US Average Rainfall by Year

The US Average Annual Rainfall since 1968 was 47.66 inches 

Year   Rainfall Inches

1968   61.77

1969  42.36

1970  41.36

1971  31.21

1972  39.17

1973  70.01

1974  48.94

1975  41.69

1976  49.16

1977  33.47

1978  30.90

1979  55.69

1980  34.25

1981  37.50

1982  45.10

1983  45.80

1984  39.52

1985  50.67

1986  51.33

1987  52.37

1988  36.01

1989  45.50

1990  61.65

1991 68.26

1992 48.44

1993 43.94

1994  52.49

1995  36.14

1996  37.32

1997  51.27

1998  50.73

1999  37.51

2000  42.13

2001  57.23

2002  49.10

2003  36.57

2004  49.92

2005  25.64

2006  34.53

2007  51.63

2008  4898

2009  48.94

2010  38.20

2011  32.75

2012  41.06

2013  44.75

2014  35.90

2015  77.37

2016  56.68

2017  48.69

2018  58.65

2019  45.93

2020  52.60

2021  46.81

https://etweather.tamu.edu/rainhistory/

Comments

 

US Rainfall needs to be channeled to reservoirs to prevent flooding and fill the aquafers to create more arable land.  Too much rain-water is currently wasted and flows out to the oceans.

 

The “Dust Bowl” drought ran from 1930 to 1936 along-side of the Great Depression.

 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader