Syracuse, New York Has the Most Rainy Days of Any City We Track (2026)

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Rainiest Cities, read from the other end of our cities with the fewest rainy days list. Same readings, same sources, 107 cities, the 100 largest metro areas and every city we cover.

By The Honest Local · 107 cities · every value links to its public source

174 daysSyracuse, New York leads with the highest rainy days a year of 107 big cities

The top five cities rainy days a year

No. 1Syracuse, New York174 daysrainy days a year
No. 2Rochester, New York168 daysrainy days a year
No. 3Buffalo, New York166 daysrainy days a year
No. 4Vancouver, Washington163 daysrainy days a year
No. 5Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania161 daysrainy days a year

Rainiest Cities on the map

Fewest rainy days by city and state, cities hover for the numbers, click for every one

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Days a year with measurable rain or snow, from NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals; fewest first.

Rainiest Cities, all 107

The full ranking rainy days a year

	Place	rainy days a year
1	Syracuse, New York	174 days
2	Rochester, New York	168 days
3	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	166 days
4	Vancouver, Washington	163 days
5	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	161 days
6	Portland, Oregonbig city	157 days
7	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	154 days
8	Grand Rapids, Michigan	149 days
9	Columbus, Ohiobig city	141 days
10	Albany, New York	139 days
11	Worcester, Massachusetts	138 days
12	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	138 days
13	Dayton, Ohio	134 days
14	Akron, Ohio	133 days
15	Poughkeepsie, New York	132 days
16	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	132 days
17	Portland, Maine	131 days
18	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	131 days
19	Asheville, North Carolina	130 days
20	Orlando, Floridabig city	130 days
21	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	129 days
22	Allentown, Pennsylvania	129 days
23	Knoxville, Tennessee	129 days
24	Hartford, Connecticut	129 days
25	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	128 days
26	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	128 days
27	Lakeland, Florida	128 days
28	Toledo, Ohiobig city	127 days
29	Providence, Rhode Island	127 days
30	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	126 days
31	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	126 days
32	Detroit, Michiganbig city	125 days
33	New York, New Yorkbig city	125 days
34	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	125 days
35	Bridgeport, Connecticut	125 days
36	New Haven, Connecticut	124 days
37	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	123 days
38	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	123 days
39	Chattanooga, Tennessee	123 days
40	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	122 days
41	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	121 days
42	Greenville, SC	121 days
43	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	121 days
44	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	120 days
45	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	120 days
46	Melbourne, Florida	120 days
47	Spokane, Washington	119 days
48	Daytona Beach, Florida	119 days
49	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	119 days
50	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	119 days
51	Richmond, Virginia	119 days
52	Birmingham, Alabama	118 days
53	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	118 days
54	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	118 days
55	Huntsville, AL	118 days
56	Durham, North Carolinabig city	118 days
57	St. Louis, Missouribig city	117 days
58	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	116 days
59	Cape Coral, Florida	116 days
60	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	115 days
61	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	114 days
62	Fayetteville, Arkansas	113 days
63	Des Moines, Iowa	113 days
64	Sarasota, Florida	113 days
65	Charlotte, NCbig city	112 days
66	Miami, Floridabig city	112 days
67	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	111 days
68	Columbia, South Carolina	111 days
69	Augusta, Georgia	109 days
70	Jackson, Mississippi	109 days
71	Tampa, Floridabig city	108 days
72	Savannah, Georgia	108 days
73	Houston, Texasbig city	107 days
74	Little Rock, Arkansas	106 days
75	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	103 days
76	Charleston, South Carolina	102 days
77	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	94 days
78	Salt Lake City, Utah	92 days
79	Provo, Utah	92 days
80	Boise, Idaho	89 days
81	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	89 days
82	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	87 days
83	Wichita, Kansasbig city	87 days
84	Kansas City, Missouribig city	86 days
85	Ogden, Utah	86 days
86	Austin, Texasbig city	86 days
87	Denver, Coloradobig city	84 days
88	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	83 days
89	Dallas, Texasbig city	82 days
90	San Antonio, Texasbig city	72 days
91	San Francisco, Californiabig city	71 days
92	McAllen, Texas	62 days
93	Sacramento, Californiabig city	61 days
94	San Jose, Californiabig city	59 days
95	Stockton, Californiabig city	57 days
96	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	56 days
97	Reno, Nevadabig city	51 days
98	El Paso, Texasbig city	48 days
99	Tucson, Arizonabig city	47 days
100	Fresno, Californiabig city	47 days
101	Oxnard, California	44 days
102	San Diego, Californiabig city	40 days
103	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	38 days
104	Riverside, Californiabig city	35 days
105	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	34 days
106	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	33 days
107	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	23 days

Sources and method

NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 climate normals, MLY-PRCP-AVGNDS-GE001HI (via tape_readings) · 1991-2020

How we got this. Days of rain come from tape_readings, which src/tape/rain.ts reads from NOAA NCEI's 1991-2020 monthly climate normals (days a month with at least 0.01 inch, summed to a year) at the nearest airport-network station that carries the field. A state is the population-weighted mean of its five largest cities' readings, never one proxy city. Cities and states each rank on their own list, fewest first. It refreshes static normals; re-run any time.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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