak
2days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days
Year to Date vs Normal
109%
29.88" of a normal 27.46" · wettest 42.1" (1958) · driest 9.4" (1981)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 67-year record (1951–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 42.99" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
2018
68.76in
2
1971
61.57in
3
1975
61.52in
4
1979
61.36in
5
1983
58.21in
Driest Years on Record
1
1991
29.55in
2
1954
30.46in
3
1965
30.8in
4
2007
31.92in
5
1980
32.41in
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 Mar (~3.96") and driest in Feb (~2.62"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1955, 17.69".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Baltimore Downtown — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Aug 24 ever
1.90in
set in 1999
Rain on Aug 24
16%
of 69 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 25 ever
2.32in
set in 1985
Rain on Aug 25
21%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 26 ever
3.64in
set in 1999
Rain on Aug 26
17%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 27 ever
4.16in
set in 1971
Rain on Aug 27
19%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 28 ever
1.24in
set in 2002
Rain on Aug 28
26%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 29 ever
0.85in
set in 2009
Rain on Aug 29
19%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 30 ever
0.77in
set in 2008
Rain on Aug 30
20%
of 70 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Baltimore Downtown'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.
Baltimore Downtown'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.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Baltimore Downtown's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
