Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 1986
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1986 1-Month |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1952 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1986 2-Month |
6.40" (162.56mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1986 3-Month |
9.22" (234.19mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1986 4-Month |
11.97" (304.04mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1986 5-Month |
15.00" (381.00mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1986 6-Month |
17.95" (455.93mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1986 7-Month |
20.19" (512.83mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.79" (45.47mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1952 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1986 8-Month |
22.17" (563.12mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
1.26" (32.01mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1986 9-Month |
24.99" (634.75mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1986 10-Month |
26.44" (671.58mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1985–Oct 1986 11-Month |
27.90" (708.66mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1931 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–Oct 1986 12-Month |
31.44" (798.58mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
1.51" (38.36mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1985–Oct 1986 18-Month |
48.44" (1,230.38mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
2.61" (66.30mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1931 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1984–Oct 1986 24-Month |
61.75" (1,568.45mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1983–Oct 1986 36-Month |
95.17" (2,417.32mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
5.31" (134.88mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1956 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Oct 1986 48-Month |
129.32" (3,284.73mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.54" (242.32mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1981–Oct 1986 60-Month |
160.85" (4,085.59mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
11.19" (284.23mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/