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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
2.42" (61.47mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1929 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1998 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
8.09" (205.49mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1936 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
13.70" (347.98mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1953 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1936 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
19.01" (482.85mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
21.77" (552.96mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
1.06" (26.93mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
24.34" (618.24mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.29" (32.77mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
26.28" (667.51mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
29.47" (748.54mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
2.02" (51.31mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
31.92" (810.77mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
50.75" (1,289.05mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
4.53" (115.06mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
69.55" (1,766.57mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
9.63" (244.60mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
99.32" (2,522.73mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.46" (240.29mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
133.14" (3,381.76mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
13.37" (339.60mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
167.40" (4,251.96mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 121st 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, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/