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, October 1960
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1960 1-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1952 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1960 2-Month |
4.61" (117.09mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1952 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1920, 1937 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1960 3-Month |
7.44" (188.98mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1952 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1960 4-Month |
10.12" (257.05mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1952 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1960 5-Month |
12.81" (325.37mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.16" (-4.07mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1952 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1960 6-Month |
15.68" (398.27mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1952 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1960 7-Month |
17.83" (452.88mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1952 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1960 8-Month |
19.95" (506.73mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
-0.96" (-24.38mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1960 9-Month |
22.54" (572.52mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1960 10-Month |
24.80" (629.92mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Dec 1959–Oct 1960 11-Month |
27.02" (686.31mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1931 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1959–Oct 1960 12-Month |
28.74" (730.00mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-1.19" (-30.22mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1959–Oct 1960 18-Month |
46.58" (1,183.13mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1958–Oct 1960 24-Month |
58.93" (1,496.82mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1931 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
Nov 1957–Oct 1960 36-Month |
91.15" (2,315.21mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
1.29" (32.77mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–Oct 1960 48-Month |
122.86" (3,120.64mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1956 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Oct 1960 60-Month |
149.04" (3,785.62mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
-0.62" (-15.74mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1934 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
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/