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, October 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1947 1-Month |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1952 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1947 2-Month |
4.44" (112.78mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
-0.21" (-5.33mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1952 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 2000 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1947 3-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1952 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1947 4-Month |
8.82" (224.03mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-1.23" (-31.24mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1952 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1947 5-Month |
12.65" (321.31mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1952 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1947 6-Month |
15.84" (402.34mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1952 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1947 7-Month |
18.85" (478.79mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1952 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1947 8-Month |
21.12" (536.45mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1947 9-Month |
22.15" (562.61mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
-0.89" (-22.61mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1947 10-Month |
24.58" (624.33mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1946–Oct 1947 11-Month |
26.52" (673.61mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
-1.18" (-29.97mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Oct 1947 12-Month |
29.60" (751.84mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1946–Oct 1947 18-Month |
46.74" (1,187.20mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
0.91" (23.12mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Oct 1947 24-Month |
60.61" (1,539.49mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1944–Oct 1947 36-Month |
93.44" (2,373.38mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.58" (90.94mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1943–Oct 1947 48-Month |
122.50" (3,111.50mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.72" (69.09mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1942–Oct 1947 60-Month |
151.48" (3,847.59mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 16, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/