Major U.S. cities with the most rainy days 1981-2010

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 31, 2011
This statistic shows the ten major U.S. cities with the most rainy days per year between 1981 and 2010. Rochester, New York, had an average of about 167 days per year with precipitation. The sunniest city in the U.S. was Phoenix, Arizona, with an average of 85 percent of sunshine per day.

Major U.S. cities with the most days of more than 0.01 inches of rainfall per year between 1981 and 2010

CharacteristicAverage number of rainy days per year
Rochester, New York 167
Buffalo, New York 167
Portland, Oregon 164
Cleveland, Ohio 155
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 151
Seattle, Washington 149
Columbus, Ohio 139
Cincinnati, Ohio 137
Miami, Florida 135
Detroit, Michigan 135
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December 2011

Region

United States

Survey time period

1981 to 2010

Supplementary notes

Cities included in this ranking had more than one million inhabitants in 2011.

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