National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2020
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 2020 1-Month |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
68th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2009 | ||||
Ties: 2008 | ||||||
Sep– 2-Month |
4.62" (117.35mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
76th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 2011 | ||||||
Aug– 3-Month |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
83rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Ties: 2012 | ||||||
Jul– 4-Month |
9.98" (253.49mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Jun– 5-Month |
12.71" (322.83mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.26" (-6.61mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
May– 6-Month |
15.80" (401.32mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
76th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Apr– 7-Month |
18.32" (465.33mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: |
1952 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Mar– 8-Month |
21.18" (537.97mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
64th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Feb– 9-Month |
23.63" (600.20mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
0.59" (14.98mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan– 10-Month |
26.39" (670.31mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.03" (26.17mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Dec 2019– 11-Month |
28.96" (735.58mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1900 | ||||||
Nov 2019– 12-Month |
30.90" (784.86mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
46th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1920 | ||||||
May 2019– 18-Month |
49.92" (1,267.97mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
4.09" (103.89mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Nov 2018– 24-Month |
67.17" (1,706.12mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
7.27" (184.66mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Nov 2017– 36-Month |
99.07" (2,516.38mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.21" (233.94mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Nov 2016– 48-Month |
132.64" (3,369.06mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.86" (326.65mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Nov 2015– 60-Month |
167.00" (4,241.80mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
17.34" (440.44mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 7, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings