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McAllen, TX

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
11.94in
year to date · normal 11.49"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 83 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.13in
16th wettest of 85 yrs
313% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
4.37in
37th driest of 85 yrs
93% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
11.94in
38th wettest of 84 yrs
104% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

9.42in
on Aug 10, 1980 · in 86 years

Dry Streak

15days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 76 days (to Jan 8, 1967)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 10 days

Year to Date vs Normal

104%
11.94" of a normal 11.49" · wettest 26.36" (2021) · driest 0.9" (1998)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 81-year record (1942–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 21.4" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1196637.17in
2197635.73in
3195835.61in
4197335.16in
5200333.57in

Driest Years on Record

119898.64in
219509.63in
3195610.0in
4201110.4in
5195510.47in

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 Sep (~3.72") and driest in Mar (~0.48"). Wettest calendar month ever: Oct 1958, 12.04".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.03in
set in 1967

Rain on Aug 24

17%
of 83 years had measurable rain
1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.10″1945: 0.12″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.40″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 1.03″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.21″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.13″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.05″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.02″1995: 0.05″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.12″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.49″2009: 0.08″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.26″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.01″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

McAllen'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.
McAllen, TX — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

McAllen'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.
McAllen, TX — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:10 AM
Sunset6:00 PM
Solar noon11:35 AM
Daylight12h 50m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.18°N, 98.25°W

Nearby Stations

Brownsville, TX54 mi ECorpus Christi, TX119 mi NELaredo, TX120 mi NWVictoria, TX202 mi NESan Antonio, TX232 mi NDel Rio, TX275 mi NW

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