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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Pennsylvania
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 |
3.63" (92.20mm) | 3.17" (80.52mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1963 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1976 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
6.09" (154.69mm) | 6.75" (171.45mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1963 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
10.46" (265.68mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
-0.16" (-4.07mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1930 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
14.03" (356.36mm) | 14.81" (376.17mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
17.20" (436.88mm) | 18.98" (482.09mm) |
-1.78" (-45.21mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
20.67" (525.02mm) | 22.91" (581.91mm) |
-2.24" (-56.89mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
25.18" (639.57mm) | 26.55" (674.37mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1963 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
29.45" (748.03mm) | 30.04" (763.02mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
32.80" (833.12mm) | 32.64" (829.06mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
35.85" (910.59mm) | 35.69" (906.53mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
39.56" (1,004.82mm) | 38.79" (985.27mm) |
0.77" (19.55mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
42.00" (1,066.80mm) | 42.00" (1,066.80mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
71.41" (1,813.81mm) | 64.86" (1,647.44mm) |
6.55" (166.37mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1963 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
96.95" (2,462.53mm) | 83.94" (2,132.08mm) |
13.01" (330.45mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1964 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
155.26" (3,943.60mm) | 125.92" (3,198.37mm) |
29.34" (745.23mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
202.39" (5,140.71mm) | 167.91" (4,264.91mm) |
34.48" (875.80mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
242.44" (6,157.98mm) | 209.89" (5,331.21mm) |
32.55" (826.77mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 11, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/