National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1950
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 1950 1-Month |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.02" (-0.50mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
59th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Feb– 2-Month |
4.72" (119.89mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 2012 | ||||||
Jan– 3-Month |
8.08" (205.23mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
1.12" (28.45mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Ties: 2017, 2019 | ||||||
Dec 1949– 4-Month |
10.30" (261.62mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983, 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1897 | ||||||
Nov 1949– 5-Month |
11.49" (291.85mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1972 | ||||||
Oct 1949– 6-Month |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 2008 | ||||||
Sep 1949– 7-Month |
16.51" (419.35mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
0.32" (8.12mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Aug 1949– 8-Month |
19.00" (482.60mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 1949– 9-Month |
22.08" (560.83mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jun 1949– 10-Month |
25.28" (642.11mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1994, 2011 | ||||||
May 1949– 11-Month |
28.26" (717.80mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1929 | ||||||
Apr 1949– 12-Month |
30.35" (770.89mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Oct 1948– 18-Month |
45.90" (1,165.86mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 1948– 24-Month |
61.55" (1,563.37mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Ties: 1909 | ||||||
Apr 1947– 36-Month |
92.69" (2,354.33mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 1946– 48-Month |
122.24" (3,104.90mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
2.48" (63.00mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Apr 1945– 60-Month |
154.87" (3,933.70mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
5.25" (133.35mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 26, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings