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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, February 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2017 1-Month |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 2.13" (54.10mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1947 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Jan–Feb 2017 2-Month |
5.49" (139.45mm) | 4.45" (113.03mm) |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Feb 2017 3-Month |
8.21" (208.53mm) | 6.79" (172.47mm) |
1.42" (36.06mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Feb 2017 4-Month |
9.96" (252.98mm) | 9.02" (229.11mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Feb 2017 5-Month |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 11.19" (284.23mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Feb 2017 6-Month |
15.08" (383.03mm) | 13.68" (347.47mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2016–Feb 2017 7-Month |
18.55" (471.17mm) | 16.31" (414.27mm) |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2016–Feb 2017 8-Month |
21.47" (545.34mm) | 19.09" (484.89mm) |
2.38" (60.45mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–Feb 2017 9-Month |
23.95" (608.33mm) | 22.02" (559.31mm) |
1.93" (49.02mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918, 1931, 1977 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2016–Feb 2017 10-Month |
27.02" (686.31mm) | 24.92" (632.97mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Feb 2017 11-Month |
30.02" (762.51mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Feb 2017 12-Month |
32.94" (836.68mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
2.98" (75.70mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Feb 2017 18-Month |
49.34" (1,253.24mm) | 43.65" (1,108.71mm) |
5.69" (144.53mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2017 24-Month |
67.93" (1,725.42mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
8.01" (203.45mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1935 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2014–Feb 2017 36-Month |
98.73" (2,507.74mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
8.86" (225.04mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2013–Feb 2017 48-Month |
129.02" (3,277.11mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
9.25" (234.95mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2012–Feb 2017 60-Month |
157.00" (3,987.80mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
7.37" (187.20mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/