Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, August 1896
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1896 1-Month |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 0.24" (6.10mm) |
0.32" (8.12mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1937, 2002 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1896 2-Month |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 0.42" (10.67mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1940 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1896 3-Month |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 0.77" (19.56mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2002 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1913 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
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May–Aug 1896 4-Month |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1924 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1896 5-Month |
7.14" (181.36mm) | 3.28" (83.31mm) |
3.86" (98.05mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2021 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1896 6-Month |
11.01" (279.65mm) | 6.50" (165.10mm) |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2008 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1896 7-Month |
11.61" (294.89mm) | 10.35" (262.89mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1997, 2021 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1896 8-Month |
19.63" (498.60mm) | 14.60" (370.84mm) |
5.03" (127.76mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2022 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1995 | ||||
|
Dec 1895–Aug 1896 9-Month |
22.16" (562.86mm) | 18.22" (462.79mm) |
3.94" (100.07mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1924 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1895–Aug 1896 10-Month |
23.77" (603.76mm) | 20.80" (528.32mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1924 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1895–Aug 1896 11-Month |
24.26" (616.20mm) | 22.00" (558.80mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1924 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1895–Aug 1896 12-Month |
25.18" (639.57mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
2.74" (69.59mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2021 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar 1895–Aug 1896 18-Month |
30.70" (779.78mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
1.74" (44.20mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1977 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
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/