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, September 1962
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 1962 1-Month |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
0.29" (7.36mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1986 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 2010 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 1962 2-Month |
4.82" (122.43mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
-0.29" (-7.36mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1919, 1999, 2011 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 1962 3-Month |
7.73" (196.34mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1930 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Jun–Sep 1962 4-Month |
10.94" (277.88mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
0.13" (3.31mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1930 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1962 5-Month |
13.63" (346.20mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1962 6-Month |
15.73" (399.54mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-0.51" (-12.96mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1962 7-Month |
17.88" (454.15mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1962 8-Month |
20.43" (518.92mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1930 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan–Sep 1962 9-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1934 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1961–Sep 1962 10-Month |
25.33" (643.38mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
-0.21" (-5.34mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1931 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Nov 1961–Sep 1962 11-Month |
27.92" (709.17mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1961–Sep 1962 12-Month |
29.70" (754.38mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1934 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1961–Sep 1962 18-Month |
46.47" (1,180.34mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1931 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1960–Sep 1962 24-Month |
60.24" (1,530.10mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1918 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1959–Sep 1962 36-Month |
90.08" (2,288.03mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1956 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1958–Sep 1962 48-Month |
118.30" (3,004.82mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1957–Sep 1962 60-Month |
151.75" (3,854.45mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/