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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2020 1-Month |
4.21" (106.93mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2000 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
11.01" (279.65mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1940 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1999 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
18.99" (482.35mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
6.15" (156.21mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1943 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1999 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
23.18" (588.77mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
4.67" (118.62mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1925 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
28.22" (716.79mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
5.13" (130.30mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1954 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
35.84" (910.34mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
8.76" (222.51mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
41.16" (1,045.46mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
10.55" (267.97mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
44.47" (1,129.54mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
9.57" (243.08mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
51.48" (1,307.59mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
12.75" (323.85mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1925 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
55.85" (1,418.59mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
13.22" (335.79mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
60.42" (1,534.67mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
14.09" (357.89mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1986 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
63.76" (1,619.50mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
14.40" (365.76mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1951 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
89.74" (2,279.40mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
13.33" (338.59mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1926 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
120.38" (3,057.65mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
21.65" (549.91mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1926 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
179.49" (4,559.05mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
31.39" (797.31mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1927 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
227.60" (5,781.04mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
30.18" (766.57mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1988 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
288.42" (7,325.87mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
41.67" (1,058.42mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1954 |
| 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 October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/