WETTESTSINCE
Florida · precipitation record 1888–2026

West Palm Beach, FL

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
30.59in
year to date · normal 29.81"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 138 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
5.56in
56th wettest of 139 yrs
109% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
15.3in
39th driest of 139 yrs
85% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
30.59in
64th wettest of 138 yrs
103% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

15.22in
on Apr 17, 1942 · in 139 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 54 days (to Apr 20, 1922)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 22 days

Year to Date vs Normal

103%
30.59" of a normal 29.81" · wettest 59.62" (1947) · driest 11.28" (1956)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 137-year record (1889–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 60.78" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

11947108.63in
2189787.07in
3193386.54in
4199485.89in
5198382.71in

Driest Years on Record

1195537.31in
2196137.76in
3195638.4in
4198938.66in
5190739.09in

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 Sep (~7.96") and driest in Dec (~1.72"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 2004, 29.4".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Jul 28 ever

1.95in
set in 1915

Rain on Jul 28

38%
of 138 years had measurable rain
1888: 0.00″1889: 1.10″1890: 0.09″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.01″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.10″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.60″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.38″1906: 0.11″1907: 0.15″1908: 1.34″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.03″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.20″1915: 1.95″1916: 0.02″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.01″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.32″1924: 0.55″1925: 0.40″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.25″1937: 0.05″1938: 0.03″1939: 0.00″1940: 1.17″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.08″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.55″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.04″1953: 0.05″1954: 1.38″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.43″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.42″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.38″1966: 0.69″1967: 0.15″1968: 0.00″1969: 1.16″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.47″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.56″1974: 0.52″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.10″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.05″1983: 0.11″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.12″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.12″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.12″1995: 0.63″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.01″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.01″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.15″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.30″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.11″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.04″2019: 0.11″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.01″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.08″2024: 0.01″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

West Palm Beach'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.
West Palm Beach, FL — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

West Palm Beach'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.
West Palm Beach, FL — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset7:10 PM
Solar noon12:27 PM
Daylight13h 26m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.68°N, 80.10°W

Nearby Stations

Fort Lauderdale, FL42 mi SFort Pierce, FL58 mi NMiami, FL63 mi SVero Beach, FL69 mi NMelbourne, FL103 mi NFort Myers, FL109 mi W

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