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 1918
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1918 1-Month |
2.41" (61.21mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1981 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1917–Jan 1918 2-Month |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1981 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1917–Jan 1918 3-Month |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-1.87" (-47.50mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1977 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1917–Jan 1918 4-Month |
6.40" (162.56mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1981 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1940 | ||||||
|
Sep 1917–Jan 1918 5-Month |
8.57" (217.68mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-2.98" (-75.69mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1940 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1917–Jan 1918 6-Month |
11.01" (279.65mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-3.16" (-80.27mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1940 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1917–Jan 1918 7-Month |
13.52" (343.41mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-3.44" (-87.37mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1940 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1917–Jan 1918 8-Month |
15.96" (405.38mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-3.92" (-99.57mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1981 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1917–Jan 1918 9-Month |
18.60" (472.44mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
-4.19" (-106.43mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1917–Jan 1918 10-Month |
21.28" (540.51mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
-4.04" (-102.62mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1940 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1917–Jan 1918 11-Month |
23.76" (603.50mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
-4.07" (-103.38mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1957 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1917–Jan 1918 12-Month |
25.57" (649.48mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-4.39" (-111.50mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1931 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1916–Jan 1918 18-Month |
38.06" (966.72mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
-6.08" (-154.44mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1955 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1916–Jan 1918 24-Month |
53.39" (1,356.11mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-6.54" (-166.11mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1915–Jan 1918 36-Month |
87.20" (2,214.88mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1957 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1914–Jan 1918 48-Month |
116.26" (2,953.00mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
-3.50" (-88.90mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1957 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1913–Jan 1918 60-Month |
145.73" (3,701.54mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-3.90" (-99.06mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/