Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, October 1985
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1985 1-Month |
4.24" (107.70mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 2000 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1985 2-Month |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1940 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1999 | ||||
| Ties: 1958 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1985 3-Month |
12.78" (324.61mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1943 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1999 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1985 4-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1925 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1985 5-Month |
23.82" (605.03mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1954 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1985 6-Month |
27.16" (689.86mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 2007 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1985 7-Month |
28.62" (726.95mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
-1.99" (-50.54mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 2007 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1985 8-Month |
30.14" (765.56mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-4.76" (-120.90mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 2007 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1985 9-Month |
34.96" (887.98mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
-3.77" (-95.76mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1925 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1985 10-Month |
38.78" (985.01mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
-3.85" (-97.79mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 2007 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 1984–Oct 1985 11-Month |
40.68" (1,033.27mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
-5.65" (-143.51mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1986 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Nov 1984–Oct 1985 12-Month |
42.75" (1,085.85mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
-6.61" (-167.89mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1951 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
|
May 1984–Oct 1985 18-Month |
70.54" (1,791.72mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
-5.87" (-149.09mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1926 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 1983–Oct 1985 24-Month |
101.08" (2,567.43mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1926 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Oct 1985 36-Month |
150.66" (3,826.76mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1927 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1981–Oct 1985 48-Month |
200.72" (5,098.29mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1988 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Oct 1985 60-Month |
240.44" (6,107.18mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
-6.31" (-160.27mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1954 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published July 2022, retrieved on August 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/