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, September 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 2008 1-Month |
2.68" (68.07mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
0.19" (4.82mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1986 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 2008 2-Month |
5.73" (145.54mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 2008 3-Month |
8.53" (216.66mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 2008 4-Month |
11.53" (292.86mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
0.72" (18.29mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
May–Sep 2008 5-Month |
14.53" (369.06mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 2008 6-Month |
17.07" (433.58mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 2008 7-Month |
19.59" (497.59mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Feb–Sep 2008 8-Month |
22.06" (560.32mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 2008 9-Month |
24.27" (616.46mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2007–Sep 2008 10-Month |
27.24" (691.90mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Sep 2008 11-Month |
28.64" (727.46mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2007–Sep 2008 12-Month |
31.36" (796.54mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.42" (36.06mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2007–Sep 2008 18-Month |
47.16" (1,197.86mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2006–Sep 2008 24-Month |
61.38" (1,559.05mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1918 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 2005–Sep 2008 36-Month |
90.15" (2,289.81mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2004–Sep 2008 48-Month |
121.75" (3,092.45mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1956 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2003–Sep 2008 60-Month |
153.36" (3,895.34mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
3.70" (93.98mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1956 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 30, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/