The Year in Rain & Snow
1875
99%
ran at 99% of normal — drier than usual — across 56 cities, the 62nd wettest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1875
6.48in
Galveston, TX · Sep 16
Snowiest Station of 1875
110.0in
Concord, NH · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1875
Daily Rainfall Records Set
153
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1875 that still stand today
National Precipitation
99%
of the 1996–2025 average across 56 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1875 precipitation as a percent of its 1996–2025 normal — brown where the year ran dry, green-to-blue where it ran wet.
Month by Month
Precipitation by month as a percent of normal — blue above the line is a wet month, amber below is dry.
101%J
99%F
115%M
86%A
78%M
94%J
103%J
126%A
101%S
76%O
116%N
97%D
Wettest Stations & States
Wettest Stations of 1875
| 1 | Salt Lake City UT | 155% |
| 2 | Bismarck ND | 145% |
| 3 | Knoxville TN | 142% |
| 4 | Omaha NE | 139% |
| 5 | Galveston TX | 126% |
| 6 | Indianapolis IN | 125% |
| 7 | Augusta GA | 124% |
| 8 | Denver CO | 122% |
| 9 | Trenton NJ | 117% |
| 10 | Montgomery AL | 117% |
Driest Stations of 1875
| 1 | Dodge City KS | 48% |
| 2 | Madison WI | 62% |
| 3 | North Platte NE | 73% |
| 4 | Portland ME | 75% |
| 5 | San Diego CA | 75% |
| 6 | Mount Ida AR | 76% |
| 7 | Buffalo NY | 78% |
| 8 | Toledo OH | 78% |
| 9 | New York-Central Park NY | 80% |
| 10 | Cheyenne WY | 81% |
By State
Wettest states of 1875
Utah155%North Dakota145%Texas126%Indiana125%Colorado122%Georgia116%
Driest states of 1875
Kansas48%Maine75%California75%Arkansas76%Wyoming81%New York83%
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