Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1981
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1981 1-Month |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1987 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1981 2-Month |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1910 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1981 3-Month |
6.57" (166.88mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1910 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Jan–Apr 1981 4-Month |
7.55" (191.77mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
-1.92" (-48.77mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1910 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Apr 1981 5-Month |
9.12" (231.65mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Apr 1981 6-Month |
10.88" (276.35mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
-3.17" (-80.52mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1980–Apr 1981 7-Month |
12.75" (323.85mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
-3.47" (-88.14mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1981 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1980–Apr 1981 8-Month |
15.54" (394.72mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
-3.17" (-80.51mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Aug 1980–Apr 1981 9-Month |
18.11" (459.99mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
-3.22" (-81.79mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1980–Apr 1981 10-Month |
20.08" (510.03mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
-4.04" (-102.62mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1980–Apr 1981 11-Month |
22.39" (568.71mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
-4.65" (-118.11mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1980–Apr 1981 12-Month |
25.48" (647.19mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-4.47" (-113.54mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1918 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Apr 1981 18-Month |
40.02" (1,016.51mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
-4.00" (-101.60mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1934 | ||||||
|
May 1979–Apr 1981 24-Month |
56.79" (1,442.47mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-3.13" (-79.50mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1955 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1978–Apr 1981 36-Month |
88.96" (2,259.58mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1955 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1977–Apr 1981 48-Month |
120.97" (3,072.64mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1956 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1976–Apr 1981 60-Month |
146.95" (3,732.53mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-2.68" (-68.07mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1957 |
| 87th 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 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/