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, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
2.76" (70.10mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1981 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
0.67" (17.02mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
7.27" (184.66mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
10.46" (265.68mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
12.91" (327.91mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
15.69" (398.53mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
18.45" (468.63mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
21.82" (554.23mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
1.94" (49.28mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
26.29" (667.77mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
29.50" (749.30mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
4.18" (106.17mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
31.74" (806.20mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
3.91" (99.32mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
35.02" (889.51mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
5.06" (128.53mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
53.52" (1,359.41mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1955 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
70.38" (1,787.65mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
10.45" (265.43mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
101.30" (2,573.02mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
11.44" (290.58mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
133.92" (3,401.57mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
14.16" (359.67mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
168.72" (4,285.49mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
19.09" (484.89mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st 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 October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/