NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 2019
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2019 1-Month |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1916 | ||||
|
Dec 2018– 2-Month |
5.81" (147.57mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2018– 3-Month |
8.52" (216.41mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Oct 2018– 4-Month |
11.95" (303.53mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2018– 5-Month |
15.52" (394.21mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2018– 6-Month |
18.50" (469.90mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
4.33" (109.98mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2018– 7-Month |
21.36" (542.54mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2018– 8-Month |
24.51" (622.55mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
4.63" (117.60mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
|
May 2018– 9-Month |
27.53" (699.26mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
4.74" (120.39mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2018– 10-Month |
29.99" (761.75mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
4.67" (118.62mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2018– 11-Month |
32.47" (824.74mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
4.64" (117.86mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2018– 12-Month |
35.36" (898.14mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
5.40" (137.16mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2017– 18-Month |
48.71" (1,237.23mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
4.57" (116.07mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017– 24-Month |
66.28" (1,683.51mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016– 36-Month |
98.90" (2,512.06mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.04" (229.62mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015– 48-Month |
133.70" (3,395.98mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
13.94" (354.08mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014– 60-Month |
165.01" (4,191.25mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
15.38" (390.65mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
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