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, April 1962
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1962 1-Month |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1987 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 2001 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 1962 2-Month |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1962 3-Month |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1910 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1950 | ||||||
|
Jan–Apr 1962 4-Month |
9.01" (228.85mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
-0.46" (-11.69mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1910 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 2003, 2013 | ||||||
|
Dec 1961–Apr 1962 5-Month |
11.70" (297.18mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1961–Apr 1962 6-Month |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1977 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1961–Apr 1962 7-Month |
16.07" (408.18mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1981 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Sep 1961–Apr 1962 8-Month |
19.01" (482.85mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1961–Apr 1962 9-Month |
21.63" (549.40mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Jul 1961–Apr 1962 10-Month |
24.74" (628.40mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1931 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1961–Apr 1962 11-Month |
27.66" (702.56mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
0.62" (15.74mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1931 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1961–Apr 1962 12-Month |
30.54" (775.72mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1918 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1899 | ||||||
|
Nov 1960–Apr 1962 18-Month |
44.21" (1,122.93mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
0.19" (4.82mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1931 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1960–Apr 1962 24-Month |
59.89" (1,521.21mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1955 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1959–Apr 1962 36-Month |
90.79" (2,306.07mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
0.91" (23.12mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1955 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1971 | ||||||
|
May 1958–Apr 1962 48-Month |
119.41" (3,033.01mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-0.36" (-9.15mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1956 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1957–Apr 1962 60-Month |
153.34" (3,894.84mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
3.71" (94.24mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1957 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
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/