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, August 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2015 1-Month |
2.41" (61.21mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.21" (-5.34mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1929 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 2001 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2015 2-Month |
5.64" (143.26mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2015 3-Month |
9.19" (233.43mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2015 4-Month |
13.63" (346.20mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2015 5-Month |
16.46" (418.08mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2015 6-Month |
18.59" (472.19mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
2.33" (59.19mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1936 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2015 7-Month |
20.33" (516.38mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.93" (49.02mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2015 8-Month |
22.16" (562.86mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–Aug 2015 9-Month |
24.74" (628.40mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.69" (42.93mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
|
Nov 2014–Aug 2015 10-Month |
26.87" (682.50mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–Aug 2015 11-Month |
29.29" (743.97mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2015 12-Month |
31.93" (811.02mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.99" (50.54mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
|
Mar 2014–Aug 2015 18-Month |
49.39" (1,254.51mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2015 24-Month |
62.47" (1,586.74mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2015 36-Month |
92.84" (2,358.14mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.98" (75.70mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Aug 2015 48-Month |
120.95" (3,072.13mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2010–Aug 2015 60-Month |
151.12" (3,838.45mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1934 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 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/