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Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in Atlanta

Atlanta has had days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 90 years, most in 2024 with 8. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Atlanta

  • Atlanta has had days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 90 years, 297 days in all.
  • The most in one year was 8 days in 2024.
  • In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 1 such days.
  • The earliest first date in a year was 2 January 1936.
  • The latest last date in a year was 31 December 1973.
  • The longest run inside a single year was 3 days in 2024.
  • 1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

90 years, 297 days
Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation per year in Atlanta Days per year in Atlanta with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 8 in 2024. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings. 024681930: 11932: 21933: 21934: 31935: 21936: 61937: 21938: 51939: 21940: 21941: 31942: 21943: 31944: 11945: 41946: 31947: 51948: 61949: 11950: 31951: 51952: 21953: 41954: 11955: 11956: 11957: 11958: 51959: 11960: 31961: 51962: 41963: 51964: 61965: 21966: 31967: 31968: 11969: 21970: 31971: 31972: 31973: 71975: 41976: 41977: 41978: 21979: 11980: 41981: 21982: 31983: 31984: 31985: 31986: 31987: 31988: 31989: 61990: 51991: 41992: 61994: 41995: 21996: 31997: 31998: 32001: 22002: 32003: 22004: 42005: 52006: 42008: 12009: 62010: 52012: 12013: 52014: 72015: 32016: 22017: 62018: 62019: 32020: 72021: 42022: 22023: 12024: 82025: 22026: 1193019411951196119711982199220052017
Days per year in Atlanta with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 8 in 2024. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.
Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation per year in Atlanta
YearDaysDecade average
193012.8
193222.8
193322.8
193432.8
193522.8
193662.8
193722.8
193852.8
193922.8
194023
194133
194223
194333
194413
194543
194633
194753
194863
194913
195032.4
195152.4
195222.4
195342.4
195412.4
195512.4
195612.4
195712.4
195852.4
195912.4
196033.4
196153.4
196243.4
196353.4
196463.4
196523.4
196633.4
196733.4
196813.4
196923.4
197033.4
197133.4
197233.4
197373.4
197543.4
197643.4
197743.4
197823.4
197913.4
198043.3
198123.3
198233.3
198333.3
198433.3
198533.3
198633.3
198733.3
198833.3
198963.3
199053.8
199143.8
199263.8
199443.8
199523.8
199633.8
199733.8
199833.8
200123.4
200233.4
200323.4
200443.4
200553.4
200643.4
200813.4
200963.4
201054.2
201214.2
201354.2
201474.2
201534.2
201624.2
201764.2
201864.2
201934.2
202073.6
202143.6
202223.6
202313.6
202483.6
202523.6
202613.6

