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Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 85 years, most in 2018 with 24. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Washington, D.C.

  • Washington, D.C. has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 85 years, 833 days in all.
  • The most in one year was 24 days in 2018.
  • In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 3 such days.
  • The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1948.
  • The latest last date in a year was 31 December 1975.
  • The longest run inside a single year was 4 days in 1975.
  • 2 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

85 years, 833 days
Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in Washington, D.C. Days per year in Washington, D.C. with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 24 in 2018. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings. 01020301942: 151943: 61944: 101945: 91946: 61947: 91948: 171949: 91950: 111951: 121952: 81953: 141954: 31955: 111956: 61957: 81958: 111959: 71960: 101961: 101962: 61963: 131964: 61965: 51966: 81967: 111968: 81969: 121970: 71971: 151972: 131973: 61974: 101975: 131976: 111977: 111978: 91979: 151980: 51981: 31982: 81983: 171984: 61985: 111986: 61987: 81988: 111989: 161990: 121991: 51992: 71993: 111994: 81995: 101996: 151997: 81998: 61999: 102000: 82001: 72002: 72003: 162004: 92005: 142006: 122007: 72008: 122009: 122010: 62011: 122012: 72013: 132014: 132015: 72016: 62017: 72018: 242019: 102020: 162021: 132022: 112023: 72024: 102025: 102026: 3194219521962197219821992200220122022
Days per year in Washington, D.C. with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 24 in 2018. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.
Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in Washington, D.C.
YearDaysDecade average
19421510.1
1943610.1
19441010.1
1945910.1
1946610.1
1947910.1
19481710.1
1949910.1
1950119.1
1951129.1
195289.1
1953149.1
195439.1
1955119.1
195669.1
195789.1
1958119.1
195979.1
1960108.9
1961108.9
196268.9
1963138.9
196468.9
196558.9
196688.9
1967118.9
196888.9
1969128.9
1970711
19711511
19721311
1973611
19741011
19751311
19761111
19771111
1978911
19791511
198059.1
198139.1
198289.1
1983179.1
198469.1
1985119.1
198669.1
198789.1
1988119.1
1989169.1
1990129.2
199159.2
199279.2
1993119.2
199489.2
1995109.2
1996159.2
199789.2
199869.2
1999109.2
2000810.4
2001710.4
2002710.4
20031610.4
2004910.4
20051410.4
20061210.4
2007710.4
20081210.4
20091210.4
2010610.5
20111210.5
2012710.5
20131310.5
20141310.5
2015710.5
2016610.5
2017710.5
20182410.5
20191010.5
20201610
20211310
20221110
2023710
20241010
20251010
2026310

