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 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2021 1-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2000 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2021 2-Month |
6.47" (164.34mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1940 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1999 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2021 3-Month |
12.53" (318.26mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
-0.31" (-7.88mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1943 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1999 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2021 4-Month |
18.41" (467.61mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1925 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2021 5-Month |
24.66" (626.36mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
1.57" (39.87mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1954 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2021 6-Month |
27.14" (689.36mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
0.06" (1.53mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2021 7-Month |
29.09" (738.89mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
-1.52" (-38.60mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 2007 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2021 8-Month |
33.22" (843.79mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 2007 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2021 9-Month |
39.76" (1,009.90mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1925 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2021 10-Month |
44.39" (1,127.51mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
1.76" (44.71mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2007 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Oct 2021 11-Month |
48.94" (1,243.08mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
2.61" (66.30mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1986 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Oct 2021 12-Month |
55.09" (1,399.29mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
5.73" (145.55mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1951 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2003 | ||||
|
May 2020–Oct 2021 18-Month |
90.93" (2,309.62mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
14.52" (368.81mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1926 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2021 24-Month |
118.85" (3,018.79mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
20.12" (511.05mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1926 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2021 36-Month |
175.47" (4,456.94mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
27.37" (695.20mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1927 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2021 48-Month |
234.58" (5,958.33mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
37.16" (943.86mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1988 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2021 60-Month |
282.69" (7,180.33mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
35.94" (912.88mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1954 |
| 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 October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/