Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, February 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2020 1-Month |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
-0.14" (-3.56mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1987 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2008 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 2020 2-Month |
4.80" (121.92mm) | 7.38" (187.45mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1980 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Feb 2020 3-Month |
12.10" (307.34mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1980 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Feb 2020 4-Month |
15.22" (386.59mm) | 15.69" (398.53mm) |
-0.47" (-11.94mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2002 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Feb 2020 5-Month |
22.27" (565.66mm) | 19.22" (488.19mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2002 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Feb 2020 6-Month |
23.90" (607.06mm) | 22.82" (579.63mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1947 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Feb 2020 7-Month |
27.94" (709.68mm) | 26.86" (682.24mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Feb 2020 8-Month |
32.60" (828.04mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Feb 2020 9-Month |
37.40" (949.96mm) | 33.38" (847.85mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Feb 2020 10-Month |
41.45" (1,052.83mm) | 36.84" (935.74mm) |
4.61" (117.09mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Feb 2020 11-Month |
48.53" (1,232.66mm) | 40.87" (1,038.10mm) |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1899 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Mar 2019–Feb 2020 12-Month |
51.98" (1,320.29mm) | 45.08" (1,145.03mm) |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Feb 2020 18-Month |
90.64" (2,302.26mm) | 67.88" (1,724.15mm) |
22.76" (578.11mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2007 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Feb 2020 24-Month |
113.62" (2,885.95mm) | 90.21" (2,291.33mm) |
23.41" (594.62mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1967 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Feb 2020 36-Month |
167.04" (4,242.82mm) | 135.37" (3,438.40mm) |
31.67" (804.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Feb 2020 48-Month |
207.00" (5,257.80mm) | 180.60" (4,587.24mm) |
26.40" (670.56mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2020 60-Month |
249.96" (6,348.98mm) | 225.71" (5,733.03mm) |
24.25" (615.95mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/