Rainy days · Minnesota
How often does it rain in Duluth?
Duluth’s wet days are mostly Lake Superior reminding everyone who actually runs the place.
Duluth gets measurable rain or snow on about 133 days a year, adding up to about 31 inches.
November usually brings Duluth about 11 wet days and 2.0 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 13 wet days, and the driest is February, with about 9 wet days. That makes Duluth number 29 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 0.9 |
| February | 9 | 1.0 |
| March | 10 | 1.5 |
| April | 11 | 2.5 |
| May | 13 | 3.4 |
| June | 12 | 4.4 |
| July | 12 | 3.9 |
| August | 11 | 3.7 |
| September | 12 | 3.5 |
| October | 12 | 2.9 |
| November | 11 | 2.0 |
| December | 11 | 1.5 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Toledo, Ohio: about 133 wet days a year
- Concord, New Hampshire: about 133 wet days a year
- Lexington, Kentucky: about 134 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Duluth 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.