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Historic Heavy Rain Events1 in New York City2
YEAR
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DATE
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Rainfall
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2014
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April 30th
|
4.97"
|
2013
|
June 8th
|
4.16"
|
2011
|
August 14th
|
5.81"
|
2007
|
April 15th
|
7.57"
|
2005
|
October 12th
|
4.26"
|
2005
|
October 8th
|
4.26"
|
1999
|
September 16th
|
5.02"
|
1996
|
October 19th
|
4.35"
|
1990
|
August 10th
|
4.64"
|
1977
|
November 8th
|
7.40"
|
1972
|
November 8th
|
5.60"
|
1972
|
October 7th
|
4.09"
|
1971
|
August 27th
|
4.16"
|
1966
|
September 21st
|
5.54"
|
1942
|
August 9th
|
4.10"
|
1938
|
September 21st
|
4.05"
|
1934
|
September 8th
|
4.86"
|
1933
|
September 15th
|
4.16"
|
1913
|
October 1st
|
4.98"
|
1909
|
August 16th
|
4.80"
|
1903
|
October 9th
|
7.33"
|
1903
|
October 8th
|
4.30"
|
1894
|
September 19th
|
4.30"
|
1888
|
August 21st
|
4.19"
|
1884
|
June 26th
|
4.29"
|
1882
|
September 23rd
|
8.28"
|
1877
|
October 4th
|
4.05"
|
1876
|
March 25th
|
4.25"
|
Summary Statistics
All-time Wettest Day
|
8.28" – September 23rd, 1882
|
All-time Wettest Month
|
18.95" – August 2011
|
All-time Driest Month
|
0.02" – June 1949
|
Wettest Year
|
80.56" – 1983
|
Driest Year
|
26.09" – 1965
|
Consecutive Days with a
Trace or more
|
17 – May 6-22, 1943
|
Calendar Month with most
Heavy Rain Events
|
October (8)
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NOTES:
Last modified - May 1, 2014
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