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, October 2009
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2009 1-Month |
4.29" (108.97mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
2.13" (54.11mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2009 2-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2009 3-Month |
9.52" (241.81mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2009 4-Month |
12.59" (319.79mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
2.54" (64.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2009 5-Month |
15.60" (396.24mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
2.63" (66.80mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2009 6-Month |
18.91" (480.31mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2009 7-Month |
21.74" (552.20mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
3.34" (84.84mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2009 8-Month |
24.44" (620.78mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
3.53" (89.67mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2009 9-Month |
25.99" (660.15mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2009 10-Month |
27.59" (700.79mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
2.23" (56.65mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1934 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2008–Oct 2009 11-Month |
30.43" (772.92mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Oct 2009 12-Month |
32.38" (822.45mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1934 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2008–Oct 2009 18-Month |
49.09" (1,246.89mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
3.26" (82.81mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1931 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2009 24-Month |
63.20" (1,605.28mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2006–Oct 2009 36-Month |
93.04" (2,363.22mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.18" (80.78mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1956 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Oct 2009 48-Month |
122.34" (3,107.44mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.56" (65.03mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1956 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2004–Oct 2009 60-Month |
153.27" (3,893.06mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
3.61" (91.70mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 6, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/