Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1987 1-Month |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-1.06" (-26.93mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1987 |
| 128th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1987 2-Month |
4.13" (104.90mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1910 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1987 3-Month |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1910 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1987 4-Month |
8.63" (219.20mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1910 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Apr 1987 5-Month |
10.63" (270.00mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
-1.19" (-30.23mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Apr 1987 6-Month |
13.57" (344.68mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1977 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1950 | ||||||
|
Oct 1986–Apr 1987 7-Month |
16.38" (416.05mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1981 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1986–Apr 1987 8-Month |
19.97" (507.24mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
1.26" (32.01mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1986–Apr 1987 9-Month |
22.79" (578.87mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
1.46" (37.09mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1986–Apr 1987 10-Month |
25.54" (648.72mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1980 | ||||||
|
Jun 1986–Apr 1987 11-Month |
28.57" (725.68mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1986–Apr 1987 12-Month |
31.52" (800.61mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Nov 1985–Apr 1987 18-Month |
45.01" (1,143.25mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1985–Apr 1987 24-Month |
62.01" (1,575.05mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.09" (53.08mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1955 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1984–Apr 1987 36-Month |
92.22" (2,342.39mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1983–Apr 1987 48-Month |
124.48" (3,161.79mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
4.71" (119.63mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1982–Apr 1987 60-Month |
159.90" (4,061.46mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
10.27" (260.86mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1957 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 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/