Syracuse got its fair share of wet weather this July, totaling 6.85 inches of rain.

Even if you're not well-versed in climatology, it shouldn't come as a shock that this past month's rain was one for the record books.

To put the nearly seven inches of rain into perspective, 3.86 inches is the average rainfall for the month of July.

That means we ended up with nearly a three-inch surplus for the month.

July 18 was our wettest day of the month with 1.06 inches of rain.

Surprisingly, while it may have seemed like it rained nearly every day in July, there were nine days without a trace of rain in Syracuse.

Each of these nine days was spaced out, though, so we were unable to string together two consecutive dry days.

Last month's rain earned us a spot among the top ten-wettest Julys on record.

However, it wasn't enough to land among the top five.

The sixth-wettest July goes to 2004 with 6.95 inches of rain.

July 2021 now holds the title for the seventh-wettest July on record, with records dating back to 1903.

This pushed the previous number-seven spot to eighth place, which was July 1971 with 6.49 inches of rain.

From the spring into the summer, we've had a noteworthy growing precipitation deficit.

Prior to this July, the annual accumulated precipitation hasn't been above average since February 16.

That all changed on July 8 when 0.39 inches of rain slid us to 0.22 inches above average.

At that point, our yearly precipitation was more normal than it had been.

Just one month earlier on June 7, Syracuse experienced its greatest precipitation deficit to date this year, running 4.71 inches below average.

One could argue that July's rain was needed, and it certainly tipped the scales.

By the end of July, total yearly precipitation was at 24.19 inches, 1.79 inches above the average. What a difference a month makes.