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, March 1962
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1962 1-Month |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1910 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1937 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 1962 2-Month |
4.70" (119.38mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1910 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1962 3-Month |
6.91" (175.51mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1910 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1992 | ||||||
|
Dec 1961–Mar 1962 4-Month |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1981 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1961–Mar 1962 5-Month |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
0.66" (16.77mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1977 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1961–Mar 1962 6-Month |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1961–Mar 1962 7-Month |
16.91" (429.51mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
0.72" (18.28mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1961–Mar 1962 8-Month |
19.53" (496.06mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1961–Mar 1962 9-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1961–Mar 1962 10-Month |
25.56" (649.22mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1961–Mar 1962 11-Month |
28.44" (722.38mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
1.01" (25.66mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1961–Mar 1962 12-Month |
30.74" (780.80mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
0.78" (19.82mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1960–Mar 1962 18-Month |
44.51" (1,130.55mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1960–Mar 1962 24-Month |
59.94" (1,522.48mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1955 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1959–Mar 1962 36-Month |
90.83" (2,307.08mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1955 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1958–Mar 1962 48-Month |
120.36" (3,057.14mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1957 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1957–Mar 1962 60-Month |
154.89" (3,934.21mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
5.27" (133.86mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1957 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/