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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2020 1-Month |
7.98" (202.69mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1997 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
12.17" (309.12mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
1.21" (30.74mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1983 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
17.21" (437.13mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1983 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
24.83" (630.68mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
30.15" (765.81mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
7.09" (180.09mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
33.46" (849.88mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
6.12" (155.44mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
40.47" (1,027.94mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
9.30" (236.22mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
44.84" (1,138.94mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
9.77" (248.16mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
49.41" (1,255.01mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
10.64" (270.25mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
52.75" (1,339.85mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
10.94" (277.88mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
57.65" (1,464.31mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
12.55" (318.77mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2002 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
60.74" (1,542.80mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
11.39" (289.31mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
87.14" (2,213.36mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
10.45" (265.43mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2008 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
124.45" (3,161.03mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
25.83" (656.08mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2002 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
176.71" (4,488.43mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
28.68" (728.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1942 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
229.81" (5,837.17mm) | 197.32" (5,011.93mm) |
32.49" (825.24mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1988 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
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Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
289.79" (7,360.67mm) | 246.59" (6,263.39mm) |
43.20" (1,097.28mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1927 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 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/