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Contiguous U.S.

Precipitation Rankings, March 1927

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Period Value 1901-2000
Mean		 Anomaly Rank
(1895-2022)		 Wettest/Driest
Since		 Record
March 1927
1-Month 		2.59"
(65.79mm)		 2.51"
(63.75mm)		 0.08"
(2.04mm)		 81st Driest
Driest since:
 1910
48th Wettest
Wettest since:
 1973
Ties: 2002, 2017
Feb–Mar 1927
2-Month 		5.31"
(134.87mm)		 4.64"
(117.86mm)		 0.67"
(17.01mm)		 109th Driest
Driest since:
 1910
20th Wettest
Wettest since:
 1998
Ties: 1980, 2020
Jan–Mar 1927
3-Month 		7.08"
(179.83mm)		 6.96"
(176.78mm)		 0.12"
(3.05mm)		 75th Driest
Driest since:
 1910
54th Wettest
Wettest since:
 1998
Dec 1926–Mar 1927
4-Month 		9.75"
(247.65mm)		 9.30"
(236.22mm)		 0.45"
(11.43mm)		 88th Driest
Driest since:
 1981
40th Wettest
Wettest since:
 1983, 1998
Nov 1926–Mar 1927
5-Month 		12.62"
(320.55mm)		 11.53"
(292.86mm)		 1.09"
(27.69mm)		 107th Driest
Driest since:
 1977
21st Wettest
Wettest since:
 1983
Oct 1926–Mar 1927
6-Month 		15.11"
(383.79mm)		 13.70"
(347.98mm)		 1.41"
(35.81mm)		 106th Driest
Driest since:
 1918
22nd Wettest
Wettest since:
 1983
Sep 1926–Mar 1927
7-Month 		18.34"
(465.84mm)		 16.19"
(411.23mm)		 2.15"
(54.61mm)		 114th Driest
Driest since:
 1918
14th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2019
Aug 1926–Mar 1927
8-Month 		21.56"
(547.62mm)		 18.82"
(478.03mm)		 2.74"
(69.59mm)		 119th Driest
Driest since:
 1918
9th Wettest
Wettest to Date
 2019
Jul 1926–Mar 1927
9-Month 		24.42"
(620.27mm)		 21.60"
(548.64mm)		 2.82"
(71.63mm)		 118th Driest
Driest since:
 1918
10th Wettest
Wettest to Date
 2019
Jun 1926–Mar 1927
10-Month 		26.91"
(683.51mm)		 24.53"
(623.06mm)		 2.38"
(60.45mm)		 111th Driest
Driest since:
 1918
17th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2019
May 1926–Mar 1927
11-Month 		29.12"
(739.65mm)		 27.43"
(696.72mm)		 1.69"
(42.93mm)		 102nd Driest
Driest since:
 1918
26th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2019
Ties: 1897
Apr 1926–Mar 1927
12-Month 		31.30"
(795.02mm)		 29.96"
(760.98mm)		 1.34"
(34.04mm)		 92nd Driest
Driest since:
 1918
36th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2016
Oct 1925–Mar 1927
18-Month 		44.83"
(1,138.68mm)		 43.68"
(1,109.47mm)		 1.15"
(29.21mm)		 82nd Driest
Driest since:
 1918
45th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2020
Apr 1925–Mar 1927
24-Month 		59.35"
(1,507.49mm)		 59.92"
(1,521.97mm)		 -0.57"
(-14.48mm)		 50th Driest
Driest since:
 1955
77th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2020
Apr 1924–Mar 1927
36-Month 		85.45"
(2,170.43mm)		 89.87"
(2,282.70mm)		 -4.42"
(-112.27mm)		 20th Driest
Driest since:
 1955
106th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2020
Apr 1923–Mar 1927
48-Month 		116.46"
(2,958.08mm)		 119.76"
(3,041.90mm)		 -3.30"
(-83.82mm)		 34th Driest
Driest since:
 1957
91st Wettest
Wettest since:
 2019
Apr 1922–Mar 1927
60-Month 		145.14"
(3,686.56mm)		 149.62"
(3,800.35mm)		 -4.48"
(-113.79mm)		 27th Driest
Driest since:
 1957
97th Wettest
Wettest since:
 2020

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