Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, September 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 1946 1-Month |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1956 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1986 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 1946 2-Month |
5.22" (132.59mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 1946 3-Month |
7.79" (197.87mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1930 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1949, 1998 | ||||||
|
Jun–Sep 1946 4-Month |
10.67" (271.02mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
-0.14" (-3.55mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1930 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1932, 1944, 1991, 1994 | ||||||
|
May–Sep 1946 5-Month |
14.42" (366.27mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1946 6-Month |
16.08" (408.43mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-0.16" (-4.07mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1946 7-Month |
18.75" (476.25mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Feb–Sep 1946 8-Month |
20.81" (528.57mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1930 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1946 9-Month |
23.35" (593.09mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1945–Sep 1946 10-Month |
26.05" (661.67mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1931 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Sep 1946 11-Month |
28.29" (718.57mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–Sep 1946 12-Month |
30.29" (769.37mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.35" (8.89mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1945–Sep 1946 18-Month |
48.71" (1,237.23mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
2.51" (63.75mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Oct 1944–Sep 1946 24-Month |
62.46" (1,586.48mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.54" (64.51mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1943–Sep 1946 36-Month |
92.08" (2,338.83mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1956 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1942–Sep 1946 48-Month |
121.26" (3,080.00mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Oct 1941–Sep 1946 60-Month |
153.44" (3,897.38mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
3.78" (96.02mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1956 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/