The Year in Rain & Snow
1965
99%
ran at 99% of normal — drier than usual — across 376 cities, the 66th wettest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1965
8.08in
Gulfport, MS · Jan 23
Snowiest Station of 1965
252.2in
Yakutat, AK · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1965
Daily Rainfall Records Set
1,170
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1965 that still stand today
National Precipitation
99%
of the 1996–2025 average across 376 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1965 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
110%F
96%M
129%A
84%M
98%J
118%J
214%A
130%S
61%O
117%N
104%D
Wettest Stations & States
Wettest Stations of 1965
| 1 | Palm Springs CA | 269% |
| 2 | Honolulu HI | 263% |
| 3 | Needles CA | 247% |
| 4 | Kingman AZ | 226% |
| 5 | San Diego CA | 210% |
| 6 | Las Vegas NV | 206% |
| 7 | Kahului HI | 201% |
| 8 | Burbank Glendale Pasadena CA | 195% |
| 9 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | 190% |
| 10 | Riverside CA | 189% |
Driest Stations of 1965
| 1 | New York-LGA NY | 48% |
| 2 | Milton MA | 49% |
| 3 | New York-Central Park NY | 52% |
| 4 | Providence RI | 52% |
| 5 | Atlantic City NJ | 53% |
| 6 | Boston MA | 54% |
| 7 | Islip NY | 54% |
| 8 | Norfolk VA | 54% |
| 9 | Newark NJ | 55% |
| 10 | Wilmington DE | 55% |
By State
Wettest states of 1965
Hawaii186%Arizona170%Colorado144%California136%Nevada130%Nebraska127%
Driest states of 1965
Rhode Island52%Massachusetts56%New Hampshire56%Connecticut60%New Jersey62%District of Columbia64%
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