Season Span

earliest 2 January, latest 31 December
First to last qualifying date each year in Atlanta For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Atlanta meeting 50 mm (1.97 in). Long bars mean a long season. 1930: 17 May 1930 to 17 May 19301932: 16 October 1932 to 27 December 19321933: 19 March 1933 to 10 June 19331934: 25 February 1934 to 5 October 19341935: 10 September 1935 to 12 November 19351936: 2 January 1936 to 29 September 19361937: 29 April 1937 to 18 October 19371938: 6 April 1938 to 16 November 19381939: 22 June 1939 to 17 August 19391940: 12 August 1940 to 10 September 19401941: 23 June 1941 to 23 December 19411942: 2 March 1942 to 21 March 19421943: 18 January 1943 to 30 June 19431944: 26 April 1944 to 26 April 19441945: 24 April 1945 to 25 December 19451946: 6 January 1946 to 16 June 19461947: 19 January 1947 to 11 November 19471948: 23 March 1948 to 28 November 19481949: 29 April 1949 to 29 April 19491950: 28 July 1950 to 19 October 19501951: 20 February 1951 to 20 December 19511952: 10 March 1952 to 29 August 19521953: 12 April 1953 to 3 December 19531954: 14 July 1954 to 14 July 19541955: 6 February 1955 to 6 February 19551956: 25 September 1956 to 25 September 19561957: 4 April 1957 to 4 April 19571958: 6 February 1958 to 21 September 19581959: 30 May 1959 to 30 May 19591960: 17 January 1960 to 9 August 19601961: 24 February 1961 to 12 December 19611962: 22 February 1962 to 21 November 19621963: 12 March 1963 to 11 December 19631964: 24 January 1964 to 15 October 19641965: 23 January 1965 to 7 June 19651966: 13 February 1966 to 10 November 19661967: 10 March 1967 to 1 November 19671968: 12 March 1968 to 12 March 19681969: 18 April 1969 to 8 May 19691970: 19 March 1970 to 29 October 19701971: 2 March 1971 to 17 September 19711972: 13 May 1972 to 14 December 19721973: 7 January 1973 to 31 December 19731975: 2 April 1975 to 12 November 19751976: 26 January 1976 to 27 May 19761977: 26 August 1977 to 5 November 19771978: 9 August 1978 to 4 December 19781979: 13 April 1979 to 13 April 19791980: 12 March 1980 to 23 May 19801981: 10 February 1981 to 4 September 19811982: 3 February 1982 to 13 October 19821983: 8 April 1983 to 3 December 19831984: 13 February 1984 to 25 August 19841985: 5 February 1985 to 1 October 19851986: 13 March 1986 to 20 November 19861987: 18 January 1987 to 6 July 19871988: 29 July 1988 to 27 November 19881989: 4 April 1989 to 30 September 19891990: 20 January 1990 to 16 March 19901991: 29 March 1991 to 21 November 19911992: 2 July 1992 to 16 December 19921994: 4 July 1994 to 18 September 19941995: 10 February 1995 to 4 October 19951996: 26 January 1996 to 7 March 19961997: 28 February 1997 to 24 December 19971998: 3 February 1998 to 1 September 19982001: 12 March 2001 to 1 June 20012002: 6 February 2002 to 24 December 20022003: 5 May 2003 to 1 July 20032004: 7 September 2004 to 19 October 20042005: 27 March 2005 to 23 August 20052006: 6 February 2006 to 15 November 20062008: 13 July 2008 to 13 July 20082009: 19 September 2009 to 2 December 20092010: 24 January 2010 to 30 November 20102012: 21 January 2012 to 21 January 20122013: 4 May 2013 to 22 December 20132014: 11 January 2014 to 28 December 20142015: 2 November 2015 to 24 December 20152016: 3 February 2016 to 29 November 20162017: 2 January 2017 to 20 December 20172018: 23 April 2018 to 28 December 20182019: 19 April 2019 to 13 December 20192020: 6 February 2020 to 24 October 20202021: 24 April 2021 to 30 December 20212022: 5 April 2022 to 27 June 20222023: 22 January 2023 to 22 January 20232024: 9 January 2024 to 27 September 20242025: 12 February 2025 to 27 October 20252026: 10 October 2026 to 10 October 202619301943195519671980199220082021JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Atlanta meeting 50 mm (1.97 in). Long bars mean a long season.
First to last qualifying date each year in Atlanta
YearFirst dateLast date
19301930-05-171930-05-17
19321932-10-161932-12-27
19331933-03-191933-06-10
19341934-02-251934-10-05
19351935-09-101935-11-12
19361936-01-021936-09-29
19371937-04-291937-10-18
19381938-04-061938-11-16
19391939-06-221939-08-17
19401940-08-121940-09-10
19411941-06-231941-12-23
19421942-03-021942-03-21
19431943-01-181943-06-30
19441944-04-261944-04-26
19451945-04-241945-12-25
19461946-01-061946-06-16
19471947-01-191947-11-11
19481948-03-231948-11-28
19491949-04-291949-04-29
19501950-07-281950-10-19
19511951-02-201951-12-20
19521952-03-101952-08-29
19531953-04-121953-12-03
19541954-07-141954-07-14
19551955-02-061955-02-06
19561956-09-251956-09-25
19571957-04-041957-04-04
19581958-02-061958-09-21
19591959-05-301959-05-30
19601960-01-171960-08-09
19611961-02-241961-12-12
19621962-02-221962-11-21
19631963-03-121963-12-11
19641964-01-241964-10-15
19651965-01-231965-06-07
19661966-02-131966-11-10
19671967-03-101967-11-01
19681968-03-121968-03-12
19691969-04-181969-05-08
19701970-03-191970-10-29
19711971-03-021971-09-17
19721972-05-131972-12-14
19731973-01-071973-12-31
19751975-04-021975-11-12
19761976-01-261976-05-27
19771977-08-261977-11-05
19781978-08-091978-12-04
19791979-04-131979-04-13
19801980-03-121980-05-23
19811981-02-101981-09-04
19821982-02-031982-10-13
19831983-04-081983-12-03
19841984-02-131984-08-25
19851985-02-051985-10-01
19861986-03-131986-11-20
19871987-01-181987-07-06
19881988-07-291988-11-27
19891989-04-041989-09-30
19901990-01-201990-03-16
19911991-03-291991-11-21
19921992-07-021992-12-16
19941994-07-041994-09-18
19951995-02-101995-10-04
19961996-01-261996-03-07
19971997-02-281997-12-24
19981998-02-031998-09-01
20012001-03-122001-06-01
20022002-02-062002-12-24
20032003-05-052003-07-01
20042004-09-072004-10-19
20052005-03-272005-08-23
20062006-02-062006-11-15
20082008-07-132008-07-13
20092009-09-192009-12-02
20102010-01-242010-11-30
20122012-01-212012-01-21
20132013-05-042013-12-22
20142014-01-112014-12-28
20152015-11-022015-12-24
20162016-02-032016-11-29
20172017-01-022017-12-20
20182018-04-232018-12-28
20192019-04-192019-12-13
20202020-02-062020-10-24
20212021-04-242021-12-30
20222022-04-052022-06-27
20232023-01-222023-01-22
20242024-01-092024-09-27
20252025-02-122025-10-27
20262026-10-102026-10-10

