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Kalamazoo, MI

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
24.25in
year to date · normal 22.07"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.06in
27th wettest of 127 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.04in
59th driest of 126 yrs
96% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
8.86in
48th driest of 129 yrs
94% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
24.25in
37th wettest of 129 yrs
110% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

5.64in
on Jun 26, 1978 · in 140 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 60 days (to Dec 12, 1915)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

110%
24.25" of a normal 22.07" · wettest 32.27" (2024) · driest 12.85" (1934)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 109-year record (1888–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 34.39" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1197546.9in
2198644.43in
3197342.92in
4194042.14in
5202441.23in

Driest Years on Record

1195320.83in
2190121.69in
3200224.57in
4195824.64in
5188825.35in

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 May (~3.56") and driest in Feb (~1.5"). Wettest calendar month ever: Oct 2017, 12.41".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

3.76in
set in 1895

Rain on Aug 24

33%
of 127 years had measurable rain
1888: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.52″1892: 0.45″1893: 0.44″1894: 0.00″1895: 3.76″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.01″1898: 0.07″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.58″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.06″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.60″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.40″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.50″1916: 0.15″1917: 0.27″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.19″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.04″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.17″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.24″1935: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.70″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.85″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 1.16″1958: 0.04″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.08″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.03″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 1.55″1973: 0.24″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.07″1979: 0.26″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.06″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.04″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.02″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.04″2005: 0.01″2006: 0.26″2007: 0.32″2008: 0.01″2009: 0.01″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.01″2017: 0.01″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 1.85″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.08″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.06″0″1″2″3″4″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Kalamazoo'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.
Kalamazoo, MI — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Kalamazoo'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.
Kalamazoo, MI — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:00 AM
Sunset6:28 PM
Solar noon11:44 AM
Daylight13h 28m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.23°N, 85.55°W

Nearby Stations

Battle Creek, MI16 mi EGrand Rapids, MI45 mi NHolland, MI45 mi NWSouth Bend, IN53 mi SWLansing, MI61 mi NEMuskegon, MI74 mi NW

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