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 31 December
First to last qualifying date each year in Washington, D.C. For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Washington, D.C. meeting 25 mm (0.98 in). Long bars mean a long season. 1942: 19 January 1942 to 29 December 19421943: 28 January 1943 to 8 November 19431944: 3 January 1944 to 11 December 19441945: 10 June 1945 to 25 December 19451946: 25 April 1946 to 20 September 19461947: 17 May 1947 to 11 November 19471948: 1 January 1948 to 28 November 19481949: 5 January 1949 to 28 October 19491950: 22 March 1950 to 4 December 19501951: 7 February 1951 to 20 December 19511952: 25 April 1952 to 21 November 19521953: 15 March 1953 to 6 December 19531954: 27 April 1954 to 15 October 19541955: 11 June 1955 to 14 October 19551956: 6 February 1956 to 17 November 19561957: 5 April 1957 to 26 December 19571958: 14 January 1958 to 29 December 19581959: 2 April 1959 to 12 December 19591960: 18 February 1960 to 20 October 19601961: 19 January 1961 to 21 October 19611962: 26 February 1962 to 29 December 19621963: 6 March 1963 to 29 November 19631964: 9 January 1964 to 27 December 19641965: 7 February 1965 to 7 October 19651966: 13 February 1966 to 13 December 19661967: 27 January 1967 to 28 December 19671968: 12 March 1968 to 12 November 19681969: 2 June 1969 to 30 December 19691970: 2 April 1970 to 16 December 19701971: 7 February 1971 to 7 December 19711972: 19 February 1972 to 8 December 19721973: 2 February 1973 to 5 December 19731974: 30 March 1974 to 1 December 19741975: 19 March 1975 to 31 December 19751976: 26 January 1976 to 7 December 19761977: 24 April 1977 to 18 December 19771978: 13 January 1978 to 30 August 19781979: 2 January 1979 to 10 October 19791980: 18 January 1980 to 25 October 19801981: 4 July 1981 to 15 September 19811982: 26 April 1982 to 25 October 19821983: 11 February 1983 to 22 December 19831984: 28 March 1984 to 28 November 19841985: 12 February 1985 to 30 November 19851986: 2 August 1986 to 24 December 19861987: 22 January 1987 to 29 November 19871988: 20 January 1988 to 27 November 19881989: 6 March 1989 to 31 December 19891990: 17 March 1990 to 10 November 19901991: 11 January 1991 to 9 December 19911992: 4 January 1992 to 23 November 19921993: 5 January 1993 to 5 December 19931994: 17 January 1994 to 22 September 19941995: 6 January 1995 to 14 November 19951996: 2 January 1996 to 13 December 19961997: 3 March 1997 to 7 November 19971998: 23 January 1998 to 22 September 19981999: 3 January 1999 to 26 November 19992000: 4 January 2000 to 25 September 20002001: 19 January 2001 to 26 July 20012002: 28 April 2002 to 11 December 20022003: 1 January 2003 to 19 November 20032004: 6 February 2004 to 12 November 20042005: 14 January 2005 to 8 October 20052006: 22 April 2006 to 16 November 20062007: 1 January 2007 to 27 October 20072008: 1 February 2008 to 11 December 20082009: 7 January 2009 to 19 December 20092010: 10 July 2010 to 4 November 20102011: 26 January 2011 to 7 December 20112012: 29 February 2012 to 26 December 20122013: 6 March 2013 to 29 December 20132014: 3 February 2014 to 26 November 20142015: 1 June 2015 to 23 December 20152016: 24 February 2016 to 6 December 20162017: 6 April 2017 to 7 November 20172018: 4 February 2018 to 28 December 20182019: 24 January 2019 to 31 October 20192020: 25 January 2020 to 24 December 20202021: 24 March 2021 to 29 October 20212022: 3 January 2022 to 22 December 20222023: 28 April 2023 to 27 December 20232024: 6 January 2024 to 1 October 20242025: 31 March 2025 to 30 October 20252026: 25 January 2026 to 3 September 202619421953196419751986199720082019JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Washington, D.C. meeting 25 mm (0.98 in). Long bars mean a long season.
First to last qualifying date each year in Washington, D.C.
YearFirst dateLast date
19421942-01-191942-12-29
19431943-01-281943-11-08
19441944-01-031944-12-11
19451945-06-101945-12-25
19461946-04-251946-09-20
19471947-05-171947-11-11
19481948-01-011948-11-28
19491949-01-051949-10-28
19501950-03-221950-12-04
19511951-02-071951-12-20
19521952-04-251952-11-21
19531953-03-151953-12-06
19541954-04-271954-10-15
19551955-06-111955-10-14
19561956-02-061956-11-17
19571957-04-051957-12-26
19581958-01-141958-12-29
19591959-04-021959-12-12
19601960-02-181960-10-20
19611961-01-191961-10-21
19621962-02-261962-12-29
19631963-03-061963-11-29
19641964-01-091964-12-27
19651965-02-071965-10-07
19661966-02-131966-12-13
19671967-01-271967-12-28
19681968-03-121968-11-12
19691969-06-021969-12-30
19701970-04-021970-12-16
19711971-02-071971-12-07
19721972-02-191972-12-08
19731973-02-021973-12-05
19741974-03-301974-12-01
19751975-03-191975-12-31
19761976-01-261976-12-07
19771977-04-241977-12-18
19781978-01-131978-08-30
19791979-01-021979-10-10
19801980-01-181980-10-25
19811981-07-041981-09-15
19821982-04-261982-10-25
19831983-02-111983-12-22
19841984-03-281984-11-28
19851985-02-121985-11-30
19861986-08-021986-12-24
19871987-01-221987-11-29
19881988-01-201988-11-27
19891989-03-061989-12-31
19901990-03-171990-11-10
19911991-01-111991-12-09
19921992-01-041992-11-23
19931993-01-051993-12-05
19941994-01-171994-09-22
19951995-01-061995-11-14
19961996-01-021996-12-13
19971997-03-031997-11-07
19981998-01-231998-09-22
19991999-01-031999-11-26
20002000-01-042000-09-25
20012001-01-192001-07-26
20022002-04-282002-12-11
20032003-01-012003-11-19
20042004-02-062004-11-12
20052005-01-142005-10-08
20062006-04-222006-11-16
20072007-01-012007-10-27
20082008-02-012008-12-11
20092009-01-072009-12-19
20102010-07-102010-11-04
20112011-01-262011-12-07
20122012-02-292012-12-26
20132013-03-062013-12-29
20142014-02-032014-11-26
20152015-06-012015-12-23
20162016-02-242016-12-06
20172017-04-062017-11-07
20182018-02-042018-12-28
20192019-01-242019-10-31
20202020-01-252020-12-24
20212021-03-242021-10-29
20222022-01-032022-12-22
20232023-04-282023-12-27
20242024-01-062024-10-01
20252025-03-312025-10-30
20262026-01-252026-09-03

