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, July 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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July 2020 1-Month |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 2.78" (70.61mm) |
0.16" (4.07mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1950, 1958 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1990 | ||||||
|
Jun–Jul 2020 2-Month |
5.67" (144.02mm) | 5.70" (144.78mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Jul 2020 3-Month |
8.76" (222.50mm) | 8.62" (218.95mm) |
0.14" (3.55mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1988 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Apr–Jul 2020 4-Month |
11.28" (286.51mm) | 11.13" (282.70mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Jul 2020 5-Month |
14.14" (359.16mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Jul 2020 6-Month |
16.59" (421.39mm) | 15.78" (400.81mm) |
0.81" (20.58mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1934 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Jul 2020 7-Month |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 18.09" (459.49mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jul 2020 8-Month |
21.92" (556.77mm) | 20.44" (519.18mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 2013 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Jul 2020 9-Month |
23.86" (606.04mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Jul 2020 10-Month |
27.05" (687.07mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jul 2020 11-Month |
29.50" (749.30mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
2.17" (55.12mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jul 2020 12-Month |
32.28" (819.91mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jul 2020 18-Month |
51.61" (1,310.89mm) | 45.74" (1,161.80mm) |
5.87" (149.09mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jul 2020 24-Month |
70.11" (1,780.79mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
10.19" (258.82mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–Jul 2020 36-Month |
100.32" (2,548.13mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2016–Jul 2020 48-Month |
134.19" (3,408.43mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
14.41" (366.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jul 2020 60-Month |
167.39" (4,251.71mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
17.75" (450.85mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/