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Historic Heavy Rain Events¹ in New York City²

YEAR	DATE	Rainfall
2014	April 30^th	4.97"
2013	June 8^th	4.16"
2011	August 14^th	5.81"
2007	April 15^th	7.57"
2005	October 12^th	4.26"
2005	October 8^th	4.26"
1999	September 16^th	5.02"
1996	October 19^th	4.35"
1990	August 10^th	4.64"
1977	November 8^th	7.40"
1972	November 8^th	5.60"
1972	October 7^th	4.09"
1971	August 27^th	4.16"
1966	September 21^st	5.54"
1942	August 9^th	4.10"
1938	September 21^st	4.05"
1934	September 8^th	4.86"
1933	September 15^th	4.16"
1913	October 1^st	4.98"
1909	August 16^th	4.80"
1903	October 9^th	7.33"
1903	October 8^th	4.30"
1894	September 19^th	4.30"
1888	August 21^st	4.19"
1884	June 26^th	4.29"
1882	September 23^rd	8.28"
1877	October 4^th	4.05"
1876	March 25^th	4.25"

Summary Statistics

All-time Wettest Day	8.28" – September 23^rd, 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)

NOTES:

¹Calendar days with more than 4.00" of precipitation

²At New York City's Official Weather Station from 1876-present

Last modified - May 1, 2014