Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 1929
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1929 1-Month |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1952 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1929 2-Month |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1952 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1929 3-Month |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1952 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1962 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 1929 4-Month |
9.72" (246.89mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1952 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1929 5-Month |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1952 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1929 6-Month |
15.86" (402.84mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1952 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1929 7-Month |
18.79" (477.27mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1952 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1929 8-Month |
21.60" (548.64mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1956 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1929 9-Month |
23.62" (599.95mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1929 10-Month |
25.98" (659.89mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1942, 1989 | ||||||
|
Dec 1928–Oct 1929 11-Month |
27.72" (704.09mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1928–Oct 1929 12-Month |
29.87" (758.70mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1928–Oct 1929 18-Month |
47.05" (1,195.07mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1931 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1927–Oct 1929 24-Month |
60.91" (1,547.11mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1931 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1926–Oct 1929 36-Month |
93.08" (2,364.23mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1956 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1925–Oct 1929 48-Month |
122.30" (3,106.42mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1956 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1924–Oct 1929 60-Month |
149.43" (3,795.52mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/