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Saranac Lake, NY

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
24.77in
year to date · normal 23.2"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.23in
19th wettest of 115 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
3.17in
51st wettest of 116 yrs
106% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
12.04in
44th wettest of 119 yrs
114% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
24.77in
37th wettest of 117 yrs
107% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

4.0in
on Nov 9, 1996 · in 124 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 27 days (to May 27, 1903)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 27 days

Year to Date vs Normal

107%
24.77" of a normal 23.2" · wettest 33.01" (1954) · driest 14.12" (1906)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 92-year record (1904–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 37.69" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1195452.09in
2194550.04in
3199649.0in
4195948.99in
5196147.51in

Driest Years on Record

1193428.48in
2199929.1in
3195629.26in
4198029.79in
5200129.92in

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 (~3.9") and driest in Feb (~2.03"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jun 2015, 9.77".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.31in
set in 1959

Rain on Aug 24

45%
of 115 years had measurable rain
1903: 0.00″1904: 0.45″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.10″1913: 0.10″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.01″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.33″1918: 0.07″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1927: 0.02″1928: 0.00″1930: 0.02″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 1.14″1934: 0.05″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.92″1938: 0.21″1939: 0.18″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.26″1943: 0.08″1944: 0.42″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.16″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.25″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.06″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.14″1954: 0.13″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.47″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 1.31″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.07″1964: 0.51″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.15″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.19″1975: 0.08″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.62″1978: 0.29″1979: 0.00″1981: 0.12″1982: 0.73″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.60″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.28″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.43″1989: 0.23″1990: 0.03″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.14″1996: 0.50″1997: 0.20″1998: 0.02″1999: 0.01″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.06″2008: 0.13″2009: 0.43″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.01″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.03″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.22″2021: 0.07″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.05″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.23″0″1″2″1910192019301950196019701990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

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

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

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:11 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Solar noon11:59 AM
Daylight13h 35m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

44.39°N, 74.20°W

Nearby Stations

Plattsburgh, NY40 mi EBurlington, VT52 mi EGlens Falls, NY78 mi SEAlbany, NY115 mi SSyracuse, NY129 mi SWConcord, NH157 mi SE

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