WETTESTSINCE
Washington · precipitation record 1945–2026

Seattle Tacoma, WA

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
19.57in
year to date · normal 19.66"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 81 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.42in
35th driest of 82 yrs
74% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
2.9in
19th driest of 82 yrs
78% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
19.57in
41st driest of 82 yrs
100% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

5.02in
on Oct 20, 2003 · in 82 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 55 days (to Aug 11, 2017)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 33 days

Year to Date vs Normal

100%
19.57" of a normal 19.66" · wettest 30.05" (1972) · driest 10.72" (1985)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 81-year record (1945–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 38.66" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1195055.14in
2199650.67in
3196850.15in
4195349.42in
5201448.5in

Driest Years on Record

1195223.78in
2198525.13in
3197626.7in
4200028.66in
5199328.8in

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 Dec (~5.89") and driest in Jul (~0.59"). Wettest calendar month ever: Nov 2006, 15.63".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Jul 28 ever

0.22in
set in 1993

Rain on Jul 28

9%
of 81 years had measurable rain
1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.12″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.19″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.13″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: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.12″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: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.22″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.18″2002: 0.01″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Seattle Tacoma'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.
Seattle Tacoma, WA — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Seattle Tacoma'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.
Seattle Tacoma, WA — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:43 AM
Sunset7:47 PM
Solar noon12:15 PM
Daylight15h 04m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

47.45°N, 122.31°W

Nearby Stations

Seattle City, WA16 mi NOlympia, WA42 mi SWYakima, WA103 mi SEQuillayute, WA109 mi WAstoria, OR115 mi SWVancouver, WA127 mi S

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