Alpena, MI

The extremes of a 109-year record (1917–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 29.49" a year.

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.

Normally wettest in Jul (~2.9") and driest in Feb (~1.37"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 1937, 10.4".

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

Alpena'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.

Alpena'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.