Climate at a Glance
Regional 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.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2018 1-Month |
3.54" (89.92mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2018 2-Month |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
0.59" (14.98mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2018 3-Month |
9.76" (247.90mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
0.14" (3.55mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2018 4-Month |
12.60" (320.04mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
-1.07" (-27.18mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 2011 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2018 5-Month |
14.97" (380.24mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
-1.91" (-48.51mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1956 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2018 6-Month |
17.69" (449.33mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
-1.89" (-48.00mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1956 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2018 7-Month |
22.07" (560.58mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
0.26" (6.61mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 2018 8-Month |
23.44" (595.38mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
-0.60" (-15.24mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Aug 2018 9-Month |
25.82" (655.83mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Aug 2018 10-Month |
26.56" (674.62mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
-2.40" (-60.96mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 2011 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–Aug 2018 11-Month |
28.63" (727.20mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
-3.03" (-76.96mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 2011 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2018 12-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
-3.94" (-100.08mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1918 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Aug 2018 18-Month |
56.84" (1,443.74mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
2.33" (59.19mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2018 24-Month |
70.27" (1,784.86mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2018 36-Month |
115.95" (2,945.13mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
11.21" (284.73mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1975 | ||||
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Sep 2014–Aug 2018 48-Month |
158.04" (4,014.22mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
18.41" (467.62mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
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Sep 2013–Aug 2018 60-Month |
192.07" (4,878.58mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
17.63" (447.80mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/