Rainy days · Nebraska
How often does it rain in Omaha?
Omaha’s rain is steady Midwest stock: dependable, unflashy and best in late spring.
Omaha gets measurable rain or snow on about 103 days a year, adding up to about 32 inches.
November usually brings Omaha about 6 wet days and 1.4 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 13 wet days, and the driest is November, with about 6 wet days. That makes Omaha number 91 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 0.7 |
| February | 7 | 1.0 |
| March | 8 | 1.9 |
| April | 11 | 3.2 |
| May | 13 | 4.6 |
| June | 11 | 4.4 |
| July | 10 | 3.6 |
| August | 9 | 4.6 |
| September | 8 | 2.9 |
| October | 7 | 2.4 |
| November | 6 | 1.4 |
| December | 7 | 1.3 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Medford, Oregon: about 103 wet days a year
- Sioux City, Iowa: about 102 wet days a year
- Kansas City, Missouri: about 104 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Omaha area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 29 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.