Miami - Extreme Daily Rainfall for Each Year
This page lists the heaviest rainfalls and wettest days of each year in Miami, Florida. The information answers questions like: When was the last time Miami got more than a foot of rain in a single day? What was the heaviest rainfall of 2019?
This page gives the highest daily precipitation for each year in Miami and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign beside it means the same amount of rain also fell on at least one other day earlier that year.
These precipitation extremes were measured at Miami International Airport and go back to 1948. Since then the biggest one-day rainstorm recorded there dropped 14.85 inches (377.2 millimetres) of water on April 25, 1979.
| Inches | Date | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 7.53 | November 15, 2023 | 191.3 |
| 5.26 | June 04, 2022 | 133.6 |
| 3.86 | June 29, 2021 | 98.0 |
| 7.40 | May 26, 2020 | 188.0 |
| 3.10 | August 08, 2019 | 78.7 |
| 3.60 | May 31, 2018 | 91.4 |
| 5.49 | July 12, 2017 | 139.4 |
| 3.79 | August 02, 2016 | 96.3 |
| 3.73 | December 04, 2015 | 94.7 |
| 2.63 | May 15, 2014 | 66.8 |
| 5.53 | October 02, 2013 | 140.5 |
| 9.70 | May 22, 2012 | 246.4 |
| 3.19 | June 30, 2011 | 81.0 |
| 5.06 | September 29, 2010 | 128.5 |
| Inches | Date | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 2.37 | November 25, 2009 | 60.2 |
| 3.06 | August 18, 2008 | 77.7 |
| 2.90 | May 06, 2007 | 73.7 |
| 4.63 | September 06, 2006 | 117.6 |
| 4.60 | June 20, 2005 | 116.8 |
| 2.49 | August 01, 2004 | 63.2 |
| 4.67 | July 02, 2003 | 118.6 |
| 4.18 | June 26, 2002 | 106.2 |
| 4.71 | October 21, 2001 | 119.6 |
| 12.56 | October 03, 2000 | 319.0 |
| 6.81 | October 15, 1999 | 173.0 |
| 4.96 | November 04, 1998 | 126.0 |
| 5.89 | June 09, 1997 | 149.6 |
| 4.39 | May 21, 1996 | 111.5 |
| 4.86 | June 20, 1995 | 123.4 |
| 6.57 | August 12, 1994 | 166.9 |
| 5.73 | November 08, 1993 | 145.5 |
| 7.56 | November 18, 1992 | 192.0 |
| 8.59 | October 08, 1991 | 218.2 |
| 4.67 | April 09, 1990 | 118.6 |
| 3.54 | August 30, 1989 | 89.9 |
| 2.63 | August 14, 1988 | 66.8 |
| 3.63 | June 27, 1987 | 92.2 |
| 3.90 | May 21, 1986 | 99.1 |
| 3.25 | August 09, 1985 | 82.6 |
| 4.15 | May 28, 1984 | 105.4 |
| 2.66 | February 27, 1983 | 67.6 |
| 7.25 | April 24, 1982 | 184.2 |
| 3.13 | September 25, 1981 | 79.5 |
| 4.02 | April 07, 1980 | 102.1 |
| 14.85 | April 25, 1979 | 377.2 |
| 2.01 | June 18, 1978 | 51.1 |
| 11.51 | May 04, 1977 | 292.4 |
| 3.45 | May 28, 1976 | 87.6 |
| 1.85 | July 04, 1975 | 47.0 |
| 4.22 | June 03, 1974 | 107.2 |
| 2.72 | August 31, 1973 | 69.1 |
| 4.20 | May 18, 1972 | 106.7 |
| 3.09 | June 25, 1971 | 78.5 |
| 3.93 | May 29, 1970 | 99.8 |
| 3.48 | October 30, 1969 | 88.4 |
| 4.42 | May 19, 1968 | 112.3 |
| 4.74 | June 12, 1967 | 120.4 |
| 4.54 | February 22, 1966 | 115.3 |
| 5.67 | October 14, 1965 | 144.0 |
| 6.41 | August 27, 1964 | 162.8 |
| 3.74 | September 20, 1963 | 95.0 |
| 3.57 | November 09, 1962 | 90.7 |
| 2.90 | May 27, 1961 | 73.7 |
| 6.07 | September 10, 1960 | 154.2 |
| 6.78 | November 19, 1959 | 172.2 |
| 6.37 | May 24, 1958 | 161.8 |
| 7.02 | May 01, 1957 | 178.3 |
| 3.42 | September 05, 1956 | 86.9 |
| 3.72 | June 11, 1955 | 94.5 |
| 4.15 | November 12, 1954 | 105.4 |
| 2.97 | August 05, 1953 | 75.4 |
| 7.88 | October 27, 1952 | 200.2 |
| 2.95 | October 01, 1951 | 74.9 |
| 3.49 | October 14, 1950 | 88.6 |
| 7.07 | March 20, 1949 | 179.6 |
| 9.95 | October 05, 1948 | 252.7 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.