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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 2019 1-Month |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.27" (-6.85mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 2019 2-Month |
5.52" (140.21mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2019 3-Month |
8.08" (205.23mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
1.12" (28.45mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 2017 | ||||||
|
Dec 2018–Mar 2019 4-Month |
11.33" (287.78mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Mar 2019 5-Month |
14.04" (356.62mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
2.51" (63.76mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Mar 2019 6-Month |
17.47" (443.74mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
3.77" (95.76mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Mar 2019 7-Month |
21.04" (534.42mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
4.85" (123.19mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Mar 2019 8-Month |
24.02" (610.11mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
5.20" (132.08mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2018–Mar 2019 9-Month |
26.88" (682.75mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
5.28" (134.11mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–Mar 2019 10-Month |
30.03" (762.76mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
5.50" (139.70mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2018–Mar 2019 11-Month |
33.05" (839.47mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
5.62" (142.75mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Mar 2019 12-Month |
35.51" (901.95mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
5.55" (140.97mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–Mar 2019 18-Month |
48.54" (1,232.92mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
4.86" (123.45mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2017–Mar 2019 24-Month |
66.96" (1,700.78mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.04" (178.81mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1955 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Mar 2019 36-Month |
99.57" (2,529.08mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
9.70" (246.38mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1955 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2019 48-Month |
135.35" (3,437.89mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
15.59" (395.99mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2014–Mar 2019 60-Month |
165.91" (4,214.11mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
16.29" (413.76mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 4, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/