NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2006
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2006 1-Month |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2009 | ||||
| Ties: 2015 | ||||||
|
Sep– 2-Month |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Aug– 3-Month |
8.50" (215.90mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Jul– 4-Month |
10.96" (278.38mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.91" (23.11mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
|
Jun– 5-Month |
13.52" (343.41mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
|
May– 6-Month |
15.81" (401.57mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
|
Apr– 7-Month |
18.35" (466.09mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
|
Mar– 8-Month |
20.66" (524.76mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Feb– 9-Month |
22.18" (563.37mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
-0.86" (-21.85mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jan– 10-Month |
24.79" (629.67mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
-0.57" (-14.47mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2005– 11-Month |
27.08" (687.83mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2005– 12-Month |
29.30" (744.22mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
May 2005– 18-Month |
45.20" (1,148.08mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2004– 24-Month |
60.23" (1,529.84mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.33" (8.38mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2003– 36-Month |
93.05" (2,363.47mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2002– 48-Month |
123.57" (3,138.68mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.79" (96.27mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2001– 60-Month |
152.43" (3,871.72mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published November 2022, retrieved on December 2, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings