NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1952
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1952 1-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: |
1987 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1954 | ||||||
|
Mar– 2-Month |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
|
Feb– 3-Month |
7.33" (186.18mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan– 4-Month |
9.77" (248.16mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1951– 5-Month |
12.89" (327.41mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1951– 6-Month |
15.32" (389.13mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1951– 7-Month |
17.62" (447.55mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
|
Sep 1951– 8-Month |
20.19" (512.83mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
1.48" (37.60mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1951– 9-Month |
22.80" (579.12mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1951– 10-Month |
25.65" (651.51mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1951– 11-Month |
29.09" (738.89mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
May 1951– 12-Month |
31.46" (799.08mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1950– 18-Month |
45.05" (1,144.27mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
May 1950– 24-Month |
61.73" (1,567.94mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
May 1949– 36-Month |
92.07" (2,338.58mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
May 1948– 48-Month |
122.82" (3,119.63mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
May 1947– 60-Month |
153.49" (3,898.65mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
3.86" (98.05mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published February 2023, retrieved on February 9, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings