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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 1955
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1955 1-Month |
1.69" (42.93mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-0.62" (-15.74mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1981 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1954–Jan 1955 2-Month |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-0.97" (-24.63mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1954–Jan 1955 3-Month |
5.23" (132.84mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-1.66" (-42.17mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1977 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1954–Jan 1955 4-Month |
7.58" (192.53mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1954–Jan 1955 5-Month |
9.53" (242.06mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1940 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1954–Jan 1955 6-Month |
12.05" (306.07mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-2.12" (-53.85mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1940 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1954–Jan 1955 7-Month |
14.06" (357.12mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-2.90" (-73.66mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1940 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–Jan 1955 8-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-3.32" (-84.33mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1981 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1954–Jan 1955 9-Month |
19.25" (488.95mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1918 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1954–Jan 1955 10-Month |
21.65" (549.91mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
-3.67" (-93.22mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1940 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1954–Jan 1955 11-Month |
23.81" (604.77mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
-4.02" (-102.11mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1957 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1954–Jan 1955 12-Month |
25.30" (642.62mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-4.66" (-118.36mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1953–Jan 1955 18-Month |
37.43" (950.72mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
-6.71" (-170.44mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1955 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1953–Jan 1955 24-Month |
53.51" (1,359.15mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-6.42" (-163.07mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1918 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1952–Jan 1955 36-Month |
80.05" (2,033.27mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-9.81" (-249.17mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1957 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1951–Jan 1955 48-Month |
111.40" (2,829.56mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
-8.36" (-212.34mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1957 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1950–Jan 1955 60-Month |
141.25" (3,587.75mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-8.38" (-212.85mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1957 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/