As of Oct 13, 2026, the latest day this gauge has reported

How much rain has Carbon County, Wyoming, had in 2026?

8.88 inches of rain have fallen so far in 2026 at the volunteer rain gauge 4.3 miles west of Rawlins, Carbon County, through Oct 13. That is 1.07 inches less than a usual year to date (89% of usual).

Rain so far: 8.88 in
Usual by Oct 13: 9.95 in
Percent of usual: 89%
2025 by Oct 13: 7.73 in

Inches of rain added up day by day from Jan 1, solid line, against the usual year at this gauge (dashed), counted on the same days. Days with no report add nothing to either line.

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Month by month

Rain by month in Carbon County, Wyoming, 2026
Month	Rain, in	Usual, in	Vs usual
Jan	0.15	0.61	−0.46
Feb	0.07	0.77	−0.70
Mar	1.75	0.73	+1.02
Apr	1.46	1.18	+0.28
May	1.44	1.90	−0.46
Jun	1.23	1.29	−0.06
Jul	1.28	0.92	+0.36
Aug	0.43	0.96	−0.53
Sep	0.66	1.09	−0.43
Oct to the 13th	0.41	0.50	−0.09
So far	8.88	9.95	−1.07

2026 so far in Carbon County

Wettest month: March, 1.75 inches.
Biggest one-day reading: 1.50 inches on Mar 3.
Longest dry stretch: 21 days in a row with the gauge at zero, May 31 to Jun 20.
2025 by the same date: 7.73 inches at the same gauge. 2026 had 1.15 inches more than 2025.
On 1 report 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 4.3 miles west of Rawlins (gauge ID US1WYCR0014), 20 miles from the middle of Carbon County. It reported every one of the 286 days from Jan 1 to Oct 13. 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 286 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: 21 stations inside Carbon 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 Carbon County, Wyoming, had in 2026?

8.88 inches of rain have fallen so far in 2026 at the volunteer rain gauge 4.3 miles west of Rawlins, Carbon County, through Oct 13. That is 1.07 inches less than a usual year to date (89% of usual).

Is Carbon County wetter or drier than usual in 2026?

Drier so far. The volunteer rain gauge 4.3 miles west of Rawlins had 8.88 inches from Jan 1 to Oct 13, 89% of the usual 9.95 inches for the same days.

What was the wettest month in Carbon County in 2026?

March, with 1.75 inches at the volunteer rain gauge 4.3 miles west of Rawlins, counting Jan 1 through Oct 13.

What was the biggest rain in Carbon County in 2026?

1.50 inches on Mar 3, 2026, the biggest one-day reading this year through Oct 13. A reading that covers more than one day is not counted as a one-day rain.

How does 2026 compare with 2025 in Carbon County?

From Jan 1 to Oct 13, the volunteer rain gauge 4.3 miles west of Rawlins had 7.73 inches in 2025 and 8.88 inches in 2026. 2026 had 1.15 inches more than 2025.

Next door

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By Sigurd Lindquist, Certified Crop Adviser (CCA). Daily NOAA records through RCC-ACIS, read Oct 15, 2026; rebuilt weekly. NOAA’s daily numbers come in a few days late and are sometimes corrected.