National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1972
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 1972 1-Month |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.38" (-9.65mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 2015 | ||||||
Feb– 2-Month |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
-0.71" (-18.04mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Ties: 1914 | ||||||
Jan– 3-Month |
6.26" (159.00mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Dec 1971– 4-Month |
9.46" (240.28mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983, 1998 | ||||
Nov 1971– 5-Month |
11.49" (291.85mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Oct 1971– 6-Month |
14.22" (361.19mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
46th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
Sep 1971– 7-Month |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
0.86" (21.84mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 2003 | ||||||
Aug 1971– 8-Month |
19.80" (502.92mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 1971– 9-Month |
22.80" (579.12mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1969 | ||||||
Jun 1971– 10-Month |
25.33" (643.38mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 1971– 11-Month |
28.25" (717.55mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
0.82" (20.83mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1986 | ||||||
Apr 1971– 12-Month |
30.11" (764.79mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
68th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Oct 1970– 18-Month |
43.89" (1,114.81mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
67th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Apr 1970– 24-Month |
59.89" (1,521.21mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 1969– 36-Month |
89.79" (2,280.67mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 1968– 48-Month |
121.50" (3,086.10mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
1.74" (44.20mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Apr 1967– 60-Month |
151.42" (3,846.07mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 23, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings