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 June 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 2020 1-Month |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
0.35" (8.89mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1910 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 2020 2-Month |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.67" (17.01mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1910 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1927, 1980 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 2020 3-Month |
8.07" (204.98mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Mar 2020 4-Month |
10.64" (270.26mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Mar 2020 5-Month |
12.58" (319.53mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Mar 2020 6-Month |
15.77" (400.56mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Mar 2020 7-Month |
18.22" (462.79mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Mar 2020 8-Month |
21.00" (533.40mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Mar 2020 9-Month |
23.76" (603.50mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Mar 2020 10-Month |
27.13" (689.10mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Mar 2020 11-Month |
31.60" (802.64mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Mar 2020 12-Month |
34.81" (884.17mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
4.85" (123.19mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Mar 2020 18-Month |
52.28" (1,327.91mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Mar 2020 24-Month |
70.32" (1,786.13mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
10.40" (264.16mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1955 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2017–Mar 2020 36-Month |
101.77" (2,584.96mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
11.90" (302.26mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1955 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Mar 2020 48-Month |
134.38" (3,413.25mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
14.62" (371.35mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
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Apr 2015–Mar 2020 60-Month |
170.16" (4,322.06mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
20.54" (521.71mm) | 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, published July 2022, retrieved on August 8, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/