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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Maine
Precipitation Rankings, January 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1940 1-Month |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
-1.67" (-42.42mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1970 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Jan 1940 2-Month |
5.43" (137.92mm) | 6.80" (172.72mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1944 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1958 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–Jan 1940 3-Month |
6.23" (158.24mm) | 10.72" (272.29mm) |
-4.49" (-114.05mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1940 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–Jan 1940 4-Month |
11.25" (285.75mm) | 14.43" (366.52mm) |
-3.18" (-80.77mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1948 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Jan 1940 5-Month |
15.02" (381.51mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
-3.11" (-78.99mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1985 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1939–Jan 1940 6-Month |
18.07" (458.98mm) | 21.63" (549.40mm) |
-3.56" (-90.42mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1948, 1985 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–Jan 1940 7-Month |
21.39" (543.31mm) | 25.41" (645.41mm) |
-4.02" (-102.10mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1985 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jun 1939–Jan 1940 8-Month |
24.39" (619.51mm) | 29.16" (740.66mm) |
-4.77" (-121.15mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 2002 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
May 1939–Jan 1940 9-Month |
26.43" (671.32mm) | 32.56" (827.02mm) |
-6.13" (-155.70mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 2002 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr 1939–Jan 1940 10-Month |
30.38" (771.65mm) | 35.87" (911.10mm) |
-5.49" (-139.45mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 2002 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1939–Jan 1940 11-Month |
33.53" (851.66mm) | 39.21" (995.93mm) |
-5.68" (-144.27mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 2002 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1939–Jan 1940 12-Month |
36.66" (931.16mm) | 42.03" (1,067.56mm) |
-5.37" (-136.40mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 2002 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1938–Jan 1940 18-Month |
57.82" (1,468.63mm) | 63.58" (1,614.93mm) |
-5.76" (-146.30mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 2002 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2007 | ||||
|
Feb 1938–Jan 1940 24-Month |
79.83" (2,027.68mm) | 84.00" (2,133.60mm) |
-4.17" (-105.92mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1932 | 1966 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2007 | ||||
|
Feb 1937–Jan 1940 36-Month |
123.38" (3,133.85mm) | 125.95" (3,199.13mm) |
-2.57" (-65.28mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1967 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2008 | ||||
|
Feb 1936–Jan 1940 48-Month |
171.05" (4,344.67mm) | 167.95" (4,265.93mm) |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1968 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2009 | ||||
|
Feb 1935–Jan 1940 60-Month |
210.45" (5,345.43mm) | 209.88" (5,330.95mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1969 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/