The Year in Rain & Snow
1949
95%
ran at 95% of normal — drier than usual — across 361 cities, the 111th wettest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1949
14.34in
Cape Hatteras, NC · Jun 30
Snowiest Station of 1949
169.7in
Flagstaff, AZ · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1949
Daily Rainfall Records Set
978
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1949 that still stand today
National Precipitation
95%
of the 1996–2025 average across 361 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1949 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.
169%J
107%F
98%M
81%A
107%M
92%J
126%J
88%A
82%S
98%O
57%N
93%D
Wettest Stations & States
Wettest Stations of 1949
| 1 | Midland-Odessa TX | 179% |
| 2 | Del Rio TX | 164% |
| 3 | Lubbock TX | 160% |
| 4 | Delta Junction AK | 154% |
| 5 | Winslow AZ | 140% |
| 6 | Yuma AZ | 138% |
| 7 | Cheyenne WY | 138% |
| 8 | San Antonio TX | 136% |
| 9 | Flagstaff AZ | 136% |
| 10 | Hattiesburg MS | 135% |
Driest Stations of 1949
| 1 | Omak WA | 44% |
| 2 | Burns OR | 50% |
| 3 | Lancaster CA | 50% |
| 4 | Ontario OR | 53% |
| 5 | Palmdale CA | 53% |
| 6 | Tri-Cities WA | 55% |
| 7 | Sacramento CA | 59% |
| 8 | Burbank Glendale Pasadena CA | 60% |
| 9 | Yakima WA | 60% |
| 10 | Albany NY | 61% |
By State
Wettest states of 1949
Texas118%New Mexico117%Arizona117%Missouri114%Mississippi113%Nebraska112%
Driest states of 1949
Massachusetts69%Northern Marianas69%Guam70%New Hampshire72%Vermont73%Rhode Island73%
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