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, January 1981
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| 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 | 1981 |
| 128th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Jan 1981 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-2.11" (-53.59mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1981 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Jan 1981 3-Month |
4.31" (109.47mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-2.58" (-65.54mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1980–Jan 1981 4-Month |
6.18" (156.97mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-2.88" (-73.15mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1981 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1980–Jan 1981 5-Month |
8.97" (227.84mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1940 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Aug 1980–Jan 1981 6-Month |
11.54" (293.12mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-2.63" (-66.80mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1940 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1980–Jan 1981 7-Month |
13.51" (343.15mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-3.45" (-87.63mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1940 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1931 | ||||||
|
Jun 1980–Jan 1981 8-Month |
15.82" (401.83mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-4.06" (-103.12mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1981 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1980–Jan 1981 9-Month |
18.91" (480.31mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
-3.88" (-98.56mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1980–Jan 1981 10-Month |
21.29" (540.77mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
-4.03" (-102.36mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1940 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1980–Jan 1981 11-Month |
24.68" (626.87mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1957 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1980–Jan 1981 12-Month |
26.60" (675.64mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-3.36" (-85.34mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Jan 1981 18-Month |
41.15" (1,045.21mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
-2.99" (-75.95mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1955 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1979–Jan 1981 24-Month |
58.69" (1,490.73mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-1.24" (-31.49mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1981 36-Month |
88.96" (2,259.58mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1981 48-Month |
121.00" (3,073.40mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1981 60-Month |
147.13" (3,737.10mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-2.50" (-63.50mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1957 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
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/