Regional Rankings
Southwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1987
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 1987 1-Month |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: |
1962 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1963 | ||||
Jul– 2-Month |
3.85" (97.79mm) | 3.89" (98.81mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: |
2020 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1921 | ||||
Jun– 3-Month |
4.93" (125.22mm) | 4.83" (122.68mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: |
2020 |
59th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1921 | ||||
May– 4-Month |
6.76" (171.70mm) | 5.94" (150.88mm) |
0.82" (20.82mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: |
2020 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1921 | ||||
Apr– 5-Month |
7.30" (185.42mm) | 7.00" (177.80mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: |
2020 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1999 | ||||
Mar– 6-Month |
8.37" (212.60mm) | 8.15" (207.01mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Feb– 7-Month |
9.85" (250.19mm) | 9.16" (232.66mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Jan– 8-Month |
10.86" (275.84mm) | 10.14" (257.56mm) |
0.72" (18.28mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Ties: 1919 | ||||||
Dec 1986– 9-Month |
11.91" (302.51mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Nov 1986– 10-Month |
13.53" (343.66mm) | 12.04" (305.82mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Oct 1986– 11-Month |
15.31" (388.87mm) | 13.17" (334.52mm) |
2.14" (54.35mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Sep 1986– 12-Month |
17.11" (434.59mm) | 14.54" (369.32mm) |
2.57" (65.27mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Mar 1986– 18-Month |
26.66" (677.16mm) | 22.69" (576.33mm) |
3.97" (100.83mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Sep 1985– 24-Month |
34.86" (885.44mm) | 29.09" (738.89mm) |
5.77" (146.55mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
2003 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Sep 1984– 36-Month |
51.64" (1,311.66mm) | 43.58" (1,106.93mm) |
8.06" (204.73mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1907 | ||||
Sep 1983– 48-Month |
69.42" (1,763.27mm) | 58.05" (1,474.47mm) |
11.37" (288.80mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1986 | ||||
Sep 1982– 60-Month |
87.48" (2,221.99mm) | 72.53" (1,842.26mm) |
14.95" (379.73mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
2004 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 1, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/regional/rankings