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Tri-Cities, WA

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
3.6in
year to date · normal 4.12"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 122 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.09in
49th wettest of 122 yrs
150% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
0.25in
15th driest of 126 yrs
31% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
3.6in
48th driest of 127 yrs
87% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

2.0in
on Nov 20, 1921 · in 133 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 110 days (to Oct 27, 1974)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days

Year to Date vs Normal

87%
3.6" of a normal 4.12" · wettest 9.94" (1948) · driest 1.2" (1964)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 106-year record (1896–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 7.5" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1199613.66in
2194812.9in
3198012.5in
4191612.04in
5198311.09in

Driest Years on Record

118983.58in
219673.78in
319083.82in
419994.0in
519494.09in

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 Dec (~1.01") and driest in Jul (~0.07"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jan 1969, 3.87".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.43in
set in 1977

Rain on Aug 24

9%
of 122 years had measurable rain
1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.12″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.02″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.02″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.03″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″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: 0.00″1968: 0.21″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.43″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.11″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: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.03″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.08″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.03″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″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″19101920193019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Tri-Cities'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.
Tri-Cities, WA — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Tri-Cities'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.
Tri-Cities, WA — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:08 AM
Sunset6:48 PM
Solar noon11:58 AM
Daylight13h 41m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

46.27°N, 119.12°W

Nearby Stations

Pendleton, OR41 mi SEYakima, WA70 mi WLewiston, ID100 mi EPullman, WA100 mi EBaker City, OR117 mi SESpokane, WA119 mi NE

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