current run under 0.01" · longest ever 32 days (to Oct 31, 1963)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 11 days
Year to Date vs Normal
102%
38.06" of a normal 37.38" · wettest 53.99" (1994) · driest 17.09" (1947)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 78-year record (1948–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 54.86" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1973
76.33in
2
2019
72.02in
3
2011
71.26in
4
1967
68.77in
5
2020
68.47in
Driest Years on Record
1
2007
35.87in
2
1958
37.43in
3
1986
38.83in
4
1952
39.41in
5
1968
39.62in
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 Dec (~5.18") and driest in Oct (~2.62"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1967, 19.27".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Oak Ridge — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Aug 24 ever
1.24in
set in 1985
Rain on Aug 24
23%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 25 ever
1.41in
set in 1999
Rain on Aug 25
18%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 26 ever
2.27in
set in 2008
Rain on Aug 26
27%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 27 ever
2.75in
set in 1976
Rain on Aug 27
27%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 28 ever
0.75in
set in 1956
Rain on Aug 28
25%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 29 ever
1.26in
set in 1974
Rain on Aug 29
19%
of 79 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 30 ever
1.29in
set in 2014
Rain on Aug 30
23%
of 79 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Oak Ridge'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.
Oak Ridge'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 Oak Ridge's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
