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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 2019 1-Month |
3.21" (81.53mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1987 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 2019 2-Month |
5.45" (138.43mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2019 3-Month |
8.73" (221.74mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 2019 4-Month |
11.29" (286.77mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1975 | ||||||
|
Dec 2018–Apr 2019 5-Month |
14.54" (369.32mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
2.72" (69.09mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Apr 2019 6-Month |
17.25" (438.15mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Apr 2019 7-Month |
20.68" (525.27mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
4.46" (113.28mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Apr 2019 8-Month |
24.25" (615.95mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
5.54" (140.72mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Apr 2019 9-Month |
27.23" (691.64mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
5.90" (149.86mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2018–Apr 2019 10-Month |
30.09" (764.29mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
5.97" (151.64mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–Apr 2019 11-Month |
33.24" (844.30mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
6.20" (157.48mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2018–Apr 2019 12-Month |
36.26" (921.00mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
6.31" (160.27mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Apr 2019 18-Month |
49.15" (1,248.41mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
5.13" (130.30mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2017–Apr 2019 24-Month |
66.67" (1,693.42mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
6.75" (171.45mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1955 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2016–Apr 2019 36-Month |
99.78" (2,534.41mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
9.90" (251.46mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1955 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2019 48-Month |
135.73" (3,447.54mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
15.96" (405.38mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2014–Apr 2019 60-Month |
166.24" (4,222.50mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
16.61" (421.90mm) | 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, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/