Rainy days · South Carolina
How often does it rain in Columbia?
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Columbia gets measurable rain or snow on about 109 days a year, adding up to about 45 inches.
November usually brings Columbia about 7 wet days and 2.8 inches. The wettest month is usually July, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is October, with about 7 wet days. That makes Columbia number 81 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 3.5 |
| February | 9 | 3.4 |
| March | 9 | 3.6 |
| April | 8 | 2.8 |
| May | 9 | 3.5 |
| June | 11 | 5.0 |
| July | 12 | 5.3 |
| August | 10 | 4.6 |
| September | 8 | 3.9 |
| October | 7 | 3.1 |
| November | 7 | 2.8 |
| December | 9 | 3.7 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Fargo, North Dakota: about 109 wet days a year
- Tampa, Florida: about 108 wet days a year
- Savannah, Georgia: about 108 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Columbia area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.