Every Year

Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in Washington, D.C.
YearDaysFirst dateLast dateLongest streak in yearCoverage
2026325 January 20263 September 20261 daysIncomplete, not ranked
20251031 March 202530 October 20251 daysComplete
2024106 January 20241 October 20242 daysComplete
2023728 April 202327 December 20231 daysComplete
2022113 January 202222 December 20222 daysComplete
20211324 March 202129 October 20212 daysComplete
20201625 January 202024 December 20201 daysComplete
20191024 January 201931 October 20192 daysComplete
2018244 February 201828 December 20182 daysComplete
201776 April 20177 November 20171 daysComplete
2016624 February 20166 December 20161 daysComplete
201571 June 201523 December 20151 daysComplete
2014133 February 201426 November 20142 daysComplete
2013136 March 201329 December 20132 daysComplete
2012729 February 201226 December 20121 daysComplete
20111226 January 20117 December 20112 daysComplete
2010610 July 20104 November 20101 daysComplete
2009127 January 200919 December 20091 daysComplete
2008121 February 200811 December 20082 daysComplete
200771 January 200727 October 20072 daysComplete
20061222 April 200616 November 20062 daysComplete
20051414 January 20058 October 20052 daysComplete
200496 February 200412 November 20041 daysComplete
2003161 January 200319 November 20031 daysComplete
2002728 April 200211 December 20021 daysComplete
2001719 January 200126 July 20011 daysComplete
200084 January 200025 September 20001 daysComplete
1999103 January 199926 November 19992 daysComplete
1998623 January 199822 September 19981 daysComplete
199783 March 19977 November 19971 daysComplete
1996152 January 199613 December 19961 daysComplete
1995106 January 199514 November 19951 daysComplete
1994817 January 199422 September 19942 daysComplete
1993115 January 19935 December 19932 daysComplete
199274 January 199223 November 19921 daysComplete
1991511 January 19919 December 19911 daysComplete
19901217 March 199010 November 19901 daysComplete
1989166 March 198931 December 19891 daysComplete
19881120 January 198827 November 19882 daysComplete
1987822 January 198729 November 19871 daysComplete
198662 August 198624 December 19861 daysComplete
19851112 February 198530 November 19851 daysComplete
1984628 March 198428 November 19842 daysComplete
19831711 February 198322 December 19831 daysComplete
1982826 April 198225 October 19821 daysComplete
198134 July 198115 September 19811 daysComplete
1980518 January 198025 October 19801 daysComplete
1979152 January 197910 October 19792 daysComplete
1978913 January 197830 August 19781 daysComplete
19771124 April 197718 December 19771 daysComplete
19761126 January 19767 December 19762 daysComplete
19751319 March 197531 December 19754 daysComplete
19741030 March 19741 December 19741 daysComplete
197362 February 19735 December 19731 daysComplete
19721319 February 19728 December 19722 daysComplete
1971157 February 19717 December 19712 daysComplete
197072 April 197016 December 19701 daysComplete
1969122 June 196930 December 19691 daysComplete
1968812 March 196812 November 19681 daysComplete
19671127 January 196728 December 19672 daysComplete
1966813 February 196613 December 19662 daysComplete
196557 February 19657 October 19651 daysComplete
196469 January 196427 December 19641 daysComplete
1963136 March 196329 November 19632 daysComplete
1962626 February 196229 December 19621 daysComplete
19611019 January 196121 October 19611 daysComplete
19601018 February 196020 October 19601 daysComplete
195972 April 195912 December 19591 daysComplete
19581114 January 195829 December 19582 daysComplete
195785 April 195726 December 19571 daysComplete
195666 February 195617 November 19561 daysComplete
19551111 June 195514 October 19553 daysComplete
1954327 April 195415 October 19541 daysComplete
19531415 March 19536 December 19533 daysComplete
1952825 April 195221 November 19522 daysComplete
1951127 February 195120 December 19511 daysComplete
19501122 March 19504 December 19501 daysComplete
194995 January 194928 October 19491 daysComplete
1948171 January 194828 November 19482 daysComplete
1947917 May 194711 November 19472 daysComplete
1946625 April 194620 September 19461 daysComplete
1945910 June 194525 December 19452 daysComplete
1944103 January 194411 December 19441 daysComplete
1943628 January 19438 November 19431 daysComplete
19421519 January 194229 December 19423 daysComplete
Decade averages for Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in Washington, D.C.
DecadeAverage days per yearYears counted
1940s10.18
1950s9.110
1960s8.910
1970s11.010
1980s9.110
1990s9.210
2000s10.410
2010s10.510
2020s11.26

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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).