Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, September 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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September 2020 1-Month |
3.98" (101.09mm) | 3.24" (82.30mm) |
0.74" (18.79mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2019 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
Aug–Sep 2020 2-Month |
9.12" (231.65mm) | 6.97" (177.04mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2008 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
Jul–Sep 2020 3-Month |
14.34" (364.24mm) | 11.31" (287.27mm) |
3.03" (76.97mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1999 |
21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
Jun–Sep 2020 4-Month |
19.50" (495.30mm) | 15.56" (395.22mm) |
3.94" (100.08mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
May–Sep 2020 5-Month |
25.08" (637.03mm) | 19.90" (505.46mm) |
5.18" (131.57mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
Apr–Sep 2020 6-Month |
30.03" (762.76mm) | 24.00" (609.60mm) |
6.03" (153.16mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
Mar–Sep 2020 7-Month |
36.87" (936.50mm) | 28.71" (729.23mm) |
8.16" (207.27mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2011 | ||||
Feb–Sep 2020 8-Month |
43.29" (1,099.57mm) | 32.32" (820.93mm) |
10.97" (278.64mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
Jan–Sep 2020 9-Month |
47.76" (1,213.10mm) | 36.52" (927.61mm) |
11.24" (285.49mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1950 | ||||
Dec 2019–Sep 2020 10-Month |
53.86" (1,368.04mm) | 40.57" (1,030.48mm) |
13.29" (337.56mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
Nov 2019–Sep 2020 11-Month |
58.55" (1,487.17mm) | 44.19" (1,122.43mm) |
14.36" (364.74mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 1979 | ||||
Oct 2019–Sep 2020 12-Month |
64.89" (1,648.21mm) | 47.00" (1,193.80mm) |
17.89" (454.41mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1941 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
Apr 2019–Sep 2020 18-Month |
91.28" (2,318.51mm) | 70.96" (1,802.38mm) |
20.32" (516.13mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
Oct 2018–Sep 2020 24-Month |
123.56" (3,138.42mm) | 93.93" (2,385.82mm) |
29.63" (752.60mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1941 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Oct 2017–Sep 2020 36-Month |
183.27" (4,655.06mm) | 140.96" (3,580.38mm) |
42.31" (1,074.68mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1942 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Oct 2016–Sep 2020 48-Month |
232.24" (5,898.90mm) | 188.03" (4,775.96mm) |
44.21" (1,122.94mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1943 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
Oct 2015–Sep 2020 60-Month |
287.14" (7,293.36mm) | 235.03" (5,969.76mm) |
52.11" (1,323.60mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1944 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 17, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/