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The Year in Rain & Snow

2015

108%
ran at 108% of normal — wetter than usual — across 388 cities, the 13th wettest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Biggest Rain Day of 2015

12.49in
Austin-Bergstrom Airport, TX · Oct 30

Snowiest Station of 2015

141.1in
Milton, MA · calendar-year snowfall

Records Set in 2015

Daily Rainfall Records Set

1,467
calendar-day rainfall records set in 2015 that still stand today

National Precipitation

108%
of the 1996–2025 average across 388 cities

Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry

Each city's 2015 precipitation as a percent of its 1996–2025 normal — brown where the year ran dry, green-to-blue where it ran wet.
2015 U.S. precipitation percent-of-normal map

Month by Month

Precipitation by month as a percent of normal — blue above the line is a wet month, amber below is dry.
94%J
82%F
83%M
106%A
142%M
135%J
179%J
92%A
114%S
114%O
143%N
148%D

Wettest Stations & States

By State

Wettest states of 2015
New Mexico169%Texas158%Oklahoma146%Colorado142%South Carolina139%Hawaii134%
Driest states of 2015
Puerto Rico66%California69%New Hampshire78%Massachusetts80%Connecticut80%Rhode Island83%
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