Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, October 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2002 1-Month |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 2.54" (64.52mm) |
-1.98" (-50.30mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1895 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2002 2-Month |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 3.96" (100.58mm) |
-2.60" (-66.04mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1987 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2002 3-Month |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 4.76" (120.90mm) |
-3.05" (-77.47mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1987 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2002 4-Month |
2.11" (53.59mm) | 5.49" (139.45mm) |
-3.38" (-85.86mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1952 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2002 5-Month |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
-3.71" (-94.23mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917, 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1947 | ||||
| Ties: 1917 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 2002 6-Month |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 9.35" (237.49mm) |
-4.38" (-111.25mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2002 7-Month |
7.46" (189.48mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
-4.25" (-107.95mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1997 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2002 8-Month |
10.69" (271.53mm) | 14.97" (380.24mm) |
-4.28" (-108.71mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1939 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2002 9-Month |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 18.58" (471.93mm) |
-5.40" (-137.16mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1929 | 1929 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2002 10-Month |
18.20" (462.28mm) | 23.10" (586.74mm) |
-4.90" (-124.46mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1929 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1950 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–Oct 2002 11-Month |
23.87" (606.30mm) | 27.75" (704.85mm) |
-3.88" (-98.55mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1929 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–Oct 2002 12-Month |
28.90" (734.06mm) | 32.10" (815.34mm) |
-3.20" (-81.28mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1977 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1997 | ||||
|
May 2001–Oct 2002 18-Month |
37.05" (941.07mm) | 41.48" (1,053.59mm) |
-4.43" (-112.52mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1929 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 2000–Oct 2002 24-Month |
50.42" (1,280.67mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
-13.81" (-350.77mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1930 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1999–Oct 2002 36-Month |
81.94" (2,081.28mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
-14.37" (-364.99mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1998–Oct 2002 48-Month |
119.96" (3,046.98mm) | 128.38" (3,260.85mm) |
-8.42" (-213.87mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1931 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1999 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Oct 2002 60-Month |
151.87" (3,857.50mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
-8.50" (-215.90mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1932 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/