Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1988
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1988 1-Month |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.47" (-11.93mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1910 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1988 2-Month |
3.56" (90.42mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
-1.08" (-27.44mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1910 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1988 3-Month |
5.53" (140.46mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1910 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1987–Mar 1988 4-Month |
8.40" (213.36mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1981 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1987–Mar 1988 5-Month |
10.95" (278.13mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1977 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Oct 1987–Mar 1988 6-Month |
12.10" (307.34mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
-1.60" (-40.64mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1987–Mar 1988 7-Month |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
-1.90" (-48.26mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1987–Mar 1988 8-Month |
17.03" (432.56mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
-1.79" (-45.47mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1987–Mar 1988 9-Month |
19.86" (504.44mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
-1.74" (-44.20mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
|
Jun 1987–Mar 1988 10-Month |
22.67" (575.82mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
-1.86" (-47.24mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1963 | ||||||
|
May 1987–Mar 1988 11-Month |
25.91" (658.11mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
-1.52" (-38.61mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1987–Mar 1988 12-Month |
27.37" (695.20mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-2.59" (-65.78mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1986–Mar 1988 18-Month |
42.29" (1,074.17mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
-1.39" (-35.30mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1918 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1986–Mar 1988 24-Month |
59.67" (1,515.62mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Apr 1985–Mar 1988 36-Month |
89.89" (2,283.21mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1899 | ||||||
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Apr 1984–Mar 1988 48-Month |
121.08" (3,075.43mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1957 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
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Apr 1983–Mar 1988 60-Month |
153.59" (3,901.19mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 16, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/