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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, September 1985
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 1985 1-Month |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1986 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1985 2-Month |
5.93" (150.62mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
0.82" (20.83mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1985 3-Month |
8.65" (219.71mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Jun–Sep 1985 4-Month |
11.27" (286.26mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
0.46" (11.69mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1985 5-Month |
13.82" (351.03mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1985 6-Month |
15.79" (401.07mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1985 7-Month |
18.27" (464.06mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1956 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1985 8-Month |
20.37" (517.40mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
-0.51" (-12.95mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1985 9-Month |
21.79" (553.47mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
-1.41" (-35.81mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1984–Sep 1985 10-Month |
24.28" (616.71mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
-1.26" (-32.01mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1984–Sep 1985 11-Month |
27.13" (689.10mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
-0.64" (-16.26mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1934 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1984–Sep 1985 12-Month |
30.78" (781.81mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.84" (21.33mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1934 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1905 | ||||||
|
Apr 1984–Sep 1985 18-Month |
46.98" (1,193.29mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1983–Sep 1985 24-Month |
63.16" (1,604.26mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.24" (82.29mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1982–Sep 1985 36-Month |
97.03" (2,464.56mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
7.16" (181.86mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1956 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1981–Sep 1985 48-Month |
129.33" (3,284.98mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.55" (242.57mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1980–Sep 1985 60-Month |
156.97" (3,987.04mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
7.31" (185.68mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 5, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/