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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1920
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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March 1920 1-Month |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1910 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Mar 1920 2-Month |
4.39" (111.51mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1910 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1964 | ||||||
Jan–Mar 1920 3-Month |
6.60" (167.64mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1910 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1919–Mar 1920 4-Month |
8.41" (213.61mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.89" (-22.61mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1981 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
Nov 1919–Mar 1920 5-Month |
11.21" (284.73mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1977 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1983 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 2011 | ||||||
Oct 1919–Mar 1920 6-Month |
14.66" (372.36mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1918 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1983 | ||||
Sep 1919–Mar 1920 7-Month |
17.00" (431.80mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1918 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1919–Mar 1920 8-Month |
19.48" (494.79mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1918 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1919–Mar 1920 9-Month |
22.52" (572.01mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1919–Mar 1920 10-Month |
25.49" (647.45mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
0.96" (24.39mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
May 1919–Mar 1920 11-Month |
28.69" (728.73mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
1.26" (32.01mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
Apr 1919–Mar 1920 12-Month |
31.10" (789.94mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1921 | ||||||
Oct 1918–Mar 1920 18-Month |
46.26" (1,175.00mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2020 | ||||
Apr 1918–Mar 1920 24-Month |
61.16" (1,553.46mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.24" (31.49mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1955 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
Apr 1917–Mar 1920 36-Month |
86.01" (2,184.65mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
-3.86" (-98.05mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1955 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1918 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1968 | ||||||
Apr 1916–Mar 1920 48-Month |
114.22" (2,901.19mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
-5.54" (-140.71mm) | 15th Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
Apr 1915–Mar 1920 60-Month |
147.65" (3,750.31mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
-1.97" (-50.04mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1957 |
79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/