National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 2020
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 1-Month |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.30" (-7.62mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1924 | ||||||
Oct– 3-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
8.61" (218.69mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
11.03" (280.16mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
-0.82" (-20.83mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Ties: 1955 | ||||||
Jun– 7-Month |
16.70" (424.18mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
19.79" (502.67mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
-0.67" (-17.01mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
22.31" (566.67mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
-0.67" (-17.02mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
25.17" (639.32mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
83rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1908 | ||||||
Feb– 11-Month |
27.62" (701.55mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
69th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Ties: 1969 | ||||||
Jan– 12-Month |
30.38" (771.65mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.44" (11.17mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Jul 2019– 18-Month |
46.07" (1,170.18mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2019– 24-Month |
65.20" (1,656.08mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.30" (134.62mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2018– 36-Month |
99.85" (2,536.19mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.99" (253.75mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2017– 48-Month |
132.16" (3,356.86mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.38" (314.45mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2016– 60-Month |
163.58" (4,154.93mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
13.90" (353.06mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 22, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings