Corning, NY rainwater: 28,605 gallons off a roof

Corning, NY: gallons off the roof each year

In Corning, NY a single barrel does most of the work. Storms come often enough that a small tank refills before it runs dry, and a bigger one would mostly sit full.

Rainfall: NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals, the Corning 0.7 Nnw station (0.7 mi away). Corning, NY ranks 86th wettest of the 90 cities covered in New York.

Month by month in Corning

Jun is the wettest month (4.09 in, 3,251 gal off the roof); Feb the driest (1.73 in). Garden shortfall is what a 200 sq ft vegetable bed needs beyond the rain that lands on it, April to October.

Which tank size is worth it in Corning

Best fit: one 55-gallon barrel, which delivers about 555 gallons to the garden in a normal year (75.5% of its need).

If you buy one, a 55-gallon barrel with a downspout diverter is the whole job. Check that the overflow points away from your foundation, because most of Corning's roof water will pass straight through it.

Simulated storm by storm through a normal year using the station's count of days with 0.1 in or more of rain each month.

Is rainwater collection legal in New York?

No statewide rainwater harvesting regulations; check county for local incentives

From the 2015 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report 24347); not yet re-checked against current law, so check with your state water agency before building anything large. Source