National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2021
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 January 2023, retrieved on January 26, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings