Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1986
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1986 1-Month |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1929 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1986 2-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1949, 1972, 1974, 1987 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1986 3-Month |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1977, 1998 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1986 4-Month |
11.55" (293.37mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1986 5-Month |
13.79" (350.27mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.04" (1.02mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1986 6-Month |
15.77" (400.56mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.49" (-12.44mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1986 7-Month |
18.59" (472.19mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.19" (4.83mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1986 8-Month |
20.04" (509.02mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-0.67" (-17.01mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Dec 1985–Aug 1986 9-Month |
21.50" (546.10mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1931 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–Aug 1986 10-Month |
25.04" (636.02mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.24" (-6.09mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Oct 1985–Aug 1986 11-Month |
28.22" (716.79mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1986 12-Month |
31.22" (792.99mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1985–Aug 1986 18-Month |
46.49" (1,180.85mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1986 24-Month |
60.91" (1,547.11mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Sep 1983–Aug 1986 36-Month |
93.64" (2,378.46mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.78" (96.02mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1986 48-Month |
127.70" (3,243.58mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
7.93" (201.42mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1981–Aug 1986 60-Month |
159.63" (4,054.60mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
9.99" (253.74mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 2, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/