current run under 0.01" · longest ever 37 days (to Jul 5, 1949)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days
Year to Date vs Normal
88%
20.57" of a normal 23.41" · wettest 42.41" (1984) · driest 13.74" (1950)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 68-year record (1949–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 42.33" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1983
59.12in
2
2018
57.4in
3
1975
57.18in
4
2011
55.78in
5
1989
55.73in
Driest Years on Record
1
1965
25.38in
2
1970
29.16in
3
2001
32.72in
4
1985
33.01in
5
1982
34.06in
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 Mar (~3.63") and driest in Nov (~2.73"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 2011, 17.24".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at New York-Kennedy Airport — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
3.21in
set in 1969
Rain on Jul 28
30%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
1.95in
set in 1980
Rain on Jul 29
33%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
2.81in
set in 1960
Rain on Jul 30
19%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
3.51in
set in 1996
Rain on Jul 31
30%
of 74 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
1.27in
set in 1996
Rain on Aug 1
32%
of 76 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
0.94in
set in 1986
Rain on Aug 2
32%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
1.90in
set in 1948
Rain on Aug 3
34%
of 71 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
New York-Kennedy Airport'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.
New York-Kennedy Airport'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.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for New York-Kennedy Airport's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
