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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 2022
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2022 1-Month |
1.65" (41.91mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1981 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 1916 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Dec 2021–Jan 2022 2-Month |
4.05" (102.87mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-0.61" (-15.49mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Nov 2021–Jan 2022 3-Month |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-1.54" (-39.12mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2021–Jan 2022 4-Month |
8.51" (216.15mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1981 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Sep 2021–Jan 2022 5-Month |
10.90" (276.86mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1940 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2021–Jan 2022 6-Month |
14.04" (356.62mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1940 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2021–Jan 2022 7-Month |
17.45" (443.23mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1940 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2021–Jan 2022 8-Month |
20.42" (518.67mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1981 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2021–Jan 2022 9-Month |
23.41" (594.61mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
0.62" (15.74mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1918 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2021–Jan 2022 10-Month |
25.48" (647.19mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1940 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2021–Jan 2022 11-Month |
28.00" (711.20mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1957 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2021–Jan 2022 12-Month |
30.03" (762.76mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2020–Jan 2022 18-Month |
43.15" (1,096.01mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
-0.99" (-25.15mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1955 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2020–Jan 2022 24-Month |
59.74" (1,517.40mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-0.19" (-4.82mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2022 36-Month |
94.76" (2,406.90mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
4.90" (124.46mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2022 48-Month |
130.12" (3,305.05mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
10.36" (263.15mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2022 60-Month |
161.04" (4,090.42mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
11.41" (289.82mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/