National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2021
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean | Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) | Wettest/Driest Since | Record |
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October 2021 1-Month | 3.15" (80.01mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) | 0.99" (25.15mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2009 | ||||
Sep– 2-Month | 5.54" (140.72mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) | 0.89" (22.61mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: | 2018 | ||||
Aug– 3-Month | 8.68" (220.47mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) | 1.41" (35.81mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2018 | ||||
Jul– 4-Month | 12.09" (307.09mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) | 2.04" (51.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: | 1941 | ||||
Jun– 5-Month | 15.06" (382.52mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) | 2.09" (53.08mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: | 1941 | ||||
May– 6-Month | 18.04" (458.22mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) | 2.16" (54.87mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: | 1941 | ||||
Apr– 7-Month | 20.10" (510.54mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) | 1.70" (43.18mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: | 1952 |
21st Wettest | Wettest since: | 1941 | ||||
Ties: 1928 | ||||||
Mar– 8-Month | 22.61" (574.29mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) | 1.70" (43.18mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: | 1956 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Feb– 9-Month | 24.63" (625.60mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) | 1.59" (40.38mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: | 1934 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Jan– 10-Month | 26.72" (678.69mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) | 1.36" (34.55mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: | 1934 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Dec 2020– 11-Month | 28.77" (730.76mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) | 1.07" (27.18mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: | 1931 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1946 | ||||||
Nov 2020– 12-Month | 30.71" (780.03mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) | 0.78" (19.81mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: | 1934 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
May 2020– 18-Month | 46.51" (1,181.35mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) | 0.68" (17.27mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: | 1931 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2019– 24-Month | 61.61" (1,564.89mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) | 1.71" (43.43mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: | 1931 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2018– 36-Month | 97.88" (2,486.15mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) | 8.02" (203.71mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: | 1956 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1985 | ||||||
Nov 2017– 48-Month | 129.78" (3,296.41mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: | 1956 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2016– 60-Month | 163.35" (4,149.09mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: | 1934 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published June 2023, retrieved on June 9, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings