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, January 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1997 1-Month |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1981 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1996–Jan 1997 2-Month |
6.10" (154.94mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Nov 1996–Jan 1997 3-Month |
9.10" (231.14mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1977 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Jan 1997 4-Month |
11.59" (294.39mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
2.53" (64.27mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Jan 1997 5-Month |
15.03" (381.76mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Jan 1997 6-Month |
17.69" (449.33mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
3.52" (89.41mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Jan 1997 7-Month |
20.81" (528.57mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
3.85" (97.79mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1996–Jan 1997 8-Month |
23.68" (601.47mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
3.80" (96.52mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
May 1996–Jan 1997 9-Month |
27.00" (685.80mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
4.21" (106.93mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1996–Jan 1997 10-Month |
29.56" (750.82mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
4.24" (107.69mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1996–Jan 1997 11-Month |
31.80" (807.72mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1996–Jan 1997 12-Month |
33.69" (855.73mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
3.73" (94.75mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1995–Jan 1997 18-Month |
48.62" (1,234.95mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
4.48" (113.79mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1955 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1995–Jan 1997 24-Month |
66.02" (1,676.91mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
6.09" (154.69mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1994–Jan 1997 36-Month |
97.58" (2,478.53mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
7.72" (196.09mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
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Feb 1993–Jan 1997 48-Month |
129.24" (3,282.70mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
9.48" (240.80mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
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Feb 1992–Jan 1997 60-Month |
161.62" (4,105.15mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
11.99" (304.55mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/