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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, February 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2002 1-Month |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 2.13" (54.10mm) |
-0.81" (-20.57mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1947 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 2002 2-Month |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 4.45" (113.03mm) |
-1.12" (-28.45mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1977 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–Feb 2002 3-Month |
5.69" (144.53mm) | 6.79" (172.47mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1977 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–Feb 2002 4-Month |
8.08" (205.23mm) | 9.02" (229.11mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1977 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2001–Feb 2002 5-Month |
10.14" (257.56mm) | 11.19" (284.23mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1977 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Feb 2002 6-Month |
12.59" (319.79mm) | 13.68" (347.47mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1977 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2001–Feb 2002 7-Month |
15.00" (381.00mm) | 16.31" (414.27mm) |
-1.31" (-33.27mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1977 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–Feb 2002 8-Month |
17.72" (450.09mm) | 19.09" (484.89mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1977 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2001–Feb 2002 9-Month |
20.84" (529.34mm) | 22.02" (559.31mm) |
-1.18" (-29.97mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1918, 1931, 1977 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1930 | ||||||
|
May 2001–Feb 2002 10-Month |
23.62" (599.95mm) | 24.92" (632.97mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1918 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2001–Feb 2002 11-Month |
25.72" (653.29mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-1.73" (-43.94mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2001–Feb 2002 12-Month |
28.29" (718.57mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-1.67" (-42.41mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2000–Feb 2002 18-Month |
41.23" (1,047.24mm) | 43.65" (1,108.71mm) |
-2.42" (-61.47mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1918 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2000–Feb 2002 24-Month |
56.31" (1,430.27mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-3.61" (-91.70mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1935 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1999–Feb 2002 36-Month |
83.99" (2,133.35mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
-5.88" (-149.35mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1998–Feb 2002 48-Month |
116.25" (2,952.75mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-3.52" (-89.41mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1957 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1997–Feb 2002 60-Month |
149.59" (3,799.59mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1957 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 18, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/