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.
North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, October 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1940 1-Month |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
-2.05" (-52.07mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2000 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1940 2-Month |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
-4.73" (-120.14mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1940 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1999 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1940 3-Month |
12.47" (316.74mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1943 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1999 | ||||
| Ties: 1958 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 1940 4-Month |
16.66" (423.16mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
-1.85" (-46.99mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1925 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1940 5-Month |
20.14" (511.56mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
-2.95" (-74.93mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1954 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1940 6-Month |
24.01" (609.85mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-3.07" (-77.98mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2007 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1940 7-Month |
27.22" (691.39mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
-3.39" (-86.10mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2007 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1940 8-Month |
30.30" (769.62mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-4.60" (-116.84mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2007 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1940 9-Month |
33.69" (855.73mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
-5.04" (-128.01mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1925 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1940 10-Month |
36.69" (931.93mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
-5.94" (-150.87mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2007 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Oct 1940 11-Month |
39.15" (994.41mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
-7.18" (-182.37mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1986 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–Oct 1940 12-Month |
41.20" (1,046.48mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
-8.16" (-207.26mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1951 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
May 1939–Oct 1940 18-Month |
67.99" (1,726.95mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
-8.42" (-213.86mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1926 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 1938–Oct 1940 24-Month |
93.43" (2,373.12mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
-5.30" (-134.62mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1926 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–Oct 1940 36-Month |
139.98" (3,555.49mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
-8.12" (-206.25mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1927 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1936–Oct 1940 48-Month |
194.82" (4,948.43mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
-2.60" (-66.04mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1988 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 1935–Oct 1940 60-Month |
253.18" (6,430.77mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
6.43" (163.32mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1954 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/