National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 2018
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 2018 1-Month |
2.46" (62.48mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: |
1987 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Ties: 1968 | ||||||
Mar– 2-Month |
4.94" (125.48mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Feb– 3-Month |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
0.67" (17.02mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
28th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Jan– 4-Month |
9.68" (245.87mm) | 9.48" (240.79mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Dec 2017– 5-Month |
11.27" (286.26mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 2006 | ||||||
Nov 2017– 6-Month |
12.89" (327.41mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
-1.16" (-29.46mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1910 | ||||||
Oct 2017– 7-Month |
15.49" (393.45mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
-0.73" (-18.54mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Sep 2017– 8-Month |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Aug 2017– 9-Month |
21.18" (537.97mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 2017– 10-Month |
23.98" (609.09mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
-0.14" (-3.56mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jun 2017– 11-Month |
27.05" (687.07mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
0.01" (0.25mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 2017– 12-Month |
30.41" (772.41mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
59th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1909 | ||||||
Nov 2016– 18-Month |
46.46" (1,180.08mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
2.44" (61.97mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
May 2016– 24-Month |
63.52" (1,613.41mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
21st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
May 2015– 36-Month |
99.47" (2,526.54mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
9.59" (243.59mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
May 2014– 48-Month |
129.98" (3,301.49mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
10.21" (259.33mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 2013– 60-Month |
160.90" (4,086.86mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
11.27" (286.26mm) | 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 23, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings