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Plattsburgh, NY

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
20.1in
year to date · normal 18.99"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.01in
29th wettest of 77 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
3.47in
19th wettest of 78 yrs
151% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
10.47in
27th wettest of 78 yrs
116% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
20.1in
33rd wettest of 77 yrs
106% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

3.94in
on Oct 7, 2023 · in 82 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 32 days (to Feb 2, 2025)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

106%
20.1" of a normal 18.99" · wettest 31.87" (1978) · driest 11.99" (1999)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 74-year record (1946–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 31.01" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1197758.53in
2197845.03in
3197345.03in
4197642.64in
5197942.3in

Driest Years on Record

1196621.69in
2194922.26in
3195623.19in
4197023.2in
5196023.37in

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 (~3.37") and driest in Feb (~1.38"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 1977, 9.41".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.94in
set in 1964

Rain on Aug 24

42%
of 77 years had measurable rain
1946: 0.74″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.01″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.05″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.02″1954: 0.07″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.04″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.45″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.08″1964: 0.94″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.17″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.03″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.80″1978: 0.65″1979: 0.05″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.11″1982: 0.38″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.07″1985: 0.08″1986: 0.02″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.20″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.34″1994: 0.00″1998: 0.34″1999: 0.01″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.11″2008: 0.03″2009: 0.16″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.01″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.18″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.04″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.04″2023: 0.47″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.01″0″1″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Plattsburgh'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.
Plattsburgh, NY — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Plattsburgh'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.
Plattsburgh, NY — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:08 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Solar noon11:56 AM
Daylight13h 36m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

44.64°N, 73.46°W

Nearby Stations

Burlington, VT19 mi SESaranac Lake, NY40 mi WGlens Falls, NY90 mi SAlbany, NY131 mi SConcord, NH139 mi SEManchester, NH155 mi SE

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