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 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2021 1-Month |
6.06" (153.92mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1997 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2021 2-Month |
11.94" (303.28mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
0.98" (24.90mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1983 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2021 3-Month |
18.19" (462.03mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
2.66" (67.57mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1983 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2021 4-Month |
20.67" (525.02mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2021 5-Month |
22.62" (574.55mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2007 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2021 6-Month |
26.75" (679.45mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2021 7-Month |
33.29" (845.57mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
2.12" (53.85mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2021 8-Month |
37.92" (963.17mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
2.85" (72.39mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Aug 2021 9-Month |
42.47" (1,078.74mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
3.70" (93.98mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Aug 2021 10-Month |
48.62" (1,234.95mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
6.81" (172.98mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Aug 2021 11-Month |
52.83" (1,341.88mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
7.73" (196.34mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Aug 2021 12-Month |
59.63" (1,514.60mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
10.28" (261.11mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Aug 2021 18-Month |
93.09" (2,364.49mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
16.40" (416.56mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2008 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2021 24-Month |
120.37" (3,057.40mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
21.75" (552.45mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2002 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2021 36-Month |
184.08" (4,675.63mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
36.05" (915.67mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1942 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2021 48-Month |
236.34" (6,003.04mm) | 197.32" (5,011.93mm) |
39.02" (991.11mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1988 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2021 60-Month |
289.44" (7,351.78mm) | 246.59" (6,263.39mm) |
42.85" (1,088.39mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1927 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 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/