Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 1916
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1916 1-Month |
3.79" (96.27mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
1.48" (37.60mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1915–Jan 1916 2-Month |
6.42" (163.07mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
1.76" (44.71mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1981 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1915–Jan 1916 3-Month |
8.52" (216.41mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1977 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Oct 1915–Jan 1916 4-Month |
10.37" (263.40mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1981 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1915–Jan 1916 5-Month |
13.14" (333.76mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1940 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1915–Jan 1916 6-Month |
16.57" (420.88mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1940 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1915–Jan 1916 7-Month |
20.14" (511.56mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
3.18" (80.78mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1940 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1915–Jan 1916 8-Month |
23.32" (592.33mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1915–Jan 1916 9-Month |
27.21" (691.13mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
4.42" (112.26mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1915–Jan 1916 10-Month |
29.53" (750.06mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
4.21" (106.93mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1940 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1915–Jan 1916 11-Month |
31.04" (788.42mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
3.21" (81.54mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1915–Jan 1916 12-Month |
33.81" (858.77mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
3.85" (97.79mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1914–Jan 1916 18-Month |
48.43" (1,230.12mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
4.29" (108.96mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1955 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1914–Jan 1916 24-Month |
62.87" (1,596.90mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1918 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Feb 1913–Jan 1916 36-Month |
92.34" (2,345.44mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.48" (63.00mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1912–Jan 1916 48-Month |
123.74" (3,143.00mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
3.98" (101.10mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1911–Jan 1916 60-Month |
152.77" (3,880.36mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
3.14" (79.76mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/