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

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Syracuse, New York has the most rainy days of the 106 US cities we rank, with 174 rainy days a year (NOAA, 1991-2020). Rochester, New York is next, with 168 rainy days a year.

By The Honest Local · 106 cities · every value links to its public source

174 daysSyracuse, New York leads on the list, the highest reading of 106 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. 5Cleveland, Ohio159 daysrainy days a year

Rainiest Cities on the map

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Days a year with measurable rain or snow, from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals.

Rainiest Cities, all 106

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	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	159 days
6	Portland, Oregonbig city	157 days
7	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	156 days
8	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	154 days
9	Grand Rapids, Michigan	149 days
10	Miami, Floridabig city	141 days
11	Columbus, Ohiobig city	141 days
12	Albany, New York	139 days
13	Worcester, Massachusetts	138 days
14	Detroit, Michiganbig city	136 days
15	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	136 days
16	Dayton, Ohio	134 days
17	Toledo, Ohiobig city	133 days
18	Akron, Ohio	133 days
19	Poughkeepsie, New York	132 days
20	Portland, Maine	131 days
21	Hartford, Connecticut	130 days
22	Asheville, North Carolina	130 days
23	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	129 days
24	Allentown, Pennsylvania	129 days
25	Knoxville, Tennessee	129 days
26	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	128 days
27	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	128 days
28	Lakeland, Florida	128 days
29	Providence, Rhode Island	127 days
30	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	126 days
31	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	126 days
32	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	126 days
33	New York, New Yorkbig city	125 days
34	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	125 days
35	Bridgeport, Connecticut	125 days
36	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	125 days
37	New Haven, Connecticut	124 days
38	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	123 days
39	Chattanooga, Tennessee	123 days
40	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	121 days
41	Orlando, Floridabig city	121 days
42	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	121 days
43	Melbourne, Florida	120 days
44	Daytona Beach, Florida	119 days
45	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	119 days
46	Richmond, Virginia	119 days
47	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	118 days
48	Birmingham, Alabama	118 days
49	Washington, DCbig city	118 days
50	Durham, North Carolinabig city	118 days
50	Huntsville, Alabama	118 days
50	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	118 days
53	Greenville, South Carolina	117 days
54	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	116 days
55	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	116 days
56	Cape Coral, Florida	116 days
57	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	115 days
58	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	114 days
59	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	114 days
60	St. Louis, Missouribig city	114 days
61	Charleston, South Carolina	114 days
62	Fayetteville, Arkansas	113 days
63	Des Moines, Iowa	113 days
64	Spokane, Washington	113 days
65	Sarasota, Florida	113 days
66	Charlotte, North Carolinabig city	112 days
67	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	111 days
68	Columbia, South Carolina	109 days
69	Jackson, Mississippi	109 days
70	Tampa, Floridabig city	108 days
71	Savannah, Georgia	108 days
72	Augusta, Georgia	107 days
73	Little Rock, Arkansas	106 days
74	Houston, Texasbig city	104 days
75	Kansas City, Missouribig city	104 days
76	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	103 days
77	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	94 days
78	Provo, Utah	92 days
78	Salt Lake City, Utah	92 days
80	Boise, Idaho	89 days
80	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	89 days
82	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	87 days
83	Wichita, Kansasbig city	87 days
84	Ogden, Utah	86 days
85	Austin, Texasbig city	86 days
86	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	83 days
87	San Antonio, Texasbig city	81 days
88	Denver, Coloradobig city	80 days
89	Dallas, Texasbig city	79 days
90	San Francisco, Californiabig city	71 days
91	McAllen, Texas	62 days
92	Sacramento, Californiabig city	61 days
93	San Jose, Californiabig city	59 days
94	Stockton, Californiabig city	57 days
95	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	56 days
96	Reno, Nevadabig city	51 days
97	El Paso, Texasbig city	48 days
98	Tucson, Arizonabig city	47 days
99	Fresno, Californiabig city	47 days
100	Oxnard, California	44 days
101	San Diego, Californiabig city	40 days
102	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	38 days
103	Riverside, Californiabig city	35 days
104	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	34 days
105	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	33 days
106	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	26 days

Sources and method

NOAA 1991 to 2020 monthly climate normals · 1991-2020

How we got this. We add up NOAA's twelve monthly normals for days with at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow, 1991 to 2020, at each city's nearest airport station that reports them. A state is the population-weighted mean of its five largest cities, not NOAA's statewide figure, so it reads where most people live. Cities and states rank on their own lists. It refreshes when NOAA reissues its climate normals.

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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