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, August 2003
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2003 1-Month |
6.39" (162.31mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1997 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2003 2-Month |
14.09" (357.89mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
3.13" (79.51mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1983 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2003 3-Month |
19.62" (498.35mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
4.09" (103.89mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1983 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2003 4-Month |
27.08" (687.83mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
7.56" (192.02mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2003 5-Month |
33.50" (850.90mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2003 6-Month |
39.45" (1,002.03mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
12.11" (307.59mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2003 7-Month |
44.64" (1,133.86mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
13.47" (342.14mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2003 8-Month |
46.84" (1,189.74mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
11.77" (298.96mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
|
Dec 2002–Aug 2003 9-Month |
51.41" (1,305.81mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
12.64" (321.05mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 2002–Aug 2003 10-Month |
55.92" (1,420.37mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
14.11" (358.40mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
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Oct 2002–Aug 2003 11-Month |
61.38" (1,559.05mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
16.28" (413.51mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
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Sep 2002–Aug 2003 12-Month |
66.03" (1,677.16mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
16.68" (423.67mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
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Mar 2002–Aug 2003 18-Month |
87.76" (2,229.10mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
11.07" (281.17mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2008 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Aug 2003 24-Month |
101.72" (2,583.69mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2000–Aug 2003 36-Month |
143.68" (3,649.47mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
-4.35" (-110.49mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1942 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1999–Aug 2003 48-Month |
198.80" (5,049.52mm) | 197.32" (5,011.93mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1988 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
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Sep 1998–Aug 2003 60-Month |
240.66" (6,112.76mm) | 246.59" (6,263.39mm) |
-5.93" (-150.63mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1927 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/