National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 2018
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 2018 1-Month |
2.48" (62.99mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
60th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1985, 2003 | ||||||
Feb– 2-Month |
5.37" (136.40mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jan– 3-Month |
7.22" (183.39mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
0.26" (6.61mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Dec 2017– 4-Month |
8.81" (223.77mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.49" (-12.45mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983, 1998 | ||||
Ties: 2004 | ||||||
Nov 2017– 5-Month |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Oct 2017– 6-Month |
13.03" (330.96mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
-0.67" (-17.02mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1936 | ||||||
Sep 2017– 7-Month |
15.30" (388.62mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
-0.89" (-22.61mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Aug 2017– 8-Month |
18.72" (475.49mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 2017– 9-Month |
21.52" (546.61mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
67th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jun 2017– 10-Month |
24.59" (624.59mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
0.06" (1.53mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 2017– 11-Month |
27.95" (709.93mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Apr 2017– 12-Month |
31.45" (798.83mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
Oct 2016– 18-Month |
46.39" (1,178.31mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
2.71" (68.84mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 2016– 24-Month |
64.06" (1,627.12mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
4.14" (105.15mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Ties: 1959 | ||||||
Apr 2015– 36-Month |
99.84" (2,535.94mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
Apr 2014– 48-Month |
130.40" (3,312.16mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
10.64" (270.26mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Apr 2013– 60-Month |
161.34" (4,098.04mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
11.72" (297.69mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 20, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings