Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1949 1-Month |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-0.43" (-10.92mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1987 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 1949 2-Month |
4.56" (115.82mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
-0.47" (-11.94mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1910 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1954 | ||||||
|
Feb–Apr 1949 3-Month |
6.96" (176.78mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1910 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Jan–Apr 1949 4-Month |
10.12" (257.05mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1910 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
Dec 1948–Apr 1949 5-Month |
12.71" (322.83mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
0.89" (22.60mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Nov 1948–Apr 1949 6-Month |
16.10" (408.94mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1977 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1948–Apr 1949 7-Month |
17.64" (448.06mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1981 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1948–Apr 1949 8-Month |
19.45" (494.03mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1918 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1948–Apr 1949 9-Month |
21.69" (550.93mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
0.36" (9.15mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1918 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1948–Apr 1949 10-Month |
24.75" (628.65mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1948–Apr 1949 11-Month |
27.98" (710.69mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1948–Apr 1949 12-Month |
30.75" (781.05mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1918 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Apr 1949 18-Month |
45.58" (1,157.73mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
1.56" (39.62mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1947–Apr 1949 24-Month |
61.42" (1,560.07mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1955 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1946–Apr 1949 36-Month |
92.32" (2,344.93mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
2.44" (61.98mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1955 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1945–Apr 1949 48-Month |
123.56" (3,138.42mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.79" (96.26mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1944–Apr 1949 60-Month |
154.03" (3,912.36mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1957 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/