As of Oct 13, 2026, the latest day this gauge has reported
How much rain has Vance County, North Carolina, had in 2026?
29.72 inches of rain have fallen so far in 2026 at the volunteer rain gauge 2.5 miles north-northeast of Henderson, Vance County, through Oct 13. That is 7.61 inches less than a usual year to date (80% of usual).
- Rain so far
- 29.72 in
- Usual by Oct 13
- 37.33 in
- Percent of usual
- 80%
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Month by month
| Month | Rain, in | Usual, in | Vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 days not reported | 1.04 | 3.07 | −2.03 |
| Feb 2 days not reported | 3.05 | 2.57 | +0.48 |
| Mar | 1.71 | 4.23 | −2.52 |
| Apr | 0.46 | 3.82 | −3.36 |
| May | 5.66 | 3.78 | +1.88 |
| Jun | 1.83 | 4.49 | −2.66 |
| Jul 4 days not reported | 6.40 | 3.91 | +2.49 |
| Aug | 5.09 | 4.41 | +0.68 |
| Sep | 3.06 | 5.38 | −2.32 |
| Oct to the 13th | 1.42 | 1.67 | −0.25 |
| So far | 29.72 | 37.33 | −7.61 |
2026 so far in Vance County
- Biggest single day: not known. 5 reports cover more than one day, and the biggest day could be inside one of them.
- Longest dry stretch: 20 days in a row with the gauge at zero, Mar 29 to Apr 17.
- On 5 reports the observer read the gauge after more than one day. That rain counts on the day it was read, so it is in the totals but not split by day.
The station, and what usual means
The numbers come from NOAA’s daily record for the volunteer rain gauge 2.5 miles north-northeast of Henderson (gauge ID US1NCVN0005), 1 mile from the middle of Vance County. It reported 275 of the 286 days from Jan 1 to Oct 13; the 11 days with no report count as unknown, not as dry. Rain here means everything the gauge caught: rain, and snow melted down to water. A trace counts as zero. It is read once a day, usually in the morning, and each reading is filed under the day it was read, so an evening storm can show up on the next day.
Usual means NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 daily normals for this gauge, added up over the same 275 days the gauge reported, so a missing day counts on neither side. The volunteer gauges started in 1998, so none has 30 years of its own; NOAA estimates the rest from long-record stations nearby.
Why this gauge: 2 stations inside Vance County reported at least 90% of the days in 2026. Mountain snow sites, and stations far above the rest in the county, come last, since their rain is not what the farms below get. Then the pick goes to one with NOAA normals, then the most days reported, then the one nearest the middle of the county. Your own rain gauge can read differently a few miles away.
Questions
How much rain has Vance County, North Carolina, had in 2026?
29.72 inches of rain have fallen so far in 2026 at the volunteer rain gauge 2.5 miles north-northeast of Henderson, Vance County, through Oct 13. That is 7.61 inches less than a usual year to date (80% of usual).
Is Vance County wetter or drier than usual in 2026?
Drier so far. The volunteer rain gauge 2.5 miles north-northeast of Henderson had 29.72 inches from Jan 1 to Oct 13, 80% of the usual 37.33 inches for the same days.
Next door
- Franklin County 30.21 in, 79%
- Granville County 32.86 in, 90% to Oct 12
- Warren County 17.91 in, 48%
- Mecklenburg County, VA 21.06 in, 60%
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