current run under 0.01" · longest ever 301 days (to Feb 25, 1996)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 6 days
Year to Date vs Normal
41%
0.76" of a normal 1.87" · wettest 5.77" (1978) · driest 0.09" (2002)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 51-year record (1970–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 4.1" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1978
8.95in
2
2005
7.35in
3
1983
7.17in
4
2012
7.13in
5
2003
6.45in
Driest Years on Record
1
1996
1.24in
2
2006
1.32in
3
2002
1.35in
4
1975
1.44in
5
2021
1.59in
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 Jan (~0.33") and driest in Apr (~0.0"). Wettest calendar month ever: Mar 2020, 2.99".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Lake Havasu City — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
0.19in
set in 2003
Rain on Jul 28
3%
of 58 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
0.28in
set in 2022
Rain on Jul 29
9%
of 57 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
0.04in
set in 2012
Rain on Jul 30
2%
of 56 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
0.25in
set in 2018
Rain on Jul 31
9%
of 56 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
0.28in
set in 2012
Rain on Aug 1
9%
of 56 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
0.16in
set in 2005
Rain on Aug 2
12%
of 56 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
1.86in
set in 2005
Rain on Aug 3
5%
of 57 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Lake Havasu City'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.
Lake Havasu City'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.
