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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1926
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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August 1926 1-Month |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1929 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 1977 | ||||
Jul–Aug 1926 2-Month |
6.08" (154.43mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1930 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 1915 | ||||
Jun–Aug 1926 3-Month |
8.57" (217.68mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1930 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1928 | ||||
May–Aug 1926 4-Month |
10.78" (273.81mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1936 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1915 | ||||
Apr–Aug 1926 5-Month |
12.96" (329.18mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.79" (-20.07mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Mar–Aug 1926 6-Month |
15.27" (387.86mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.99" (-25.14mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1936 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1905 | ||||
Ties: 1985 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1926 7-Month |
17.32" (439.93mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-1.08" (-27.43mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Aug 1926 8-Month |
19.68" (499.87mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-1.03" (-26.16mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1925–Aug 1926 9-Month |
21.34" (542.04mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-1.71" (-43.43mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1931 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 1925–Aug 1926 10-Month |
23.50" (596.90mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-1.78" (-45.21mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1925–Aug 1926 11-Month |
26.49" (672.85mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-0.96" (-24.38mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1925–Aug 1926 12-Month |
29.37" (746.00mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 1925–Aug 1926 18-Month |
42.57" (1,081.28mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
-3.65" (-92.71mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1931 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1924–Aug 1926 24-Month |
55.08" (1,399.03mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-4.84" (-122.94mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1918 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2020 | ||||
Sep 1923–Aug 1926 36-Month |
83.23" (2,114.04mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-6.63" (-168.40mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1956 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1922–Aug 1926 48-Month |
112.79" (2,864.87mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-6.98" (-177.29mm) | 8th Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1933 | ||||||
Sep 1921–Aug 1926 60-Month |
143.41" (3,642.61mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-6.23" (-158.25mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1934 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/