Every Year

Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation per year in Atlanta
YearDaysFirst dateLast dateLongest streak in yearCoverage
2026110 October 202610 October 20261 daysIncomplete, not ranked
2025212 February 202527 October 20251 daysComplete
202489 January 202427 September 20243 daysComplete
2023122 January 202322 January 20231 daysComplete
202225 April 202227 June 20221 daysComplete
2021424 April 202130 December 20211 daysComplete
202076 February 202024 October 20201 daysComplete
2019319 April 201913 December 20191 daysComplete
2018623 April 201828 December 20181 daysComplete
201762 January 201720 December 20171 daysComplete
201623 February 201629 November 20161 daysComplete
201532 November 201524 December 20151 daysComplete
2014711 January 201428 December 20141 daysComplete
201354 May 201322 December 20131 daysComplete
2012121 January 201221 January 20121 daysComplete
2010524 January 201030 November 20101 daysComplete
2009619 September 20092 December 20091 daysComplete
2008113 July 200813 July 20081 daysComplete
200646 February 200615 November 20061 daysComplete
2005527 March 200523 August 20052 daysComplete
200447 September 200419 October 20041 daysComplete
200325 May 20031 July 20031 daysComplete
200236 February 200224 December 20021 daysComplete
2001212 March 20011 June 20011 daysComplete
199833 February 19981 September 19981 daysComplete
1997328 February 199724 December 19971 daysComplete
1996326 January 19967 March 19961 daysComplete
1995210 February 19954 October 19951 daysComplete
199444 July 199418 September 19942 daysComplete
199262 July 199216 December 19922 daysComplete
1991429 March 199121 November 19911 daysComplete
1990520 January 199016 March 19901 daysComplete
198964 April 198930 September 19891 daysComplete
1988329 July 198827 November 19881 daysComplete
1987318 January 19876 July 19871 daysComplete
1986313 March 198620 November 19861 daysComplete
198535 February 19851 October 19851 daysComplete
1984313 February 198425 August 19841 daysComplete
198338 April 19833 December 19831 daysComplete
198233 February 198213 October 19821 daysComplete
1981210 February 19814 September 19811 daysComplete
1980412 March 198023 May 19801 daysComplete
1979113 April 197913 April 19791 daysComplete
197829 August 19784 December 19781 daysComplete
1977426 August 19775 November 19772 daysComplete
1976426 January 197627 May 19762 daysComplete
197542 April 197512 November 19751 daysComplete
197377 January 197331 December 19731 daysComplete
1972313 May 197214 December 19721 daysComplete
197132 March 197117 September 19711 daysComplete
1970319 March 197029 October 19701 daysComplete
1969218 April 19698 May 19691 daysComplete
1968112 March 196812 March 19681 daysComplete
1967310 March 19671 November 19671 daysComplete
1966313 February 196610 November 19661 daysComplete
1965223 January 19657 June 19651 daysComplete
1964624 January 196415 October 19641 daysComplete
1963512 March 196311 December 19631 daysComplete
1962422 February 196221 November 19621 daysComplete
1961524 February 196112 December 19611 daysComplete
1960317 January 19609 August 19601 daysComplete
1959130 May 195930 May 19591 daysComplete
195856 February 195821 September 19581 daysComplete
195714 April 19574 April 19571 daysComplete
1956125 September 195625 September 19561 daysComplete
195516 February 19556 February 19551 daysComplete
1954114 July 195414 July 19541 daysComplete
1953412 April 19533 December 19531 daysComplete
1952210 March 195229 August 19521 daysComplete
1951520 February 195120 December 19511 daysComplete
1950328 July 195019 October 19501 daysComplete
1949129 April 194929 April 19491 daysComplete
1948623 March 194828 November 19481 daysComplete
1947519 January 194711 November 19471 daysComplete
194636 January 194616 June 19461 daysComplete
1945424 April 194525 December 19451 daysComplete
1944126 April 194426 April 19441 daysComplete
1943318 January 194330 June 19431 daysComplete
194222 March 194221 March 19421 daysComplete
1941323 June 194123 December 19411 daysComplete
1940212 August 194010 September 19401 daysComplete
1939222 June 193917 August 19391 daysComplete
193856 April 193816 November 19381 daysComplete
1937229 April 193718 October 19371 daysComplete
193662 January 193629 September 19361 daysComplete
1935210 September 193512 November 19351 daysComplete
1934325 February 19345 October 19341 daysComplete
1933219 March 193310 June 19331 daysComplete
1932216 October 193227 December 19321 daysComplete
1930117 May 193017 May 19301 daysComplete
Decade averages for Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in Atlanta
DecadeAverage days per yearYears counted
1930s2.89
1940s3.010
1950s2.410
1960s3.410
1970s3.49
1980s3.310
1990s3.88
2000s3.48
2010s4.29
2020s4.06

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).