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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2021 1-Month |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2000 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2021 2-Month |
7.82" (198.63mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2000 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2021 3-Month |
12.62" (320.55mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1954 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2021 4-Month |
19.06" (484.12mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
5.39" (136.90mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2021 5-Month |
22.56" (573.02mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
5.68" (144.27mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2021 6-Month |
25.86" (656.84mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
6.28" (159.51mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2021 7-Month |
27.55" (699.77mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
5.74" (145.80mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2021 8-Month |
29.81" (757.17mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
5.77" (146.55mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Aug 2021 9-Month |
32.33" (821.18mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
5.79" (147.06mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Aug 2021 10-Month |
33.82" (859.03mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
4.86" (123.45mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Aug 2021 11-Month |
36.21" (919.73mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
4.55" (115.57mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2011 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Aug 2021 12-Month |
40.16" (1,020.06mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
5.29" (134.36mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1918 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Aug 2021 18-Month |
61.43" (1,560.32mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
6.92" (175.77mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2021 24-Month |
78.13" (1,984.50mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
8.29" (210.56mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2021 36-Month |
127.80" (3,246.12mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
23.06" (585.72mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2021 48-Month |
158.73" (4,031.74mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
19.10" (485.14mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2021 60-Month |
198.07" (5,030.98mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
23.63" (600.20mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 29, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/