National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 2018
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2018 1-Month |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
5.96" (151.38mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
9.39" (238.51mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
12.96" (329.18mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
3.73" (94.74mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
15.94" (404.88mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
4.09" (103.89mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
18.80" (477.52mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
4.18" (106.17mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
21.95" (557.53mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
24.97" (634.24mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
4.51" (114.56mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
27.43" (696.72mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
29.91" (759.71mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
4.42" (112.26mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
32.80" (833.12mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
5.18" (131.57mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
34.65" (880.11mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.71" (119.63mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Jul 2017– 18-Month |
48.95" (1,243.33mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
4.37" (111.00mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2017– 24-Month |
66.96" (1,700.78mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
7.06" (179.32mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2016– 36-Month |
98.38" (2,498.85mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
8.52" (216.41mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2015– 48-Month |
132.97" (3,377.44mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
13.19" (335.03mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2014– 60-Month |
163.82" (4,161.03mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
14.14" (359.16mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published February 2023, retrieved on February 8, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings