NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 2016
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2016 1-Month |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-0.27" (-6.85mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1916 | ||||
|
Dec 2015– 2-Month |
6.10" (154.94mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Nov 2015– 3-Month |
9.45" (240.03mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2015– 4-Month |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
3.29" (83.57mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2015– 5-Month |
14.47" (367.54mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2015– 6-Month |
16.88" (428.75mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015– 7-Month |
20.11" (510.79mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015– 8-Month |
23.66" (600.96mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
3.78" (96.01mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
May 2015– 9-Month |
28.10" (713.74mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2015– 10-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
5.61" (142.49mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2015– 11-Month |
33.06" (839.72mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
5.23" (132.84mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2015– 12-Month |
34.80" (883.92mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
4.84" (122.94mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2014– 18-Month |
49.53" (1,258.06mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
5.39" (136.90mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014– 24-Month |
66.11" (1,679.19mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
6.18" (156.97mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2013– 36-Month |
96.17" (2,442.72mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.31" (160.28mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2012– 48-Month |
123.98" (3,149.09mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2011– 60-Month |
154.52" (3,924.81mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
4.89" (124.21mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 8, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings