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.
Pennsylvania
Precipitation Rankings, April 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 2020 1-Month |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
0.87" (22.09mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1946 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 2020 2-Month |
8.78" (223.01mm) | 7.13" (181.10mm) |
1.65" (41.91mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1915 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2020 3-Month |
12.13" (308.10mm) | 9.73" (247.14mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1941 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 2020 4-Month |
15.18" (385.57mm) | 12.78" (324.61mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1941 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Apr 2020 5-Month |
18.89" (479.81mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
3.01" (76.46mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1941 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Apr 2020 6-Month |
21.33" (541.78mm) | 19.09" (484.89mm) |
2.24" (56.89mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1952 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Apr 2020 7-Month |
26.94" (684.28mm) | 22.26" (565.40mm) |
4.68" (118.88mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Apr 2020 8-Month |
29.07" (738.38mm) | 25.83" (656.08mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1976 | ||||||
|
Aug 2019–Apr 2020 9-Month |
32.78" (832.61mm) | 29.69" (754.13mm) |
3.09" (78.48mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Apr 2020 10-Month |
38.40" (975.36mm) | 33.89" (860.81mm) |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Apr 2020 11-Month |
44.22" (1,123.19mm) | 38.05" (966.47mm) |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Apr 2020 12-Month |
50.74" (1,288.80mm) | 41.95" (1,065.53mm) |
8.79" (223.27mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Apr 2020 18-Month |
76.28" (1,937.51mm) | 61.03" (1,550.16mm) |
15.25" (387.35mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2018–Apr 2020 24-Month |
114.03" (2,896.36mm) | 83.91" (2,131.31mm) |
30.12" (765.05mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2017–Apr 2020 36-Month |
162.29" (4,122.17mm) | 125.93" (3,198.62mm) |
36.36" (923.55mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2016–Apr 2020 48-Month |
204.69" (5,199.13mm) | 167.93" (4,265.42mm) |
36.76" (933.71mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2020 60-Month |
247.70" (6,291.58mm) | 209.83" (5,329.68mm) |
37.87" (961.90mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2022 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/