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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 2006
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 2006 1-Month |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1910 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1926, 1931, 1932, 2007 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 2006 2-Month |
3.83" (97.28mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1910 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2006 3-Month |
6.44" (163.58mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-0.52" (-13.20mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1910 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2005–Mar 2006 4-Month |
8.73" (221.74mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1981 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Mar 2006 5-Month |
10.95" (278.13mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1977 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Oct 2005–Mar 2006 6-Month |
13.32" (338.33mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
-0.38" (-9.65mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1918 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 2005–Mar 2006 7-Month |
15.26" (387.60mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
-0.93" (-23.63mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2005–Mar 2006 8-Month |
18.25" (463.55mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1966 | ||||||
|
Jul 2005–Mar 2006 9-Month |
20.95" (532.13mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2005–Mar 2006 10-Month |
24.09" (611.89mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2005–Mar 2006 11-Month |
26.85" (681.99mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2005–Mar 2006 12-Month |
29.42" (747.27mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-0.54" (-13.71mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2004–Mar 2006 18-Month |
44.92" (1,140.97mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1918 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Apr 2004–Mar 2006 24-Month |
63.34" (1,608.84mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.42" (86.87mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1955 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Apr 2003–Mar 2006 36-Month |
93.90" (2,385.06mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1955 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Apr 2002–Mar 2006 48-Month |
123.41" (3,134.61mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1957 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2001–Mar 2006 60-Month |
151.72" (3,853.69mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1957 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/