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Annual precipitation in Beijing

1951 – 2024 · 67 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1951 – 2024

Annual precipitation, 1951 – 2024 mm · Beijing
 
 
 
 
 
 
1957 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1969 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1981 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1993 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
876 mm
2024 

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1951 – 2024

The series at a glance Beijing · 1951 – 2024
Latest value 876 mm · 2024
First value 482 mm · 1951
Highest 1,406 mm · 1959
Lowest 262 mm · 1965
Data points 67

By year

All years · 1951 – 2024

YearBeijingChange
2024 876 mm +238 mm
2023 638 mm +51 mm
2022 586 mm −115 mm
2021 702 mm +173 mm
2020 529 mm −204 mm
2012 733 mm +13 mm
2011 721 mm +198 mm
2010 522 mm +42 mm
2009 481 mm −146 mm
2008 626 mm +142 mm
2007 484 mm +166 mm
2006 318 mm −93 mm
2005 411 mm −73 mm
2004 484 mm +39 mm
2003 445 mm +74 mm
2002 370 mm +32 mm
2001 339 mm −32 mm
2000 371 mm +104 mm
1999 267 mm −465 mm
1998 732 mm +301 mm
1997 431 mm −270 mm
1996 701 mm +128 mm
1995 572 mm −241 mm
1994 813 mm +307 mm
1993 507 mm −35 mm
1992 542 mm −206 mm
1991 748 mm +51 mm
1990 697 mm +255 mm
1989 442 mm −231 mm
1988 673 mm −11 mm
1987 684 mm +19 mm
1986 665 mm −56 mm
1985 721 mm +232 mm
1984 489 mm −1 mm
1983 490 mm −54 mm
1982 544 mm +151 mm
1981 393 mm +12 mm
1980 381 mm −338 mm
1979 718 mm +54 mm
1978 665 mm −114 mm
1977 779 mm +95 mm
1976 684 mm +291 mm
1975 393 mm −82 mm
1974 475 mm −224 mm
1973 698 mm +324 mm
1972 374 mm −137 mm
1971 511 mm −86 mm
1970 597 mm −316 mm
1969 913 mm +526 mm
1968 387 mm −207 mm
1967 593 mm +66 mm
1966 528 mm +266 mm
1965 262 mm −556 mm
1964 818 mm +42 mm
1963 776 mm +409 mm
1962 367 mm −233 mm
1961 600 mm +73 mm
1960 527 mm −879 mm
1959 1,406 mm +714 mm
1958 692 mm +205 mm
1957 487 mm −629 mm
1956 1,116 mm +182 mm
1955 933 mm −28 mm
1954 961 mm +304 mm
1953 658 mm +100 mm
1952 557 mm +76 mm
1951 482 mm

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1951 – 2024

What it means

Rain and snow (as water) that fell during the year.

How it is calculated

Sum of daily precipitation at the nearest weather station; months with a few missing days are scaled up, years with incomplete months are left out.