Local rain record?

January 11, 2022 7:36 PM

I would like to find out how much precipitation my city has had for each day for the past month. What is the best way to find this info? I am in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
posted by NotLost to Science & Nature (6 answers total)

Best answer: https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/us/nm/albuquerque
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:51 PM on January 11, 2022

It takes a bit of digging, but look for Annual Temperature and Precipitation Graphs or Monthly Total Precipitation at the National Weather Service web site.
posted by yclipse at 7:58 PM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

The US Geological Survey has a crusty old website but will get you live data from rain gauges all over the country. Here's the list for Albuquerque.
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:00 PM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

Best answer: On every local forecast page at weather.gov, there is a link titled "Climate / Past Weather". Click that and it will take you to a page where you can select any official reporting station in the forecast area. Leave "Daily data for a month" selected, choose your month of interest, then click "Go" to get the data for your chosen location and month.
posted by wierdo at 9:16 PM on January 11, 2022 [3 favorites]

The NWS weather stations are usually at airports, while the USGS rain gages are usually at stream road crossings. So depending on your purposes, you may be able to find a USGS station closer to, e.g., your house if you want to know very specifically how much rain occurred in a specific area.
posted by hydropsyche at 4:43 AM on January 12, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thank you, these are all helpful. It rained pretty hard one day, but I didn't then find out how much it was. Hopefully, now I can in the future. I think my area has a lot of microclimates.
posted by NotLost at 6:50 AM on January 13, 2022