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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-2.27" (-57.66mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1984 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1964 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
3.51" (89.15mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
-3.80" (-96.52mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1907 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1927 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
-4.27" (-108.46mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1949 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1922 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
9.52" (241.81mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
-4.55" (-115.57mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1944 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
14.92" (378.97mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
-3.21" (-81.53mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1999 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
-2.96" (-75.19mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1896 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
22.68" (576.07mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
-3.10" (-78.74mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
24.18" (614.17mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
-5.54" (-140.72mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1957 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
31.48" (799.59mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
-2.40" (-60.96mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1944 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
34.60" (878.84mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
-3.43" (-87.12mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1944 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
41.65" (1,057.91mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1966 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
43.28" (1,099.31mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
-1.88" (-47.75mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1966 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
71.36" (1,812.54mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
110.02" (2,794.51mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
19.79" (502.67mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
160.57" (4,078.48mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
25.13" (638.30mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
209.39" (5,318.51mm) | 180.62" (4,587.75mm) |
28.77" (730.76mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
250.67" (6,367.02mm) | 225.77" (5,734.56mm) |
24.90" (632.46mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 4, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/