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Salisbury, MD

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
27.58in
year to date · normal 29.63"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 117 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
6.29in
27th wettest of 112 yrs
172% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
16.98in
22nd wettest of 121 yrs
138% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
27.58in
45th driest of 120 yrs
93% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

8.9in
on Aug 30, 1936 · in 121 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 39 days (to Nov 9, 2024)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 13 days

Year to Date vs Normal

93%
27.58" of a normal 29.63" · wettest 50.78" (1948) · driest 15.51" (1930)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 109-year record (1911–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 45.14" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1194872.86in
2197969.63in
3202063.78in
4199659.96in
5198959.8in

Driest Years on Record

1193021.67in
2192532.18in
3200733.51in
4194133.56in
5196633.88in

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 Aug (~4.73") and driest in Nov (~2.73"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 1935, 14.83".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Salisbury — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.37in
set in 1967

Rain on Aug 24

25%
of 117 years had measurable rain
1906: 1.25″1907: 0.48″1908: 0.28″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1913: 1.36″1914: 0.02″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.05″1917: 0.85″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.25″1921: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.10″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.85″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.02″1934: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.45″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.15″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.02″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.06″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 1.06″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.35″1959: 0.91″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.06″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 1.37″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.37″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.03″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.01″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.69″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.05″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.20″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.07″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 1.04″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.01″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Salisbury'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.
Salisbury, MD — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Salisbury'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.
Salisbury, MD — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:25 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Solar noon12:04 PM
Daylight13h 17m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.34°N, 75.51°W

Nearby Stations

Georgetown, DE25 mi NEWallops Island, VA28 mi SAnnapolis, MD69 mi NWBaltimore, MD85 mi NWBaltimore Downtown, MD87 mi NWWashington, DC89 mi W

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