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.
Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 2018
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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January 2018 1-Month |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 4.53" (115.06mm) |
0.13" (3.30mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1953 | ||||
Dec 2017–Jan 2018 2-Month |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 9.17" (232.92mm) |
-1.51" (-38.36mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1965 | ||||
Nov 2017–Jan 2018 3-Month |
13.27" (337.06mm) | 13.53" (343.66mm) |
-0.26" (-6.60mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1977 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1974 | ||||
Oct 2017–Jan 2018 4-Month |
16.42" (417.07mm) | 16.08" (408.43mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1997 | ||||
Sep 2017–Jan 2018 5-Month |
18.03" (457.96mm) | 17.50" (444.50mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1974 | ||||
Aug 2017–Jan 2018 6-Month |
18.27" (464.06mm) | 18.31" (465.07mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1974 | ||||
Jul 2017–Jan 2018 7-Month |
18.42" (467.87mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1956 | ||||
Jun 2017–Jan 2018 8-Month |
19.95" (506.73mm) | 20.76" (527.30mm) |
-0.81" (-20.57mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1956 | ||||
May 2017–Jan 2018 9-Month |
21.77" (552.96mm) | 22.91" (581.91mm) |
-1.14" (-28.95mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1997 | ||||
Ties: 1908 | ||||||
Apr 2017–Jan 2018 10-Month |
25.61" (650.49mm) | 25.27" (641.86mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1997 | ||||
Mar 2017–Jan 2018 11-Month |
31.59" (802.39mm) | 28.53" (724.66mm) |
3.06" (77.73mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1997 | ||||
Feb 2017–Jan 2018 12-Month |
37.73" (958.34mm) | 32.13" (816.10mm) |
5.60" (142.24mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1977 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1997 | ||||
Aug 2016–Jan 2018 18-Month |
58.94" (1,497.08mm) | 50.47" (1,281.94mm) |
8.47" (215.14mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1997 | ||||
Feb 2016–Jan 2018 24-Month |
72.34" (1,837.44mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
8.06" (204.73mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1997 | ||||
Feb 2015–Jan 2018 36-Month |
105.43" (2,677.92mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
9.12" (231.65mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1998 | ||||
Feb 2014–Jan 2018 48-Month |
141.43" (3,592.32mm) | 128.35" (3,260.09mm) |
13.08" (332.23mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1932 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1999 | ||||
Feb 2013–Jan 2018 60-Month |
166.00" (4,216.40mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1933 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2000 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/