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St Louis, MO

IN 90 DAYS · 2026
WETTEST IN 90 DAYS SINCE 2022
17.59in
11th wettest of 148 years · normal 10.5"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 146 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
3.62in
31st wettest of 147 yrs
162% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
17.59in
11th wettest of 148 yrs
168% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
36.23in
12th wettest of 146 yrs
135% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

8.64in
on Jul 26, 2022 · in 153 years

Dry Streak

3days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 47 days (to Jan 17, 1956)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 11 days

Year to Date vs Normal

135%
36.23" of a normal 26.83" · wettest 41.3" (1915) · driest 14.21" (1940)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 145-year record (1874–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 38.48" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1201561.24in
2200857.96in
3198254.97in
4199354.76in
5201953.99in

Driest Years on Record

1195320.59in
2194023.36in
3197623.46in
4190124.8in
5191725.0in

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 May (~3.91") and driest in Jan (~1.76"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1946, 14.78".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.71in
set in 1918

Rain on Aug 24

24%
of 146 years had measurable rain
1874: 0.00″1875: 0.00″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.00″1879: 0.90″1880: 0.09″1881: 0.00″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.00″1885: 0.58″1886: 0.00″1887: 0.00″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.21″1893: 0.11″1894: 0.18″1895: 0.06″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.01″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.03″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.63″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.25″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 2.71″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.07″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.97″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.05″1929: 0.00″1931: 0.15″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.87″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.14″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.25″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 1.26″1963: 0.11″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.14″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.01″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.05″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.05″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.44″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.67″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.09″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.01″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.63″2001: 0.43″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.37″2005: 0.02″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.63″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 1.12″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″18801890190019101920194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

St Louis'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.
St Louis, MO — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

St Louis'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.
St Louis, MO — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

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

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:23 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Solar noon12:04 PM
Daylight13h 21m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.75°N, 90.37°W

Nearby Stations

Springfield, IL84 mi NECarbondale, IL90 mi SEQuincy, IL92 mi NWJefferson City, MO96 mi WColumbia, MO99 mi WPoplar Bluff, MO136 mi S

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