National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 1981
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1981 1-Month |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-1.33" (-33.78mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
128th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1916 | ||||
Dec 1980– 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-2.11" (-53.59mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1932 | ||||
Nov 1980– 3-Month |
4.31" (109.47mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-2.58" (-65.54mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Oct 1980– 4-Month |
6.18" (156.97mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-2.88" (-73.15mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Sep 1980– 5-Month |
8.97" (227.84mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1904 | ||||||
Aug 1980– 6-Month |
11.54" (293.12mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-2.63" (-66.80mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 1980– 7-Month |
13.51" (343.15mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-3.45" (-87.63mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1931 | ||||||
Jun 1980– 8-Month |
15.82" (401.83mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-4.06" (-103.12mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 1980– 9-Month |
18.91" (480.31mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
-3.88" (-98.56mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Apr 1980– 10-Month |
21.29" (540.77mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
-4.03" (-102.36mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Mar 1980– 11-Month |
24.68" (626.87mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
Feb 1980– 12-Month |
26.60" (675.64mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-3.36" (-85.34mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
Aug 1979– 18-Month |
41.15" (1,045.21mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
-2.99" (-75.95mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Feb 1979– 24-Month |
58.69" (1,490.73mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-1.24" (-31.49mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Feb 1978– 36-Month |
88.96" (2,259.58mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Feb 1977– 48-Month |
121.00" (3,073.40mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Feb 1976– 60-Month |
147.13" (3,737.10mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-2.50" (-63.50mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
81st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 8, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings