WETTESTSINCE
Colorado · precipitation record 1893–2026

Grand Junction, CO

THIS YEAR · 2026
DRIEST THIS YEAR SINCE 2002
2.05in
6th driest of 134 years · normal 4.34"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 133 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.07in
18th driest of 134 yrs
16% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
0.61in
9th driest of 134 yrs
37% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
2.05in
6th driest of 134 yrs
47% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

1.87in
on Sep 22, 1941 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

5days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 73 days (to Feb 16, 1961)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 11 days

Year to Date vs Normal

47%
2.05" of a normal 4.34" · wettest 8.77" (1983) · driest 1.44" (1972)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 133-year record (1893–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 8.71" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1195715.69in
2198314.82in
3194114.76in
4196514.16in
5192713.77in

Driest Years on Record

119003.56in
219564.41in
320124.53in
420175.08in
520205.11in

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 Aug (~0.86") and driest in Jun (~0.27"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 1896, 3.78".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Grand Junction — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

0.38in
set in 2013

Rain on Jul 28

23%
of 133 years had measurable rain
1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.20″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.05″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.08″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.07″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.01″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.05″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.07″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.09″1927: 0.07″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.03″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.05″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.06″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.02″1940: 0.01″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.03″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.05″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.06″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.06″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.07″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.01″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.01″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.30″1988: 0.03″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.07″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.09″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.04″2013: 0.38″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.03″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.06″2022: 0.01″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Grand Junction'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.
Grand Junction, CO — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Grand Junction'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.
Grand Junction, CO — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:12 AM
Sunset7:29 PM
Solar noon12:20 PM
Daylight14h 17m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

39.13°N, 108.54°W

Nearby Stations

Alamosa, CO186 mi SEColorado Springs, CO208 mi EDenver, CO212 mi ESalt Lake City, UT213 mi NWPueblo, CO225 mi ECheyenne, WY241 mi NE

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